Rajasthan exit polls: NDA predicted to win 18-23 seats, INDIA bloc 2-7 seats
Jun 01, 2024
New Delhi [India], June 1 : After voting for the 18th Lok Sabha elections concluded on Saturday, exit polls predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will secure a clean majority in Rajasthan.
An aggregate of exit polls shows that out of 25 Lok Sabha seats, the NDA is predicted to win 18-23 seats, while the Congress-led INDIA bloc is expected to win 2-7 seats.
Times Now ETG in its exit poll figures indicated that the NDA is winning 18 seats, while the Congress-led INDIA bloc is clinching seven seats.
The exit poll figures from INDIA TV predicted the NDA getting 21 to 23 seats, while the INDIA bloc is wrapping up with two to four seats.
Similarly, News 24 in its exit poll figures predicted 22 seats for the NDA, two seats for the INDIA bloc, and one seat for others.
The polling in Rajasthan was held across two phases. Polling for 12 seats was held in the first phase on April 19, and voting for the remaining 13 seats was held in the second phase on April 26. The counting will take place on June 4.
For the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP contested all 25 seats under the NDA. Under the seat-sharing arrangement of the INDIA bloc, Congress contested the polls from 22 seats, while its allies Bharat Adivasi Party, CPM, and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) contested the elections from one seat each.
Some key candidates in the state include Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Kailash Choudhary and Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the NDA swept all 25 seats. The BJP won 24 seats, and its ally, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), bagged one seat. Congress failed to open its account in the elections.
In 2014, the BJP also secured victory in all 25 seats.
The seventh and the final phase of polling for Lok Sabha elections across seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh saw a voter turnout of 58.3 per cent till 5 pm, the Election Commission (ECI) said.
Polling for the earlier six phases of Lok Sabha elections was held on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, and May 25.
Assembly polls have also been held in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. Odisha is seeing simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and assembly in the last four phases.
The Narendra Modi-led BJP is seeking a third term in power, while the opposition INDIA bloc is aiming to wrest power by stopping the juggernaut.
