Rajasthan exit polls predict Congress may storm desert state

Congress is set to unseat the ruling BJP in Rajasthan and come to power with a comfortable majority, according to most exit polls.

Exit poll conducted by Times Now- CNX has predicted the Congress is winning in 105 seats out of 199, and BJP in 85, with the rest for others.

C-Voter has projected 137 seats for Congress, 60 for BJP and 3 for others, while Jan Ki Baat has predicted 93 for BJP, 91 for Congress and 15 for others.


India Today - Axis My India exit poll has predicted 119 to 141 for Congress in Rajasthan and 55-72 for BJP. The same agency has predicted an even fight in MP.

Exit Poll Results for Rajasthan:

Rajasthan Exit Polls	Congress	BJP	Others
Times Now- CNX	105	85	7
India Today-Axis My India	119-141	55-72	0
C-Voter	137	60	3
Jan Ki Baat	91	93	15
NEWSX-NETA	112	80	7

In the current House, the BJP has 160 seats and the Congress 25. Rajasthan has a 200-member Assembly.
The election in Ramgarh constituency of Alwar district was put off following the death of Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Laxman Singh.

Rajasthan voted on December 7 after a bitter campaign in which the star campaigners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, traded barbs. In 200 assembly seats, the contest appeared to be mainly between the BJP and the Congress.

Vasundhara Raje (Jhalrapatan), Sachin Pilot (Tonk) and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot (Sardarpura) are among the 2,274 candidates in the fray.

The results will be out on December 11, along with those from the other four states - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram - which went to polls this round.