The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to upset the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in West Bengal as NDTV-Jan Ki Baat exit poll has predicted between 21 and 26 seats for the saffron party and 16-18 for the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, voting for which was concluded on Saturday, June 1.
India News-D-Dynamics also gave 21 seats to the BJP and 19 to the TMC, while Republic Bharat-Matrize predicted between 21 and 25 seats for the BJP. It predicted between 16 and 20 seats for Mamata Banerjee’s party in the state.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had won 18 of Bengal’s 42 seats, while the TMC bagged 22 seats.
Meanwhile, Republic Bangla has predicted a reversal of 2019, giving the BJP 22 seats and the Trinamool 18.
These pollsters predicted that the Congress will, at best, equal its performance in 2019, when it had won two seats. Jan Ki Baat has predicted 0-2 seats for the Congress, the figure given by India News-D-Dynamics is two and Republic Bharat-Matrize has predicted between 0 and 1. Republic Bangla exit poll says the party will fail to open its account in Bengal.