Exit Polls: BJP May Triumph in Telangana with 7-10 Seats
BJP may come out on top in Telangana’s Lok Sabha polls, according to News18 Mega Exit Poll predicting 7-10 seats for it out of the 17 in the southern state and a vote share of around 37%.
The state’s ruling Congress may get 5-8 seats with a vote share of about 34%.
Others, including the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), could bag 3-5 seats.
The exit poll has predicted around 21% of the votes for the BRS and 3% for AIMIM.
The Telangana Lok Sabha election took place on May 13, with voters turning out in significant numbers across the state.
The state registered an overall voter turnout of around 53 per cent, with many areas crossing the 50 per cent threshold.
In the 2019 elections, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now BRS) came out on top with nine of the 17 seats and a vote share of 41.71%. The BJP bagged four seats with a vote share of 19.65%.
While the Congress got 29.79% of the votes, it netted only three seats. The remaining seat went to the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) with a vote share of 2.80%