India News- NewsX -DDynamics EP: BJP to get 315 Seats; NDA to cross 371

India News- NewsX-DDynamics released its Exit Poll prediction for the Lok Sabha Election 2024. As per the Exit Poll, BJP is slated to win as many as 315 seats of the 543 seats on its own, and 371 seats in alliance with its NDA partners. The Congress, meanwhile will win as many as 60 seats, and 125 seats in alliance with the other INDI Alliance parties. Other parties that are not in alliance with the NDA or the INDI Alliance are expected to  win 47 seats.

Taking a look at the state-wise exit-poll results, first up in Uttar Pradesh with the highest number of seats. BJP is expected to improve its 2019 tally and win 65 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats. Its NDA allies in the state, ADS and RLD are slated to win 2 seats each which brings the NDA tally to 69 seats. On the other end, Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party will gain 10 seats, and Congress will be able to muster up one lone seat. The INDI Alliance will win 11 seats in total.

The second largest state Maharashtra with 48 seats will see Mahayuti - NDA winning 34 seats. Breaking up the seat share, BJP will win 23 seats, Shiv Sena Shinde faction will win 7, and NCP Ajit Pawar faction will win 4 seats. Meanwhile, the Maha Vikas Aghadi - INDIA Bloc - will win a total of 13 seats. Congress will muster up 4, Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction will get 5 seats and NCP Sharad Pawar will win 4 seats. Next up, West Bengal with 42 seats. BJP will breeze past the TMC with 21 seats this time around. TMC on the other hand will win 19 seats. The Congress will be able to get 2 seats.

Bihar with 40 seats will see the NDA sweeping the state yet again. BJP will win 17 seats, Nitish Kumar-led JDU will obtain 11, Chirag Paswan's LJP will win 4 and HAM will win 1. This brings the NDA total to 31. the Mahagathbandhan - which includes INDI Alliance parties - Congress, and RJD will have to suffice with only 7 seats. Tamil Nadu, that went to poll in a single phase in the first phase will see DMK once again sweep the election with 22 of the 39 seats. Its junior ally Congress will win 6 seats - bringing the total for INDIA bloc to 28. The BJP on the other hand is expected to open its account with 2 seats. AIADMK will win 5 while other smaller parties will win 4 seats.

In Karnataka, the JDS-BJP alliance will help it win 23 of the 28 seats, of which BJP will end up winning 22 seats. Congress on the other hand at 5 seats. Kerala with 20 seats will see the Congress, which is part of the UDF coalition, win the maximum seats - 14 in number. The LDF will win 4 seats. BJP is expected to open its account in the state with Lok Sabha seats. Andhra Pradesh will witness the NDA - which constitutes the BJP, TDP and JSP -sweep the polls with 18 of the 25 seats. YSRCP will win 7. Odisha will see BJP win 13 and BJD, 8 of the 21 seats.

Moving on to Punjab, INDIA Alliance will have an edge with the Congress and AAP winning 6 seats and 3 seats, respectively - bringing the alliance total to 9. BJP on the other hand will win BJP. The erstwhile BJP ally SAD is expected to win 2 seats. In Haryana, BJP will win majority of the seats - 7 out of 10, Congress will win 3 seats.

Gujarat will be a clean sweep for the BJP, which will win all the 26 seats in the state. In Rajasthan, 20 of the 25 seats will be won by the BJP. Congress will be able to win just 4 seats. 9 of the 14 seats of Assam will be won by the BJP. Its alliance partners AGP and UPPL will win 2 and 1 seats, respectively. Congress and AIUDF are expected to win a seat each.

Disclaimer: The INDIA Alliance overall tally of 125 seats includes the 3 seats won by the UDF in Kerala.