New Delhi, May 19: With the conclusion of voting in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 this evening, prominent broadcasters and surveying firms would begin releasing the predictions of exit polls after 6 pm on Sunday.
As per the the Election Commission guidelines, the exit poll predictions cannot be released the polling ends. Although many channels and websites would have conducted surveys, the important ones are News18-IPSOS, India Today-Axis, Times Now-CNX, NewsX-Neta, Republic Bharat-Jan Ki Baat, Republic-CVoter, ABP-CSDS and Today's Chanakya.
The exit poll predictions would dominate the political discussions across the nation until the results are officially declared on May 23.
Channels
NDA
UPA
Left
Others
News24-Chanakya
340
70
12
133
Mapsofindia.com
330
91
17
120
India TV-C-Voter
289
101
12
133
ABP-Nielsen
281
97
24
141
CNN-IBN-CSDS
272-280
92-102
14-20
111-143
Headlines Today Cicero
261-283
110-120
19
150-162
TimesNow-ORG
249
148
17
129
Almost all the major Exit Polls in 2014 had by and large predicted that the NDA would emerge victorious in the elections, it was Today's Chanakya exit poll prediction which was closest to final result. Today's Chanakya had predicted 340 seats for NDA and 291 for the BJP, and in the final result BJP won 282 seats out of 543, and NDA bagged 336 seats.
Follow Live updates from all the major Exit Polls here:
May 19, 2019, 9:40 PM IST
Today's Chanakya Exit poll
Today's Chanakya Exit poll predicted a clean sweep for the BJP and its allies in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the three states where it had lost the state Assembly elections to Congress in 2018. The Congrress, according to the exit poll, may be limited to just two seats in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and may not win even a single seat in Rajasthan.
May 19, 2019, 9:13 PM IST
In Haryana, BJP could marginally improve its tally of 7 in 2014, with the Times Now-VMR predicting that 8 of state’s 10 seats will go to the party.
May 19, 2019, 9:13 PM IST
In Odisha, where the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD had swept 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in 2014, the exit polls predict NDA will win 10 ,BJD: 11 and UPA: 0
May 19, 2019, 9:13 PM IST
The BJP-led NDA will get a clear majority while its main opponent the UPA will fail to reach the magic mark, exit polls by TV channels have predicted.
May 19, 2019, 9:13 PM IST
The Telegu Desam Party (TDP) which won 15 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh in 2014 faces a tough fight with exit polls favouring the YSR Congress party led by Jagan Mohan Reddy. According to the Times Now-VMR Exit Poll, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is likely to win 18 of the 25 seats. The India Today-Axis My India exit poll gives YRSRCP 18-20 seats with a vote share of 45 percent.
May 19, 2019, 8:48 PM IST
NDTV's poll of polls for Kerala
In Kerala, Congress will bag 13 seats, predicts NDTV's poll of polls. It has given five seats to the Left and one to the BJP. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress had emerged as the single largest party in the state with 8 seats and a vote share of 31.5 percent. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) had won 5 seats with 21.8 percent votes.
May 19, 2019, 8:47 PM IST
ABP Nielson for Bihar
Exit poll result predictions for Bihar by ABP Nielson say that the NDA alliance in the state is likely to win 34 seats. The UPA is predicted to win only six seats. In the 2019 polls, Nitish Kumar held to its grip on the backward castes, while the RJD tried to consolidate non-Yadav OBC votes hoping to make smaller allies.
May 19, 2019, 8:47 PM IST
News18 -IPSOS survey has predicted a clean sweep for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The BJP-led NDA is expected to win 336 seats, while the UPA may be limited to 82 seats. Other parties can get aruond 127 seats.
May 19, 2019, 8:22 PM IST
As for the vote share, News18-IPSOS survey has predicted that the NDA will win 48.5 percent of the total votes. Predictions state that the UPA will win 25 percent of the vote share.
