Gujarat exit polls: Arvind Kejriwal 'positive' on projected vote share despite likely rout for AAP

Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has responded positively to exit polls that predicted inroads for his party in its debut election in Gujarat.

Kejriwal said 'it's a 'big thing' that the party was projected to get 15–20 percent votes, even though exit polls showed AAP a distant third behind the BJP and Congress.

"We are also positive in Gujarat. We are a new party there and if we get 15–20 percent votes there then it's a big thing", News 18 quoted the Delhi Chief Minister as saying.


Exit polls predicted a big majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat with various pollsters projecting seats in the range of 117-151 in the 182-member house.

Counting of votes in Gujarat will take place on December 8. Elections for the Gujarat assembly took place in two phases on December 1 and 5.

All exit polls predicted a big mandate for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat in the range of 117-151 seats in the 182-member assembly, while the Congress was predicted to bag seats in the range of 16-51. The Aam Aadmi Party was projected to bag anything between two and 13 seats. The majority mark in Gujarat is 92.

MCD Polls
Exit polls predicted a clear win for Aam Aadmi Party in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls, the party said that the people have voted for the good work done by it while the Bharatiya Janata Party said it will do much better than the survey predictions.

Three exit polls predicted an end to the BJP's 15-year rule at the civic body. All the exit polls gave Congress less than 10 wards.

The results of the polls to 250 wards of MCD will be declared after counting of votes on December 7.

Aam Aadmi Party chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said, "We think exit polls have always underestimated AAP voters because they are too shareef (gentlemen) to voice their opinion due to goondaism of BJP workers."