Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh Exit Poll Results LIVE: After Recent State Debacle, BJP Fights Fierce Battle With Congress

Battleground Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarh, on the other hand, has a total of 11 Lok Sabha seats. In the 2004, 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha polls held after the formation of Chhattisgarh in November 2000, the BJP won 10 of the 11 seats every time. This time, the Congress, buoyed by its victory in the Assembly elections last year, is hoping to improve its tally in the state.

Voter Turnout in Rajasthan's 25 LS Seats | Rajasthan, which went to polls in two phases recorded a voter turnout of 66.07 per cent, nearly 3 percentage point more than the 2014 Lok Sabha election, according to the Election Commission website. Rajasthan had the first phase of polling on April 29, in which 63.71 per cent voter turnout was recorded in 13 Lok Sabha seats. The remaining 12 seats went to polls in the fifth phase on May 6 and the voter turnout was 68.17 per cent. The overall turnout was 66.07 per cent of the total 4,88,19,222 voters registered in the state. In 2014, the turnout was 63.11 per cent, the EC website said.

Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot recently said that the BJP had failed to tell people during the Lok Sabha election what had it done for them in the last five years and exuded confidence that his party would sweep the state by winning all the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the ongoing polls.

Battleground Rajasthan | Rajasthan voted in two phases, in phase 4 on April 29 and in phase 5 on May 6. Overall the state registered over 66 per cent polling over its total 25 Lok Sabha constituencies. In 2014 elections, BJP had swept Rajasthan and won all 25 of its Lok Sabha seats on offer. However, Congress recovered some ground in the western state by winning the State Legislative Assembly Elections in December 2018. Now, all eyes will be here, especially on whether Congress continues its winning streak or the BJP manages to retain all or most seats in the state in the general elections.

While Digvijaya Singh is pitted against strong saffron sentiments in Bhopal, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is trying to cash in on the sympathy over her custodial torture.

Prestige Battle in MP | The most watched constituency in the state this time was Bhopal, where the BJP controversially fielded Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, against Congress veteran and former CM Digvijaya Singh. Many raised questions over her candidature, wondering if someone who's out on bail in a terror case should have been allowed to contest general elections.

Voter Turnout in MP's 21 LS Seats | An average 69.26 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first three phases of the Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh, MP's Chief Electoral Officer V L Kantha Rao told PTI. Out of the total 29 Lok Sabha seats in MP, six went to polls on April 29, seven on May 6 and eight on May 12.

The News18 exit poll has been conducted by IPSOS, world's top international pollster that boasts a solid track record of predicting the electoral results of several elections around the world with accuracy.

Polling for eight seats in the fourth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh began at 7 am on Sunday. Prominent candidates in the fray are former Union ministers Kantilal Bhuria and Arun Yadav of the Congress, who is contesting from Ratlam and Khandwa seats, respectively. Polling is currently underway in the eight seats of Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone and Khandwa.

How the Exit Poll Was Conducted | This time, News18.com and CNN-News18 will bring to you the much awaited News18-IPSOS exit poll survey — a deep dive into the Indian elections with a detailed analysis of voter mood, trends and factors that defined the world’s largest democratic exercise. To envisage the number of seats likely to be won by each of the political parties (or alliances) contesting the general election, total 199 parliamentary constituencies were selected out of 543 constituencies across 28 states. Within the parliamentary constituencies, 796 assembly constituencies were selected, and then 4776 individual polling station areas were selected for conducting interviews. In each polling station, around 25 voters were randomly selected depending on the terrain and voter turnouts in that particular polling station. Total 1,21,542 voters were interviewed from 199 parliamentary constituencies.

The results of the elections, which spanned more than a month, will be declared on May 23.  However, the exit poll results will be announced any time now. As per Election Commission rules, exit polls can’t be conducted or published from the period between the commencements of the poll until half an hour after the closing of the poll in all the states and the union territories. Stay tuned for LIVE updates of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha exit polls 2019.

The polling is being held in all 13 seats in Punjab and 13 in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, eight seats each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone seat in Chandigarh.

The seventh and final phase voting for Lok Sabha elections 2019 is currently underway in 59 constituencies across seven states and one union territory. The voting commenced at 7 am in the morning today and will continue till 6 pm in the evening.