Haryana Exit Poll 2024 Updates: Slight dip for BJP, Cong to make gains, predicts News18 exit poll

Haryana voted in a single phase on May 25 to elect 10 members for the 18th Lok Sabha elections. After polling concluded in the last phase on June 1, the News18 Mega Exit Poll is predicting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to still retain the edge but lose some ground in the northern state.

The News18 Mega Exit Poll, expects the NDA to get 5-7 seats out of the total 10, while INDIA alliance led by the Congress party is expected to get in a range of 3-5 seats.

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Among the other exit polls in Haryana, the India Today-AXIS MY India Exit Poll predicts the BJP to win 6-8 seats, while the Congress is seen winning in 2-4 seats. The ABP-CVoter exit poll predicts both the NDA and the INDIA alliances to each win in a range of 4-6 seats.

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The 10 constituencies of Haryana include Ambala, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonipat.

Past elections, opinion polls

According to surveys conducted by ABP-CVoter, the BJP was projected to win nine seats, securing approximately 53 percent of the vote share, while the Congress party was expected to retain only the Rohtak seat. The India Today's Mood of the Nation survey suggests that the BJP, which secured 58 percent of the votes in 2019, is likely to receive 50 percent in the upcoming elections.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP demonstrated an impressive performance in Haryana, clinching seven seats. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Congress managed to secure two and one seats, respectively.