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SP pushed to third spot in U.P.: exit poll

New Delhi: The Bahujan Samaj Party will emerge on top, followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, relegating the ruling Samajwadi Party to the third spot in Uttar Pradesh, an NDTV exit poll said on Wednesday night after the third phase of Assembly elections. If the swing remained the same in the next four phases, the BSP would bag between 120 and 130 seats, the BJP between 110 and 120 and the SP 105-115 in the 403-member House, the projections showed.

The poll placed Chief Minister Mulayam Singh, whose party has its core support base among Muslims, in the third position in areas dominated by the community.

It predicted 35-45 seats for the Congress and 10-20 for other groups in case the voting swing remained the same throughout. The exit poll put the BJP at the top in the third phase, during which 57 constituencies went to the polls, predicting 20-24 seats for the saffron party, 15-19 for the BSP, 10-14 for the SP and its allies and 4-8 for the Congress.

The BJP won the maximum 27.6 per cent of the vote share, followed by the BSP (24.5), the SP (23.5), the Congress (15.1) and others (9.3), the poll showed.

An exit poll by Star News predicted 138 seats for the BSP, 107 for the BJP and its allies, 93 for the SP, 27 for the Congress and 38 for others.

Its projections from Wednesday's polling in 57 constituencies gave the BJP the maximum number of 20 seats followed by the BSP with 17, the SP (12) and the Congress (4) and others (4).

An India TV-C Voter exit poll showed the SP securing 23-27 seats, the BJP 13-17, the BSP 11-15 and the Congress two-six from Wednesday's voting. — PTI

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