Maharashtra Exit Poll Full Results 2019: ABP survey predicts clear majority with 34 seats for BJP-Shiv Sena combine

Maharashtra Exit Poll Full Results 2019 | The India Today Axis My India exit poll results have predicted a major victory for BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra. The NDA is likely to bag 38-42 seats in Maharashtra while UPA may manage to win in 6-10 seats.

Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, voted in four phases – on 11, 18, 23 and 29 April. Counting of votes will be held on 23 May, which will reveal if the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be a winning formula, as it was in the case of Maharashtra Assembly polls.

Meanwhile Congress has taken various steps to ensure victory in the state, including appointing Murli Deora as Mumbai Congress chief and giving actress Urmila Matondkar a Lok sabha ticket. The other major parties in the fray are Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).

Voting was held on 11 April for seven seats, namely Wardha, Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur and Yavatmal-Washim, all in Vidarbha region. The seats that voted in the second phase on 18 April were Buldana, Akola, Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur and Solapur constituencies. Most of these seats fall under Marathwada region.

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On 23 April, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Raigad, Pune, Baramati, Ahmednagar, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur and Hatkanangle voted. The final phase of polling was held on 29 April in Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South, Maval, Shirur and Shirdi.

Voter turnouts of 63.04 percent, 62.85 percent, 62.36 percent and 57.33 percent were recorded in the first, second, third and fourth phases of voting in Maharashtra.