Telangana exit poll results: Close fight between Congress, BRS; BJP lags behind
Telangana exit poll results 2023: As per predictions, Congress and BRS are expected to be in a neck-to-neck battle with both over 45 seats.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao's reign in the state may get over after Sunday as exit polls predicted a Congress win.
According to early predictions by multiple news agencies, Congress is expected to prevail in the Telangana elections 2023 with around 58-70 seats, while KCR's party Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) is predicted to win on around 45-55 seats.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and AIMIM are expected to win on around seven seats each, keeping them out of the race to form a government in Telangana. According to the Republic MATRIZE exit poll prediction, both the parties are likely to get seats in single digits.
Meanwhile, the India TV-CNX exit poll results predict that BRS will retain power in Telangana with 70 out of the total 119 seats, while Congress will win around 34 seats. BJP and AIMIM will both win 7 seats each, predicted India Today.
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Telangana exit poll results 2023: Early predictions
Republic-MATRIZE results
Congress - 58-68 seats
BRS - 46-56 seats
BJP - 4-9 seats
AIMIM - 5-7 seats
India TV-CNX results
BRS - 70 seats
Congress - 34 seats
BJP - 7 seats
AIMIM - 7 seats
Jan Ki Baat results
Congress - 48-64 seats
BRS - 40-55 seats
BJP- 7-13 seats
AIMIM - 4-7 seats
Today's Chanakya results
Congress - 71 +-9 seats
BRS - 33 +-9 seats
BJP - 7 +-5 seats
Others - 8 +-3 seats
All the exit poll results indicate that the competition between BRS and Congress will be close, with BJP and AIMIM likely out of the race to give the two parties a tough fight.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's party BRS has been in power in Telangana ever since the inception of the state in 2014, when it was separated from Andhra Pradesh. However, early trends indicate that this might the the last term as a CM for KCR.