PTI
Times of India
September 22, 1999
Title: After third phase exit poll gives NDA 212 seats; Cong trails at 90 Author: PTI Publication: Times of India Date: September 22, 1999 NEW DELHI: An exit poll conducted for Star News on Tuesday predicted a big win for the BJP and its allies, giving them 213 of the 344 Lok Sabha seats where elections have been held in the three phases till date while the Congress and its allies are likely to get only 90. Parties categorised as ``others'' are likely to bag 30 seats, the poll predicted. The poll, conducted by ``Insight'', covered about 1.20 lakh voters in 127 constituencies, and was held in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh where polling has been completed already and in UP, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh where polling has been conducted partially. Eleven constituencies in various Union Territories, Goa and Jammu and Kashmir have not been accounted for in the exit poll. The poll gives the BJP a clean sweep in Delhi with the party expected to bag six of the seven seats. It also predicts impressive gains for the BJP-led coalition in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. In Tamil Nadu, the DMK and its allies, including the BJP, are set to get 26 of the 39 seats with the AIADMK-Congress combine bagging the remaining seats. The Moopanar-led Tamil Maanila Congress is set to draw a blank, according to the poll. In the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the TDP-BJP alliance is tipped to secure a massive victory, getting 33 of the 42 seats while the Congress is predicted to lose heavily bagging only seven seats against 22 in the last elections. ``Others'' have been given two seats. Maharashtra, where Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has eroded the Congress vote, is expected to go the BJP-Shiv Sena way with the combine likely to get 31 of 48 seats, leaving 10 for the Congress and seven for ``others''. According to the poll, the BJP is set to gain 49 additional seats at the cost of the Congress which loses an equal number of seats. The BJP-led alliance is also expected to do well in Punjab, where the other exit polls had said that the alliance was facing a rout. The poll gives BJP-Akali Dal alliance eight of the 13 seats and the Congress four and others one. In UP, where elections have been only for 30 seats so far, the poll like other exit polls predicts a setback for the BJP giving it only 18 seats and three for the Congress while others are expected to bag nine seats. Likewise, in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh where also polls are over only partially, the BJP is set to do well. In Bihar, the party in alliance with the JD(U), is expected to get 16 seats, leaving the remaining three to Congress and its ally, the RJD. In Madhya Pradesh, where there is a straight fight, the BJP is set to bag 21 of the 26 seats so far giving the Congress five. The BJP-led coalition will lead in Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan, the poll predicts. In Karnataka, it would secure 19 of the 28 seats while eight are expected to go to the Congress and its allies, with the ``others'' getting only one seat. In Gujarat, the BJP would maintain its lead with 15 seats, down by four seats as compared to the last elections. The Congress is set to bag the remaining 11 seats. In Rajasthan, the Congress is likely to suffer as the BJP is projected to win 14 of the 25 seats. The Congress had won 20 seats in the previous elections. The insight poll showed that the Congress is set to get merely 10 seats with one going to ``others''. In Kerala, the United Democratic Front led by the Congress is projected to bag 11 of the 20 seats while the remaining going to the Left Democratic Front led by the CPM. In Haryana, the BJP and its ally, the Indian National Lok Dal, are set to gain six of the total 10 seats with the remaining going into the Congress kitty.
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