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BJP projected as �largest party�

By The Assam Tribune

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 � The BJP was today projected in exit polls to emerge as the largest party in both Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections stopping short of majority, reports PTI.

The Congress and the NCP, which were ruling Maharashtra for 15 years before they split ahead of the elections, were projected to lose heavily, while the Shiv Sena was predicted to emerge as the second largest party.

One exit poll conducted by Today�s Chanakya, however, gave a clear majority for the BJP in both Maharashtra and Haryana.

Maharashtra, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned extensively addressing 27 rallies, appears to be heading for a BJP government for the first time in the State�s history.

According to C-voter exit poll telecast on Times Now and Zee News channels, the BJP was projected to get 129 out of 288 seats. Its erstwhile ally Shiv Sena was projected to get 56 seats while the Congress was predicted to bag 43, NCP 36, MNS 12 and others 12. For a majority, a party has to get 145 seats.

In the outgoing Assembly, BJP had 47 seats while Shiv Sena had 45. Congress had 82 seats, NCP 62 and MNS had 12.

Exit poll conducted by AC Nielson for ABP channel gave BJP 127 seats, Shiv Sena 77, Congress 40, NCP 34 and MNS 5.

An exit poll telecast on India TV gave BJP between 124 and 134 seats, Shiv Sena 51-61, Congress 38-48, NCP 31-41 and MNS and others 9-15 each.

Today�s Chanakya exit poll telecast on News24 channel gave BJP a clear majority with 151 seats while Shiv Sena was given 71. Congress was given 27 while NCP 28. MNS was projected to get 11.

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