Haryana: Close contest expected between BJP and Congress, shows India Today exit poll

A day after most exit polls predicted a clear victory for the Bharatiya Janata party in the just concluded assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, India Today-Axis My India exit poll today threw in a big surprise with their prediction. Haryana is all set to witness a tough contest between Congress-BJP, making it too close to establish a clear edge for any of the two parties.

It has predicted the BJP to win 32-44 seats in Haryana, whereas the Congress is expected to win 30-42 seats, while JJP may win 6-10 seats. In the last assembly election, the BJP won 47 seats while the half-way mark in Haryana assembly is 45. In the last election, Congress won just 15 seats in Haryana.

Almost all the Exit Polls yesterday, had predicted a thumping victory for the BJP in Haryana.

Another critical prediction made by the India Today-Axis My India exit poll for Haryana is that Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) is expected to win 6-10 seats in Haryana, while Others are likely to pick up 6-10 seats.

In terms of party-wise vote share in Haryana, the India Today-Axis My India exit poll has predicted the BJP to secure 33 per cent votes, the Congress to secure 32 per cent vote share and the JJP to get 14 per cent votes in this assembly elections.