Exit polls have predicted a landslide victory for the BJP in the Hill State of Himachal Pradesh, where power has alternated between the Congress and the BJP in Assembly elections every five years. Most of the exit polls gave the BJP two-third majority and predicted a sub-20 figure for the Congress.
The Times Now-VMR and Zee News-Axis exit polls gave the BJP 51 of the total 68 seats in the State. While the Times Now-VMR exit poll gave 16 seats to the Congress and one to another, the Zee News-Axis poll gave 17 seats to the party in power in Shimla.
There are a total of 68 seats in Himachal Pradesh, elections to which were held on November 9. A party needs 35 seats to be able to form Government. The final results will be out on December 18.
The Aaj Tak-Axis exit poll gave 47-55 seats to the saffron party, 13-20 to the Congress and 0-2 to others. The News X survey gave the BJP 42-50 and the Congress 18-24. In the 2012 election, the Congress came to power by winning 36 seats, while the BJP got 26 seats and others bagged the remaining six.
The exit polls show that the BJP was able to cash in corruption charges against Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.