The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to win Tripura and form government in Nagaland with its ally NDPP, while Meghalaya is headed for a hung assembly, exit polls released on various channels showed on Monday.
Tripura went to polls on February 16, while Meghalaya and Nagaland voted on February 27. The results will be declared on 2 March.
Tripura
According to Axis My India, BJP alliance can win 36-45 seats out of 60, Communist Party of India India (Marxist) Alliance 6-11 and Tipra Motha Party (TMP) 9-16.
Meanwhile, Matrise predicts 29-36 seats for BJP+, 13-21 for CPM+, 11-16 for TMP and three for others. Jan Ki Baat has predicted 29-40 seats for BJP+, 9-16 for CPM+, 10-14 for TMP and one seat for others. ETG has predicted 24 seats for BJP+, 21 for CPM+, 14 for TMP and one for Others.
Tribals dominate 20 of Tripura’s 60 seats. In the 2018 elections, the BJP won 33, the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) 4, the Communist Party of India (M) 15 and the Congress one.
In 2018, the BJP came to power by uprooting the 25-year-old Left party and Biplab Deb became the Chief Minister. Amid a series of complaints, the BJP replaced him with Dr Manik Saha last May. Among the talking points in the Tripura elections is the seat-sharing alliance between former arch-rivals – the Left and the Congress.
There were initial hiccups as the Left conceded 13 seats to the Congress, keeping 47 for itself. While the Congress, desirous of getting 17 seats, expressed displeasure, after several rounds of meetings, an agreement was reached on the formula.
Meghalaya
According to exit poll projections, Meghalaya is headed for a hung assembly, with the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) emerging as the single largest party.
According to the Axis My India exit poll results, the NPP led by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma will win 18-24 seats, followed by the Congress with 6-12 seats and the BJP with 4-8 seats.
Matriz also predicted the NPP to fall short of the majority mark, securing 21-26 seats, while the TMC would take 8-13 seats, the BJP 6-11, the Congress 3-6 and others 10-19. Will meet seats.
ETG has predicted 22 seats for NPP, 5 for BJP and 3 for Congress respectively.
The Jan Ki Baat exit poll results predicted a win of 11-16 seats for the NPP, followed by 6-11 seats for the Congress, 3-7 seats for the BJP and 5-12 seats for others.
In 2018, the Congress emerged as the single largest party but failed to secure a majority in the 60-member assembly. The BJP, which won only 2 seats, joined hands with the National People’s Party (NPP) to form the government in the state.
Nagaland
According to India Today-My Axis, NDPP is expected to get 28-34 seats in Nagaland with 33 per cent vote share. The poll also gives the BJP a surprising 16 per cent vote share and 10-14 seats, most likely coming from eastern Nagaland, where it focused its campaign.
The Congress is projected to get 10% vote share and between 1-2 seats and the tail end of the Naga People’s Front, which remained after 21 MLAs defected to the NDPP, is projected to get 13% vote share and between 3-8 seats. Is.
Times Now similarly predicted 27-33 seats for NDPP, 12-16 seats for BJP and 4-8 seats for NPF. While Zee News-Matrize is giving 35-43 seats to NDPP-BJP, it has also predicted 2-5 seats for NPF and 1-3 seats for Congress.
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