Delhi Exit Polls: Axis My India Projects Decisive BJP Win With 48% Vote Share

The Bharatiya Janata Party is headed for a decisive victory in the Delhi assembly elections, with a vote share of around 48%, according to the exit poll released by Axis My India on Thursday.

The latest survey projections came a day after most of the exit polls predicted a victory for the BJP against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party.

The Axis My India survey, which was in line with the earlier predictions, projects the BJP to secure 45-55 seats in the 70-member Delhi assembly, which is significantly higher than the halfway majority-mark of 36 seats.

The tally of AAP is predicted to slip to 15-25 seats, it added. If the poll turns out to be accurate, then it would mark a sharp climbdown for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, which won 62 seats in the 2020 assembly elections.

In terms of vote share, Axis My India projects the AAP to secure 42% of the total votes.

Meanwhile, the Congress is seen to be struggling to open its account. Similar to most other post-election surveys, Axis My India exit poll also predicts the grand old party to win only 0-1 seats. In terms of vote share, it sees the Congress securing barely 7% of the overall votes.

The tally of others, which includes the likes of Bahujan Samaj Party and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, is also seen in the range of 0-1. Their combined vote share is projected at 3%.

Delhi witnessed a triangular contest between the AAP, BJP and the Congress. The voting across all the 70 assembly segments concluded on Wednesday in a single-phase. The overall turnout was 60.42%, as per the data released by the Election Commission.

The Delhi government for the last 10 years has been led by the AAP, which secured brute majorities of over 60 seats in the 2015 and 2020 elections.

The BJP, though the main opposition, won only three seats in 2015 and eight seats in 2020. The Congress, which ruled Delhi for 15 straight years from 1998 to 2013, drew a blank in the last two assembly elections.