By TNM Staff
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will retain power for a third consecutive term and most likely come back with a bigger mandate, according to seven exit polls unveiled on Saturday, June 1. India Today My Axis, ABP- C Voter, India News D-Dynamics, Republic Bharat-Matrize, Jan Ki Baat and Republic TV-P Marq exit polls said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would get more than 350 seats and emerge victorious.
India Today-Axis My India has predicted 306-401 seats for the NDA and 131-166 seats for the INDIA bloc. Other political parties have been expected to get under 20 seats.
The ABP-C Voter exit polls said NDA would get 368 seats, bettering their tally of 352 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, of which 315 would be won by the BJP. It has predicted that the INDIA bloc will get 167 seats, of which Congress will win 74 seats. The poll has predicted a vote share of 39.9% for the INDIA bloc while giving 45.3% for the NDA. In 2019, the C-voter exit polls predicted that the NDA would fall short of the majority mark and would get 233 seats, and the UPA, which included Congress, would win 167 seats.
According to India News D-Dynamics, NDA will win 371 seats, while the INDIA bloc will win 125 and others will get 47. Republic Bharat-Matrize exit polls predicted NDA to win seats in the range of 353-368, INDIA bloc to win 113-133 and others to win 43-48.
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