Exit Poll Results 2019: Exit polls predict another huge Modi win, forecast 277-352 for NDA
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 21, 2019, 13:55:40 IST

Exit Poll Results 2019: Exit polls predict another huge Modi win, forecast 277-352 for NDA

Most exit polls have predicted that the BJP-led NDA is all set to return to power in 2019. According to poll of exit polls, NDA is projected to win 317 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. Stay with TOI for live updatesRead Less

13:40 (IST) May 21

2 pollsters say Chandrababu Naidu will retain Andhra Pradesh, 2 others say Jagan will oust him

10:28 (IST) May 21

Exit polls paving way for EVM misuse, claims Kumaraswamy

10:27 (IST) May 21

1000%’ sure of TDP win, says Chandrababu Naidu

10:26 (IST) May 21

YSRC in high spirits as exit polls predict Andhra Pradesh win

10:25 (IST) May 21

Delhi poll results won’t be out before midnight

14:40 (IST) May 20

We don't believe in exit polls, says DMK chief Stalin

DMK President M K Stalin said he does not take the projections seriously and would wait for three days to know people's mandate. Asked about the reported meeting of opposition parties convened by Sonia Gandhi to discuss the post-poll scenario on counting day, Stalin shot back, "who told you there is a meeting on May 23." Such reports are only appearing in the media, he said, adding, even the results will be known only late on Thursday.

14:22 (IST) May 20

Projections about AIADMK will be proved wrong: Palaniswami

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami sought to make light of the exit polls suggesting a bad show by the AIADMK, saying he had himself proved wrong similar predictions of him losing in 2016. Palaniswami exuded confidence that the party and its allies win would all the seats in the state and one in Puducherry, adding that said exit polls were more of "imposing of opinion". "In 2016 (assembly election) also, such exit polls were done and they suggested that in Salem, the AIADMK will win only three seats and that even I will lose (from Edappadi seat in Salem)," he said. "But I won with a difference of 42,000 votes even as the AIADMK won 10 seats against the three (mentioned in the exit polls)."

14:20 (IST) May 20

Amit Shah to meet NDA leaders, host dinner on May 21

BJP President Amit Shah has convened a meeting of the leaders of the National Democratic Alliance on May 21, ahead of the counting of votes on May 23. Sources in the BJP said that Shah is likely to host a dinner for the NDA leaders and would chalk out alliance's strategy. Twelve of 14 exit polls predicted the NDA getting full majority with seats ranging seats from 282 to 365.

14:01 (IST) May 20

Exit polls dampen spirits in TRS camp, mood subdued

Exit polls predicting a second term for the Modi government have dampened spirits in the TRS camp, where the mood was subdued with hopes of playing a role in the event of a hung Parliament set to be dashed. "What we predicted and our feeling was neither the NDA nor the UPA will get majority on its own. As per exit polls, what we visualised is not going to be correct," a senior leader of the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led outfit told PTI. If the NDA were to return to power on its own strength as per the exit polls, Rao's push to forge a federal front of non-Congress, non-BJP regional parties will undoubtedly lose steam, said a political analyst.

13:59 (IST) May 20

Mayawati meets Akhilesh, discuss exit polls projections

BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met after exit polls indicated gains for their alliance in the politically important state of Uttar Pradesh. Yadav, who had formed a coalition with the BSP and the RLD to take on the BJP, drove to the residence of Mayawati and the closed door talks lasted for almost an hour. Details of what transpired between the two top leaders was not known immediately.

12:05 (IST) May 20

What exit polls say may be in store

What exit polls say may be in store
12:04 (IST) May 20

What exit polls say may be in store

What exit polls say may be in store
12:04 (IST) May 20

What exit polls say may be in store

What exit polls say may be in store
12:04 (IST) May 20

What exit polls say may be in store

What exit polls say may be in store
11:36 (IST) May 20

Naidu to meet Mamata for post-poll alliance talks in Kolkata

A day after meeting Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, sources said. The TDP president will meet Banerjee as part of his efforts to unite opposition parties against the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha election results on May 23. "Naidu will hold a meeting with Mamata Banerjee at West Bengal secretariat this afternoon. Both will hold talks on the strategies of the 'mahagatbandhan' (grand alliance)," a highly placed source said. During his interaction with Banerjee, Naidu is expected to brief her about his meetings with all political leaders in New Delhi over the weekend, the source said.

10:37 (IST) May 20

We remain confident about our work & performance

10:34 (IST) May 20

After exit polls predict BJP win, ex-Maldives Prez Nasheed congratulates PM Modi

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed congratulated PM Modi, hoping that the island nation would continue to have close cooperation with the BJP-led government. "As Indian polls close, congratulations are in order for @narendramodi and the BJP. I am sure the Maldives people and Govt will be delighted to continue their close cooperation with the PM and the BJP-led Govt," Nasheed wrote on his Twitter handle on Sunday.

10:33 (IST) May 20

Exit polls are all wrong: Shashi Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor rejected the predictions of exit polls and said that he will wait till May 23 for the "real results". "I believe the exit polls are all wrong. In Australia last weekend, 56 different exit polls proved wrong. In India many people don't tell pollsters the truth fearing they might be from the government. Will wait till 23rd for the real results," Tharoor tweeted. In another tweet, Tharoor wrote, "Actually they CAN all be wrong, as Australia (a much smaller and less diverse country than India) showed us last weekend. But you're right that we are all better off waiting for the 23rd than wasting our time in empty debate about these imaginary numbers."

10:32 (IST) May 20

Entire Opposition in political ICU after exit polls: Giriraj Singh

Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Monday said that the entire Opposition leaders slipped into oblivion after the exit polls came out on Sunday. His jibe at the Opposition came after exit polls on television channels on Sunday projected the BJP-led NDA to retain power at the Centre with most of the pollsters giving PM Modi a clear majority again in the 543-member Lok Sabha. Singh's tweet in Hindi roughly translates as, "The entire Opposition, including Mamta Banerjee and N Chandrababu Naidu, has reached ICU politically after seeing exit polls. Now after 23rd, all these people should introspect for a better future."

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