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Exit polls predict win for BJP-JD(U) alliance

Last Updated 20 November 2010, 17:46 IST

While CNN-IBN-The Week post poll study projected that the JD(U)-BJP alliance will sweep the polls with 185-201 seats, a Star AC Nielson exit poll predicted that Nitish Kumar-led NDA will get 150 seats.

An exit poll, conducted by CVoter, projected the JD(U)-BJP combine coming back to power in Bihar. It said the combine will get 142-154 seats.

The CNN-IBN-The Week post poll study projection claimed that the NDA will emerge victorious with 185-201 seats out of the total 243 assembly seats.

The CNN-IBN-The Week post poll study projected the JD (U)-BJP combine emerging as the single largest alliance in Bihar with 46 per cent vote share in its kitty followed by the RJD-LJP alliance at a distant 27 per cent and the Congress at merely 9 per cent as the sixth and final final phase of polling comes to an end.

The Lalu Prasad-led RJD-LJP alliance is predicted to  gain 22-32 seats while the Congress will gain between 6-12 seats. Independents, Left parties and others will end up with 9-19 seats, the CNN-IBN-The Week post-poll study projected. Star AC Nielson exit poll predicted that the RJD-LJP combine will get 57 seats out of a total 243 with a loss of seven while the Congress will stand at 15 and others at 21.

CVoter exit poll projected that the RJD-LJP alliance will remain at a distant second to the NDA with their tally ranging between 59 and 71 while the Congress coming in third place will get 12-18 seats.

Nitish ahead of rivals

According to the CNN-IBN-The Week exit poll, JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar was way ahead of his rivals in popularity as the chief minister of the state.

Nitish kumar was preferrred as the chief minister by 54 per cent of voters as the man in the top office for a consecutive second term while Lalu-Rabri remained far behind him with only 28 per cent preferring “either of them”, the exit poll claimed.

Nitish Kumar’s popularity has been increasing over the  last few years  reaching at all time high of 60 per cent in 2009.

The post-poll study claimed that not only Kumar but his government too was riding a high in its popularity in Bihar with 60 per cent of voters suggesting that they want his government for a second term in the state.

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(Published 20 November 2010, 15:13 IST)

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