Exit polls predict BJP hat-trick in Guj

December 17, 2012 23:12

Exit and opinion polls on television channels at the end of voting in Gujarat today projected BJP performing a hat-trick in the state while the Congress is predicted to have an edge in BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh.

Exit poll carried out by C-Voter for Times Now predicted 119 to 129 seats for BJP while the Congress is projected to win between 49 and 59 seats out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat Assembly.

News 24 showed that the BJP is likely to get 140 against 117 seats it had won in 2007 Assembly polls as the party is expected to get 46 per cent of the total vote share.

The poll carried out by Chanakya for the channel projected the Congress to get 40 seats, 19 short of 59 it won in the 2007 polls.

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