May 19, 2019, 8:21 PM IST
Republic TV poll prediction for Odisha
NDA: 10 , UPA: 0, BJD: 11
May 19, 2019, 8:14 PM IST
India Today-Axis Exit Poll predicts for West Bengal
BJP: 19-23
TMC: 19-22
Congress: 0-1
Left: 0-0
May 19, 2019, 8:13 PM IST
India TV-CNX Exit Poll for Delhi
The India TV-CNX Exit Poll predicts a smooth win for BJP in Delhi
BJP: 7
Congress: 0
AAP: 0
May 19, 2019, 8:13 PM IST
Sanjay Jha has said that the exit poll results are laughable as most pollsters have written out the Congress party. According to NDTV's Poll of Polls, the NDA alliance will win 296 seats while the UPA will be restricted 128.
May 19, 2019, 8:04 PM IST
News18 IPSOS
The News18 IPSOS exit polls has predicted 336 seats for the NDA, while the UPA may bag of 82 seats.
May 19, 2019, 8:03 PM IST
ABP Nielsen
The exit polls so far paint a promising picture for the NDA as it is set to mark sweeping victory in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. ABP Nielsen exit poll says BJP 45 seats away from majority, while non-NDA parties are 30 away from the majority
May 19, 2019, 8:03 PM IST
India Today Axis for Punjab
Data from the India Today Axis My India exit poll suggests that it will be a victory for Congress in the northern state of Punjab.
May 19, 2019, 8:02 PM IST
Meanwhile, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee dubbed the exit polls as gossip and said that it was a 'game plan to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs'.
I don’t trust Exit Poll gossip. The game plan is to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs through this gossip. I appeal to all Opposition parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this battle together
Every exit poll can't be wrong , tweets Omar Abdullah
Every single exit poll can’t be wrong! Time to switch off the TV, log out of social media & wait to see if the world is still spinning on its axis on the 23rd.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena combine will manage to win only 34 seats in the politically important state of Maharashtra. The Congress and NCP will be restricted to 14 seats, said the ABP exit poll survey.
May 19, 2019, 7:23 PM IST
Republic TV exit poll prediction for Bihar
NDA: 33, UPA: 7, Others:0
May 19, 2019, 7:17 PM IST
Republic TV exit poll prediction for West Bengal
TMC: 29,
NDA: 11,
UPA: 2,
Others: 0
May 19, 2019, 7:16 PM IST
India Today-Axis Exit Poll prediction for Goa
BJP: 2-0
Cong: 0-0
Others: 0-0
May 19, 2019, 7:08 PM IST
Satta market prediction
Satta market predicts BJP to get 244-247; 80 for Congress
May 19, 2019, 7:06 PM IST
Neta-NewsX Exit Poll shows NDA close to majority
BJP expected to cross 200 while Congress to win 107 seats. While NDA could lead with 242 seats and UPA could win 164 seats
May 19, 2019, 7:02 PM IST
India Today-Axis Exit Poll for Karnataka
The India Today-Axis Exit Poll for Karnataka. Here’s what the numbers look like –
NDA: 21-25
UPA: 3-6
Others: 0-1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP may win almost as many seats as it did in 2014, early exit polls have predicted. An amalgamation of all surveys, curated by NDTV suggested that the BJP-led NDA may easily get 300 seats in the 542 seats of Lok Sabha that went to polls.
May 19, 2019, 6:53 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP may win almost as many seats as it did in 2014, early exit polls have predicted. An amalgamation of all surveys, curated by NDTV suggested that the BJP-led NDA may easily get 300 seats in the 542 seats of Lok Sabha that went to polls.
May 19, 2019, 6:44 PM IST
Republic TV exit poll prediction
NDA: 305
UPA: 124
Others: 120
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May 19, 2019, 3:45 pm IST
The Lok Sabha election 2019 has reached its fag end with barely 2 hours left for the polling in last phase to end.
May 19, 2019, 4:06 pm IST
Once polling concludes at around 6 pm, various national pollsters — News18-IPSOS, India Today-Axis, Times Now-CNX, NewsX-Neta, Republic Bharat-Jan Ki Baat, Republic-CVoter, ABP-CSDS and Today's Chanakya — will release their predictions.
May 19, 2019, 4:07 pm IST
The Election Commission in March issued an advisory to the media saying exit polls can only be telecast after the final phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections ends on 19 May. The advisory is also applicable for Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim.
