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Economic Times | 07 Mar, 2022 | 08.25PM IST
UP Exit Poll 2022 Results LIVE Updates: BJP to retain power with reduced majority, predict most pollsters
UP Exit Poll Results LIVE: Voting for the seventh and the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections is nearing an end. In a couple of hours exit poll numbers will start rolling out. All eyes are on UP and the big question is whether the BJP will come back to power in an election widely dubbed as the semifinal to 2024.
Voting for the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh assembly was held in seven phases, starting from the western part on February 10. In the first phase on February 10, voting took place in 58 assembly constituencies, covering 11 western districts. The second phase on February 14 covered 55 seats. The third phase of voting covered 59 seats on February 20. The fourth phase polling was for 60 constituencies on February 23. The fifth phase on February 27 also covered 60 seats. 57 constituencies went to vote in the sixth phase on March 3. The remaining 54 seats voted in the last and seventh phase on March 7.
For the Uttar Pradesh state elections in 2022, BJP has allied with Apna Dal (Sonelal), or AD (S), and Nishad Party of Sanjay Nishad. Samajwadi Party has formed a rainbow coalition of 11 community-based parties. Some of the key allies are Jayant Chaudhary's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Omprakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Keshav Dev Maurya’s Mahan Dal, Sanjay Chauhan’s Janwadi Party (Socialist) and AD (K). Bahujan Samaj Party is contesting alone, so is the Congress. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen along with the Jan Adhikar Party and few others are also competing under the banner of Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha.
Voting for the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh assembly was held in seven phases, starting from the western part on February 10. In the first phase on February 10, voting took place in 58 assembly constituencies, covering 11 western districts. The second phase on February 14 covered 55 seats. The third phase of voting covered 59 seats on February 20. The fourth phase polling was for 60 constituencies on February 23. The fifth phase on February 27 also covered 60 seats. 57 constituencies went to vote in the sixth phase on March 3. The remaining 54 seats voted in the last and seventh phase on March 7.
For the Uttar Pradesh state elections in 2022, BJP has allied with Apna Dal (Sonelal), or AD (S), and Nishad Party of Sanjay Nishad. Samajwadi Party has formed a rainbow coalition of 11 community-based parties. Some of the key allies are Jayant Chaudhary's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Omprakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Keshav Dev Maurya’s Mahan Dal, Sanjay Chauhan’s Janwadi Party (Socialist) and AD (K). Bahujan Samaj Party is contesting alone, so is the Congress. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen along with the Jan Adhikar Party and few others are also competing under the banner of Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha.
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India Today exit poll predicts BIG WIN for BJP in UP
BJP+ .. 288-326 seats
SP+.... 71-101 seats
BSP.... 3-9 seats
Congress..1-3 seats
SP+.... 71-101 seats
BSP.... 3-9 seats
Congress..1-3 seats
What the Times Now -Veto exit polls say on UP
The picture so far at 8pm
- BJP set to come back to power in Uttar Pradesh with a reduced majority is what Times Now-Veto and a lot of smaller pollsters predict. They also predict huge losses for Mayawati's BSP. But final numbers from some big pollsters on UP are yet to come in.
- Most pollsters predict a clean sweep for AAP in Punjab and humiliating losses for the Congress.
- Pollsters are divided over the outcome in Uttarakhand and Goa. Some giving narrow leads to the BJP and others to the Congress
Times Now Veto prediction: 225 seats for BJP+
BJP+ .. 225
SP+.... 151
BSP .....14
Congress..9
Others... 4
TOTAL 403
SP+.... 151
BSP .....14
Congress..9
Others... 4
TOTAL 403
Times Now Veto exit poll has called Uttar Pradesh for the BJP + with 225 seats. That is about a 100 less than last time.
