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| Exit polls put Congress, NCP ahead |
| Press Trust Of India / New Delhi Oct 14, 2009, 00:49 IST |
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Exit polls by two television channels today projected that Maharashtra’s ruling Congress-NCP alliance would emerge victorious in the state assembly elections, while one of them predicted a Congress victory in Haryana polls.
The IBN Lokmat-CNN IBN exit poll gave Congress-NCP combine between 135 and 145 seats in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, with Congress surging ahead with 75-85 seats and its alliance partner NCP winning between 55 and 65.
Shiv Sena is projected to win between 55 and 65 seats and BJP emerging victorious in 45-55 seats, it said.
Raj Thackeray’s MNS is seen by the exit poll as winning between eight and 12 constituencies, while others and Independents get 25-35 seats. Star News predicted Congress victory in 89 seats and NCP in 48. With 137 seats, it put the ruling alliance within sniffing distance of the 145 seats required for a simple majority.
The same exit poll showed Shiv Sena getting 62 seats and its ally BJP 51 seats. It gave MNS 12, the Republican Party of India-led alliance five and others 21 seats.
Star News exit poll projected a Congress win in Haryana, with the party winning 57 seats in the 90-member assembly. INLD is shown winning 18 seats, Haryana Janhit Congress (nine), BSP (three), BJP (one) and others (three).
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