Exit Poll Results Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala LIVE: BJP Predicted to Trump Congress-JDS; KCR May Get Bargaining Chip at Centre

Mamata dismisses exit poll results. Calls on opposition parties to be "strong and bold".

I don’t trust Exit Poll gossip. The game plan is to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs through this gossip. I appeal to all Opposition parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this battle together

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 19, 2019

TRS to Win Big | According to a survey by Republic-C Voter, TRS is set to win 14 of the 17 seats in the state. Both the UPA and the NDA will possibly manage to win just one seat. The AIMIM will win one seat

The News18-IPSOS survey predicts that the SP-BSP gathbandhan will fail to make a mark in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh despite the arithmetic being in its favour.

Assembly Bypolls in Karnataka | Bypolls for the assembly constituencies of Chincholi and Kundgol in Karnataka were held today. An average of 75.81 percent polling was recorded. The bypolls are crucial for both the ruling Congress-JD(S) alliance and the BJP with the latter maintaining that a victory for it would boost its numbers in the assembly and have larger political implications.

NDA to Form the Next Government | According to a sruvey by News18-IPSOS, NDA will win 336 of the 542 seats. The majority mark is 272. As for vote share, the NDA will win 48.5% of the total votes. Predictions state that the UPA will hold 82 seats with 25% of the vote share.

Most exit polls forecast a majority for the BJP-led NDA, although the numbers differ. Two exit polls telecast by Times Now gave the NDA 296 and 306 seats while they projected 126 and 132 for the Congress-led UPA. The CVoter-Republic exit poll has forecast 287 and 128 seats for the NDA and UPA, respectively. However, Neta-News X predicted that the NDA could fall short of the majority and win 242 seats and gave the UPA 164 seats.

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LDF Takes the Lead | News18-IPSOS predict that LDF will win 11-13 seats and the Congress-led UDF will win 7-9. The poll also suggests that the BJP might just be able to wrest one seat in the state

BJP Set to Win Karnataka | According to News18-IPSOS survey, the BJP is set to win 20-23 seats out of the 28 with a vote share of 54.47% and the UPA will wrest 5-8 seats with 41.85% of the votes

Over the past year, BJP has made repeated attempts to do its 'Operation Kamala' in the state -- wooing MLAs from other parties to defect to it by promising to get them re-elected on its symbol and later reward them with a ministerial berth.

BJP Set To Win Karnataka | The Chanakya News24 survey predicts that BJP is set to win 23 of the state's 28 seats and the Congress will win 5 seats.

Cong-led UDF to Win Kerala | India Today predictions state that the Cong-led UDF will win 15-16 seats, BJP+ will potentially win one seat and others will take away 3-5 seats.

The electoral irrelevance of the islands of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep is, perhaps, part of the larger problem of politics and policy being mainland-centric, pushing islands into isolated corners.

Cong Set to Win Lakshadweep | According to a survey by India Today-Axis, the Congress is set to win the one Lok Sabha seat in the island, bringing down the NCP, the current incumbent party. The seat is reserved for STs considering the fact that STs constitute 95% of the population, according to the 2011 census

TRS in Telangana | According to a survey by India Today-Axis, KCR's TRS is set to win 10-12 of the 17 seats. Both the Congress and the BJP will possibly win 1-3 seats. The AIMIM will win one seat

Karnataka Exit Poll | According to a survey by India Today, BJP will win 21 of the state's 28 seats and the Congress will win 3-6 seats

TRS to Sweep Telangana | According to News18-IPSOS survey, TRS will win 12-14 out of 17 seats in the state with 46.35% of the vote share.

BJP Fares Well in Karnataka | According to News18-IPSOS survey, the BJP is set to win 7-9 seats out of the 14 that went to polls in the second phase. The UPA will wrest 5-7 seats.

KCR's Strategy for Telangana | Buoyed by its landslide victory in the Telangana Assembly elections last year and with opposition parties looking demoralised, the TRS had a clear edge going into the election. KCR appealed to people to make it victorious on all seats so that he, along with other regional parties, can play a key role in forming a non-BJP, non-Congress government at the Centre. The ruling party had worked with 'Mission 16' while offering support to AIMIM to continue its strongehold on Hyderabad

Kerala, which has seen only a bipolar polity till date, could possibly witness a triangular electoral verdict this time between the BJP, Congress and CPM  thanks to the faith vs law fight over Sabarimala. The entry of young women at the shrine​ was a key poll issue in Kerala, carrying the BJP’s hopes in a state which has not opened its door for the centrally ruling party yet.

Alliance Dynamics in Karnataka | The assembly polls in 2018 had thrown up a fractured mandate. Given the pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the JDS this time around - Congress contesting in 11 and JDS in 3 - it remains to be seen how the parties will fare in view of their combined strength.

Voting is ongoing in assembly constituencies of Chincholi and Kundgol. An estimated 56.5 per cent of the over 3.8 lakh electorate exercised their franchise till 3 PM.

Today, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) announced the allocation of Rs 100 crores for developing ancient Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy temple, situated on the banks of river Godavari, into a tourist destination and a spiritual hub. In the past few days, KCR has been dominating headlines with an intent to form a 'federal front' with the support of regional parties. 

In the Lok Sabha elections, the LDF is contesting in all the 20 seats, the CPI(M) on 16 seats and the CPI on four.

In the field are 185 candidates, including 178 farmers who jumped into the fray to support their demand for remunerative price for turmeric and red sorghum and setting up of a Turmeric Board based in Nizamabad.

Fourteen of the 28 constituencies in the state will vote in the second phase on Thursday. The BJP and the Congress each currently holds six of these and the JD(S) holds the other two.

The last phase of polling for the 2019 elections is currently underway in states like Punjab, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, etc. Voting in the southern constituencies ended in the 3rd phase wherein voters from states like Karnataka and Kerala exercised their franchise.