Maharashtra, Gujarat Exit Poll Results LIVE: Will NDA Sweep the West Again? Pollsters To Give Verdict Soon

Dadra Nagar Haveli | The Lok Sabha seat of Dadra and Nagar Haveli came into existence in 1967 and was under Congress’s hold till 1984. They regained the seat five years later in 1991 after then-MP Mohanbhai Delkar fought on a Congress ticket. Delkar managed to stay in power for 20 years, albeit changing camps several times. He donned the saffron cap for the 1998 elections but then decided to run as an Independent candidate in 1999.

Goa | BJP holds both Lok Sabha constituencies in Goa, but in absence of a Modi wave, Congress hopes to give a tough fight to the saffron party. BJP was also without late CM Manohar Parrikar, who has steered the party in Goa for years. He died earlier this year after a long fight with cancer.  

Daman and Diu | Both Congress and BJP has won the one seat in Daman and Diu four times each. The fight this time is between two-time BJP MP Lalubhai Patel and Congress’s Ketan Patel. Lalubhai Patel first contested as a BJP candidate in 2009 and defeated Vallabhbhai Patel of the Congress by a margin of over 24 thousand votes. In 2014, he beat Ketan Patel by 9,222 votes or 10.6 percent votes. 

Gujarat | In the 2014 elections which propelled Narendra Modi to power at the Centre, the BJP made a clean sweep of all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. This time, however, anti-incumbency in Gujarat has been raising its ugly head in the form of the Patidar reservation issue, demonetisation, hasty implementation of GST, land acquisition woes and the sliding industrial productivity, all of which was feared to affect the BJP vote share this election.

Maharashtra | In 2014, the alliance of the BJP and the Shiv Sena had swept the polls in Maharashtra by winning 42 seats, propelling the NDA to get an absolute majority at the Centre.The Congress had won just two seats and the decimation was such that it lost even Nandurbar in the north and Sangli in the west, seats it had never lost since 1962. Alliance partner NCP had won four seats.

Dadra Nagar Haveli | Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli has 1 seat in the Lok Sabha of which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The constituency voted in the third phase of the polls and recorded a turnout of 71.43%. According to the latest available data, there are a total of 2,40,858 eligible voters in Dadra Nagar Haveli, with 59,987 male, 59,700 female and 1 third gender voter. 

Goa | The state of Goa has 2 seats in the Lok Sabha of which none are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. It sends 1 member to the Rajya Sabha. There are 40 Assembly constituencies in the state and the last Assembly elections were held in March 2017. Voting for the two Lok Sabha seats, as well as the three assembly seats that went for bypolls, was held simultaneously on April 23.

Daman and Diu | Daman & Diu has 1 seat in the Lok Sabha which is not reserved. The union territory, which went to the polls in the third phase, registered a turnout of 65.34 per cent (out of its 1,11,827 voters).The constituency has seen a two-pronged contest between the Congress and the BJP with the two parties winning the seat four times each.

Gujarat | With 26 seats in the Lok Sabha, Gujarat is set to witness a fiercely contested battle between the BJP and the Congress. 2 of the Lok Sabha seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 4 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Gujarat  also sends 11 members to the Rajya Sabha. There are 183 Assembly constituencies in the state and the last Assembly elections were held in December 2017.

Maharashtra | The state of Maharashtra sends the second most number of lawmakers to the Lok Sabha at 48. Out of these, 5 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 4 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.  Maharashtra  also sends 19 members to the Rajya Sabha. There are 289 Assembly constituencies in the state and the last Assembly elections were held in October 2014.