May 19, 2019, 4:21 pm IST
How many got it right in the 2014. News24-Chanakya had predicted 340 for the NDA and they got it the closest.
May 19, 2019, 4:22 pm IST
While many exit polls tend to get it quite right, the results day could well throw up a surprise. The exit polls are only an indicator of what the the final number would be.
May 19, 2019, 4:23 pm IST
The NDA had in 2014 won 336 of the 543 seats. The BJP on its own had secured 282 seats.
May 19, 2019, 4:57 pm IST
Before the exit polls are released Shatrughan Sinha predicts that they would win with a record majority.
May 19, 2019, 5:41 pm IST
India Today Axis poll
India Today Axis My India poll was drafted after speaking to 7,42,187 voters, the news channel reported. It will start releasing the data after 6 pm.
May 19, 2019, 5:42 pm IST
Today from 5 pm onwards Exit Poll will start predictions but Exact Poll on 23rd May will give us the actual results. Narendra Modi ji will come back with more seats than in 2014, says Prakash Javadekar.
— Chowkidar Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) May 19, 2019
May 19, 2019, 5:57 pm IST
What the 2014 exit polls predicted? A look at their track record
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, in face of a strong Modi wave, 17 crore votes went to BJP alone, while 11 crore votes went to Congress. BSP got 2 crore, CPM 2 crore and NCP 86 lakh. In terms of percentage, BJP secured 31.3 percent votes, Congress won 19.5 percent, ADMK got 3.3 percent, AITC 3.9 percent while BJD secured 1.7 percent votes.
May 19, 2019, 6:04 pm IST
Times Now-VMR
The Times Now-VMR Exit Poll 2019 was carried out between April 11 and May 19, 2019, at 3,211 unique locations. The cumulative sample of the exit poll was 40,000 spread across the country.
May 19, 2019, 6:06 pm IST
Regulator Sebi and stock exchanges have beefed up their surveillance mechanism to check any manipulative activities in the market this week in view of the high-octane election related events lined up.
May 19, 2019, 6:20 pm IST
At a press conference, the Election Commission said that polling has concluded in 542 parliamentary constituencies across states and Union Territories.
May 19, 2019, 6:23 pm IST
Is it a Do-or-die for Chandrababu in Andhra Pradesh?
In Andhra Pradesh, for the TDP, which won the 2014 elections comfortably, retaining power is crucial while for the principal opposition YSR Congress, it's a must-win situation to ensure its political sustainability.
Congress is seeking a resurrection in Andhra Pradesh after the rout it suffered post-bifurcation of the state in 2014.
May 19, 2019, 6:28 pm IST
As the final day of voting in India's six-week-long Lok Sabha election ends, let's see whose influential regional parties support could prove decisive in the days to come.
May 19, 2019, 6:33 pm IST
EC releases data for voter turnout in first six phases
The News18-IPSOS Exit Poll does not present a good picture for the Congress and its UPA partners. Congress is predicted to be reduced to a tally of 32-37 seats in the first six phases. Its allies are predicted to get another 30-35 seats, for the total UPA tally to be around 62-72 seats, based on the surveys.
May 19, 2019, 6:40 pm IST
ABP News-AC Nielsen Uttar Pradesh prediction
The ABP News-Nielsen exit poll has predicted the following for Western UP:
BJP+ 6
Congress: 0
Mahagathbandhan: 21
May 19, 2019, 6:42 pm IST
News18 IPSOS Bengal prediction
The TMC is set to retain its grip on Bengal as the News18's IPSOS exit poll predicts 25 to 28 seats for the Mamata-led party of the 33 seats that went to polls in the first six phases. The BJP is predicted to be securing numbers between 3-7 here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP may win almost as many seats as it did in 2014, early exit polls have predicted. An amalgamation of all surveys, curated by NDTV suggested that the BJP-led NDA may easily get 300 seats in the 542 seats of Lok Sabha that went to polls.
May 19, 2019, 6:53 pm IST
NDTV
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP may win almost as many seats as it did in 2014, early exit polls have predicted. An amalgamation of all surveys, curated by NDTV suggested that the BJP-led NDA may easily get 300 seats in the 542 seats of Lok Sabha that went to polls.