Times Now-VMR Exit Poll 2019 Results | Photo Credit: Times Now

New Delhi: Most exit polls on Sunday predicted another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with some of the polls forecasting that Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win over 300 out of 542 Lok Sabha seats that went to the polls.

According to Times Now-VMR exit poll 2019 results, the NDA is likely to win a clear majority with 306 Lok Sabha seats while the UPA could get just 132 seats.

Exit polls suggested a major surge in BJP’s presence in West Bengal and Odisha, while there were divisions in their prediction for Uttar Pradesh.

Commenting on the exit polls, the BJP said they display a huge positive vote for PM Modi, but opposition parties have dismissed the predictions.

Elections to 542 seats of the 543-member Lok Sabha ended on Sunday. The Election Commission had cancelled election for Tamil Nadu’s Vellore Lok Sabha seat over allegations of misuse of money power.

The Election Commission of India will declare the final results on May 23.

The Times Now-VMR Exit Poll 2019 was carried out between April 11 and May 19, 2019. The survey was carried out at 3,211 unique locations. The cumulative sample of the poll was more than 40,000 voters across the country. The exit poll also worked on samples of another 40,000 voters that carefully mirrored the demography, its swing segments, representation of past behaviour, and modelling of current voting intention.

Exit polls result for Elections 2019

Times Now-VMR NDA UPA Others 2014 336 60 147 2019 306 132 104

Exit Polls 2019: Poll of Polls

NDA UPA Others Times Now-VMR 306 132 104 C-Voter 287 128 127 Jan Ki Baat 305 124 113 News Nation 286 122 134 IPSOS 336 82 124 Nielsen 267 127 148 My-Axis 360 98 84 Chanakya 350 95 97 Poll of Polls 317 110 115

Lok Sabha Elections Exit Poll Results: State-wise

State Seats BJP BJP allies INC INC allies Others Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 1 0 0 0 0 Telangana 17 1 0 2 0 14 Andhra Pradesh 25 0 0 0 0 25 Arunachal Pradesh 2 2 0 0 0 0 Assam 14 6 0 5 2 1 Bihar 40 16 14 3 7 0 Chandigarh 1 1 0 0 0 0 Chhattisgarh 11 7 0 4 0 0 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1 0 0 1 0 0 Daman and Diu 1 1 0 0 0 0 Delhi 7 6 0 1 0 0 Goa 2 1 0 1 0 0 Gujarat 26 23 0 3 0 0 Haryana 10 8 0 2 0 0 Himachal Pradesh 4 3 0 1 0 0 Jammu and Kashmir 6 2 0 0 4 0 Jharkhand 14 8 0 3 3 0 Karnataka 28 20 1 6 1 0 Kerala 20 1 0 11 4 4 Lakshadweep 1 0 0 0 1 0 Madhya Pradesh 29 24 0 5 0 0 Maharashtra 48 22 16 2 8 0 Manipur 2 1 0 1 0 0 Meghalaya 2 0 0 1 0 1 Mizoram 1 0 0 0 0 1 Nagaland 1 0 0 0 1 0 Odisha 21 12 0 1 0 8 Puducherry 1 0 1 0 0 0 Punjab 13 1 2 10 0 0 Rajasthan 25 20 1 4 0 0 Sikkim 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tamil Nadu 38 2 7 6 23 0 Tripura 2 2 0 0 0 0 Uttar Pradesh 80 56 2 2 0 20 Uttarakhand 5 4 0 1 0 0 West Bengal 42 11 0 2 0 29 Total 542 262 44 78 54 104 NDA 306 UPA 132

Exit Polls 2019 India: As it happened

10:00 pm: Commenting on the exit poll results, BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao said that his party would do better than the predictions. "The BJP will get a huge majority by itself although all the exit polls are giving a majority to the NDA. Most of the polls are giving NDA more than 300 seats," said Rao.

"It is clear that there is yet another Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre, but the BJP is confident of doing better than the exit polls predictions," he added.

9:35 pm: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi said exit polls were not accurate. "Small samples are taken to conduct exit polls and they don't reflect the true picture. The results on May 23 will be different and we are confident about it," TRS spokesman Abid Rasool Khan said.

"These were the highly-polarised election. People were afraid to speak the truth for fear of reprisals. They were keeping quiet and voting according to their thinking," he added.

9:20 pm: Today's Chanakya has released the projections of its exit poll. The BJP is expected to win 300 seats while the NDA is likely to form the government with 350 seats. The UPA, on the other hand, is expected to win 95 seats while the Congress is likely to bag 55 on its own. Others are likely to win 97 seats.

