In the 2011 Assembly elections, the TMC had won 184 seats. “Mamata Banerejee government’s peace and communal harmony will win the hearts and minds of the people of Bengal”, TMC spokesperson Derek O’Brien said. The India Today-Axis poll and Today’s Chanakya also shows the BJP winning big, with 86 and 90 seats respectively.
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It will come back with a slightly reduced majority, two exit polls said on Monday.
Projecting a defeat of Jayalalithaa led AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, exit polls have given DMK-Congress alliance a comfortable majority in the 234 member Assembly. Ahead of the D-day, the exit polls conducted by various media houses could give some indication about which the votes have gone but these are all at the end of the day mere calculations. Others will get 4 seats. The result will be declared on May 19. It has asked the viewers to take into consideration an important factor: there are 25 marginal seats where the victory margin will be less than 5,000 votes. AIUDF to get 10 seats, whereas others will get 2 seats only. As per ABP-Nielsen poll, BJP-AGP-BPF would get 81 seats.
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This would be the first time; BJP will form a government in Assam. The Left Front, which was ousted from power in the state after 34 years of interrupted rule, only managed to win 62 seats.