Times Now Veto prediction of 349 UP seats
BJP+ .... 199
SP+.... 128
BSP.... 10
TOTAL....349
SP+.... 128
BSP.... 10
TOTAL....349
P-MARQ predicts comfortable BJP win
BJP 240
SP+ 140
BSP 17
INC 4
SP+ 140
BSP 17
INC 4
Uttar Pradesh: Times Now early numbers predict BJP ahead in tight fight
Times Now going phase by phase prediction in UP, going west to east. Of the 231 seats they have predicted so far 132 to BJP+ ; 84 to SP+, 5 to BSP and 7 to Congress
ETG RESEARCH: BJP to get second term with comfortable majority
BJP 230-245
SP+ 150-165
BSP 5-10
INC 2-6
SP+ 150-165
BSP 5-10
INC 2-6
POLSTRAT: BJP to retain power with reduced majority
BJP 211-225SP+ 116-160BSP 14-24INC 4-6
Uttarakhand: What different pollsters predict
NDTV's poll of polls and CNN-News18 quoting early exit polls predict BJP to retain power in Uttar Pradesh
Pollsters are divided over outcome in Uttarakhand and Goa. Times Now predicts a minor lead for BJP in Uttarakhand , and the Congress in Goa. Other pollsters predict the opposite. Will there be a hung house in any of these states?
Hung house in Goa, says Times Now exit poll
Congress+ to win 16 seats, BJP to win 14 seats and AAP+ to win 4 seats, says Times Now exit polls
Times Now Veto exit polls predict narrow win for BJP in Uttarakhand
Times Now Veto Exit Polls: BJP projected to claim a thin majority in Uttarakhand with 37 out of 50 seats, while Congress is expected to win 31 seats. Aam Aadmi Party is predicted to win just one seat.
TV channels mostly with projections of Punjab and Uttarakhand. India Today-Axis My India predicts a massive AAP sweep in Punjab. Times Now predicts slender win for BJP in Uttarakhand
In 2017, 47 seats out of 403 had a margin of less than 5000 votes . Which way will they swing this time? That may have a bearing on the outcome.
Less than ten minutes to go before the first projections kick in. Stay tuned
Congress High Command has sent party leaders to assess the pre-counting and post-counting political situation in UP, reports ANI.
UP elections 2022: How the state voted
Voting for the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh assembly elections was held in seven phases, starting from the western part on February 10. In the first phase on February 10, voting took place in 58 assembly constituencies, covering 11 western districts. The second phase on February 14 covered 55 seats. The third phase of voting covered 59 seats on February 20. The fourth phase polling was for 60 constituencies on February 23. The fifth phase on February 27 also covered 60 seats. 57 constituencies went to vote in the sixth phase on March 3. The remaining 54 seats voted in the last and seventh phase today.
After the seventh and final phase of polling, the BJP will be wiped off from the state. The SP alliance is forming a majority government after March 10 with over 300 seats.
- Tejashwi Yadav, RJD leader
Akhilesh Yadav disses pre-poll surveys
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav dismissed pre-poll surveys that showed that the BJP had the edge in Uttar Pradesh elections."Let them show whatever they have got. We are winning with a majority," he said, dismissing predictions earlier on some TV channels.
After the seventh and final phase of polling, the BJP will be wiped off from the state. The SP alliance is forming a majority government after March 10 with over 300 seats.
- Akhilesh Yadav, SP chief
Uttar Pradesh election result in 2017
In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP and allies won 325 of a total of 403 seats. Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party was a distant second with 47 seats. Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party came third with 19 seats. The Congress party won just 7 seats.
Last hour of polling in Uttar Pradesh in 7th phase
Prominent candidates in UP this time
Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban, Akhilesh Yadav Karhal, Swami Prasad Maurya from Fazilnagar, OP Rajbhar from Zahoorabad, Keshav Prasad Maurya from Sirathu are some of the prominent candidates.
UP election 2022: Here are the alliances
- BJP has allied with Apna Dal (Sonelal), or AD (S), and Nishad Party of Sanjay Nishad.
- Samajwadi Party has formed a rainbow coalition of 11 community-based parties. Some of the key allies are Jayant Chaudhary's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Omprakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Keshav Dev Maurya’s Mahan Dal, Sanjay Chauhan’s Janwadi Party (Socialist) and AD (K).
- Bahujan Samaj Party is contesting alone, so is the Congress.
- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen along with the Jan Adhikar Party and few others are also competing under the banner of Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha.
Voting for the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh assembly was held in seven phases, starting from the western part on February 10. Polling in the seventh phase ends at 6 pm today.
The big focus is on Uttar Pradesh. Will the BJP break a 35-year-old jinx and come back to power for a second consecutive term in the state? The numbers coming out today evening may possibly give a clue.
Good evening! in a couple of hours from now, TV channels and other media organisations will start airing exit poll numbers from all the five states which went to polls in this round.