9:00 pm: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh rejected the various exit polls, which gave a clear or near-clear majority to BJP-led NDA at the Centre. "With so much experience, even if I go around Punjab to gauge the voter swing, I would not be able to do it with complete accuracy. So how can these exit polls be accurate," asked the Punjab CM. "I am confident that the Congress would do much better in these Lok Sabha elections. Even in Punjab, I am the party to get more than the 9 or 10 seats," he added.

8:45 pm: Exit polls are giving out "contradictory figures", said Samajwadi Party spokesperson Juhie Singh. "We know the SP-BSP alliance has done exceedingly well. The results will prove this," she added.

8:35 pm: Uttar Pradesh BJP spokesman Rakesh Tripathi said the exit polls reflected the opinion polls. "The Congress should understand that their Rafale issue has flopped. The BJP will do better than what the exit polls are showing," said Tripathi.

8:20 pm: Reacting to the exit polls, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari alleged that these polls seem to have been designed to promote the Narendra Modi government. "We do not know from where the pollsters have got these figures. We have travelled extensively during elections and the ground realities are different. We would prefer to wait for the results before commenting because exit polls have gone horribly wrong in the past," added Tiwari.

8:10 pm: In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP could win 58 seats along with its alliance partner Apana Dal. The NDA had won 73 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. The Samajawadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance may win 20 seats while Congress could finish with just two seats.

8:00 pm: Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance may win 10 seats, while the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is predicted to win 38 seats in Maharashtra, suggests Times Now-VMR poll.

7:50 pm: Times Now-VMR exit poll results suggest that in West Bengal, the BJP is likely to improve its tally from 2 in 2014 to 11 in 2019. The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress may register the victory in 28 constituencies.

7:40 pm: After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, another Trinamool Congress leader raises a question mark on the credibility of exit polls.

Have ‘Delhi media’ who masquerade as ‘national media’ lost their credentials and credibility? So-called Exit Polls will only confuse. We await the verdict of the people. Modi ji had called the number 300+ even before Phase 7. Are these numbers to match that? EVM manipulation? — Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 19, 2019

7:35 pm: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calls exit poll results as "gossip". Here's her tweet: "I don’t trust Exit Poll gossip. The game plan is to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs through this gossip. I appeal to all Opposition parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this battle together".

7:07 pm: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah tweets: "Every single exit poll can’t be wrong! Time to switch off the TV, log out of social media & wait to see if the world is still spinning on its axis on the 23rd."

6:30 pm: As per Times Now-VMR exit poll results 2019, the NDA is likely to win 306 out of 542 seats that went to polls in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. The UPA is predicted to get 132 seats, while Others could win 104 seats.

6:15 pm: Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell head Amit Malviya responds to Rahul Gandhi's tweet, says "The first exit poll is out... Also Shivbhakti is now drama for Rahul!"

6:10 pm: After Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former finance minister P Chidambaram hits out at the Election Commission. In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said: "Polling is over. Now we can say that the 'pilgrimage' of the PM in the last two days is an unacceptable use of religion and religious symbols to influence the voting."

"Our charge had been that the EC was sleeping on the job. Now, we can go further and say that the EC completely surrendered its independence and authority. Shame!"

6:00 pm: Thirty minutes before the release of exit poll results, Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweets: "From Electoral Bonds & EVMs to manipulating the election schedule, NaMo TV, “Modi’s Army” & now the drama in Kedarnath; the Election Commission’s capitulation before Mr Modi & his gang is obvious to all Indians.

The EC used to be feared & respected. Not anymore."

5:45 pm: In Andhra Pradesh, the YSR Congress Party MPs are reportedly ready to back the Bharatiya Janata Party. Notably, as the day of the Lok Sabha election results is approaching, political circles are abuzz with activity in case there is a fractured political mandate.

5:35 pm: The Telugu Desam Party claims a majority in both Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections in Andhra Pradesh. The party has circulated a 'survey', claiming victory.



5:30 pm: The Election Commission of India addresses a press conference, says voting has concluded in 542 parliamentary constituencies across states and union territories.

5:20 pm: Analysts said that exit poll trends will set the tone for the equity markets in the initial part of the week, while the final results of the elections on Thursday (May 23) will build the road ahead for stocks. Experts opine that bourses may be indecisive till the final election results are declared.

5:10 pm: On May 23, results will be out for 542, not 543 Lok Sabha seats. The Parliamentary Elections in Tamil Nadu's Vellore were cancelled on the recommendation of the Election Commission, following the confiscation of a huge haul of cash there.

5:00 pm: The 2014 Lok Sabha Elections had brought Narendra Modi to power with a roaring majority of 336 seats to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The BJP had won 282 of 336 seats. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) could win only 60 seats.