Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Exit Poll Results 2019: Brand Modi to beat SP-BSP combine
The BJP-led alliance had won 73 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2014.
In Short
- Uttar Pradesh voted in all seven phases of the Lok Sabha election
- BJP-led NDA had won 73 of 80 Lok Sabha seats of UP in 2014
- BJP had a tougher opponent in SP-BSP-RLD alliance in 2019 election
Exit poll results for Uttar Pradesh are out and the BJP is winning the state in the Lok Sabha election hands down in the My Axis-India Today exit poll results. The BJP is predicted to poll 48 per cent vote share, much closer to the 50 per cent vote claim made by party president Amit Shah in the state.
The vote share of the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance is predicted to be 39 per cent in the Lok Sabha election. The Congress is likely to secure only eight per cent votes.
In terms of the number of seats, the BJP is predicted to win 62-68 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. The grand-alliance of the SP, BSP and the RLD could win 10-16 Lok Sabha seats.
The Congress is predicted to win a maximum of two seats. The exit poll results suggest that the Congress may be reduced to just one seat in Uttar Pradesh. The party had won two Lok Sabha seats in 2014, when only Congress president Rahul Gandhi from Amethi and Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli could win their seats.
With 80 Lok Sabha seats, Uttar Pradesh is key to power at the Centre. The BJP had won 71 of these seats in 2014 and along with its ally, the NDA had got 73. The remaining seven Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh went to two powerful political families the Gandhis and the Yadavs. The BJP’s domination was overwhelming.
Exit polls were, however, divided in their prediction for the politically most crucial state of Uttar Pradesh with some like ABP-Nielsen saying that the BJP's tally may fall to 22 from 71 while a few others like New 18-Ipsos and News 24-Chanakya tipping its tally over 60 seats.
The most populous state of the country voted in all seven phases of the Lok Sabha election that began on April 11 and ended with polling in 59 constituencies today. Fourteen of these constituencies were in Uttar Pradesh.
The key constituencies in Uttar Pradesh are Varanasi, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking reelection, Rae Bareli UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Amethi Congress president Rahul Gandhi faces Union minister Smriti Irani here, Azamgarh Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Mainpuri SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Gorakhppur the seat Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dominated for over two decades but the BJP lost it in bypoll two years ago, and Phulpur Deputy CM Keshav Chandra Maurya won it in 2014 but the BJP lost this seat in bypoll.
Besides, Union minister Manoj Sinha is seeking reelection from Ghazipur and Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey is in the fray from Chandauli . Both Lok Sabha seats are in the neighbourhood of Varanasi.
The contest in Uttar Pradesh was the most talked about theme of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The Congress officially launched Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in this election giving her the charge of Uttar Pradesh East, a home turf of CM Adityanath and a region where PM Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency lies.