After many exit polls on Saturday predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term, with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) expected to secure a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls, it seems that the rallying cry of the ruling party — ‘Ab Ki Baar 400 Paar’ — may indeed prove true.
News18 Mega Exit Poll
Ahead of counting day on June 4, a News18 Mega Exit Poll predicted between 305 and 315 Lok Sabha seats for the Bharatiya Janata Party and 355 to 370 overall for NDA in the just-concluded elections. According to the survey, the Congress may get only about 62-72 seats in the elections, while its INDIA bloc could end up with a tally of 125-140. Parties outside the two alliances could net 42-52 seats.
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Meanwhile, the Republic TV-P Marq poll claimed that the ruling alliance will win up to 359 seats and the opposition INDIA bloc will bag 154 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The Republic TV-Matrize poll gave 353-368 seats to the NDA and 118-133 seats to the opposition. The Jan Ki Baat poll gave 362-392 seats to the ruling NDA and 141-161 to the opposition alliance.
400 Mark
The India TV-CNX gave them 371-401 and 109-139 seats respectively, while the corresponding tally predicted by News Nation was 342-378 and 153-169. The India Today-Axis My India exit poll projected that the NDA could attain up to 401 seats. Chanakya and CNX also indicated that the NDA was poised to surpass the 400-seat threshold.
In the 2019 polls, the BJP won 303 seats, while the NDA tally was 353. The Congress had bagged 53 seats and its allies 38. The ‘INDIA’ bloc was formed by opposition parties to take on the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. This time around, the ruling alliance in all likelihood will open its account in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and sweep Karnataka but may see a fall in its tally in states like Bihar, Rajasthan and Haryana, according to these pollsters.
Modi exudes confidence
Following the last phase of voting on Saturday, Modi exuded confidence that people have voted in record numbers to re-elect the NDA government and said the “opportunistic INDI Alliance” failed to strike a chord with the voters who rejected their “regressive politics”.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge told reporters after a meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc that the alliance will win more than 295 seats. “We have arrived at this figure after speaking with all our leaders. This is a survey of people. People have given this information to our leaders. The government surveys are there and their media friends also inflate figures and put it out. Therefore, we want to tell you about the reality,” he said.
Only Once In History
In the annals of India’s elections, such a feat has been achieved only once. The Congress, following Indira Gandhi’s assassination, secured a staggering 414 seats out of the 541 contested in the Lok Sabha elections. Even in the initial years post-independence, when the Congress enjoyed dominance, its electoral count remained relatively modest.
However, BJP president J P Nadda said that people have voted for a capable, powerful, developed and self-reliant India and to put aside appeasement, nepotism and corruption, exuding confidence that his party will win more than 370 Lok Sabha seats and the NDA over 400.
(With agency inputs)
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