With voting concluding in Haryana's 90 Assembly seats and in the three-phase polling for Jammu & Kashmir's 90 seats the exit polls indicate that the Congress is set for a strong comeback, with a projected 55-62 seats in Haryana according to NDTV's Poll of Polls.
Dainik Bhaskar' predicted the Congress getting 44-54 seats and the BJP 15-29 seats in the 90-member Haryana Assembly. The Republic-Matrize poll put the Congress tally even higher at 55-62 seats as against the BJP's 18-24.The Red Mike-Datansh exit poll gave the Congress 50-55 seats in Haryana and the BJP at 20-25, while Dhruv Research pegged the Congress at 50-64 and the BJP 22-32.Peoples' Pulse exit poll gave the Congress 49-60 seats and the BJP 20-32 seats in Haryana.
While in J& K the Congress-National Conference alliance is set to cross the majority mark. The J&K election holds great significance as it is the first since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
The C-Voter-India Today survey put the National Conference-Congress alliance at 40-48 seats and the BJP at 27-32 seats in the 90-member assembly of the Union Territory. Dainik Bhaskar pegged the National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance at 35-40 and the BJP at 20-25 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Peoples' Pulse saw the NC-Congress alliance with 46-50 seats as against the BJP's 23-27, while Republic-Gulistan put the the NC-Congress tally lower at 31-36 as against the BJP's 28-30.
In different polls, the PDP was seen winning between 5 and 12 seats, while others were also seen bagging 4-16 seats.
The results of the assembly elections will be announced on October 8.
