BJP to win 3 of 4 states in upcoming assembly polls, close call in Delhi: Survey

The BJP is set to retain power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and unseat the Congress in Rajasthan. But in Delhi the party is locked in a neck-and-neck race with the Congress, which could end up in a hung assembly, according to a Times Now-CVoter poll.

According to the poll, which surveyed close to 39,000 people across the four states, the BJP could end up with 30 seats in Delhi, six short of a majority. With the Congress estimated to win 29 and AAP seven, that could well end in a situation where no government can be formed as AAP is unlikely to support either Congress or BJP

In Madhya Pradesh, the poll suggests the BJP is poised to win quite comfortably and projects 130 seats for the Shivraj Chauhan-led party in the 230-member assembly, leaving the Congress a distant second at 84.

In Rajasthan too, the BJP is predicted to gain a decisive verdict, winning 118 seats in the 200-member assembly with Congress estimated to win a mere 64 seats and with BSP and others winning the remaining 18.

In Chhattisgarh, the BJP seems to be somewhat less securely placed but with the poll predicting it will win 47 of the 90 seats, it could win a majority though a smaller one than in 2008

The Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP), the poll suggests, will make its presence felt in each of the four state except Chhattisgarh, but in each case it will be only a marginal player, winning two seats in the national capital, three in Rajasthan and five in Madhya Pradesh