Exit Polls: BJP-led NDA is likely to return to power in Jharkhand by winning 44-53 seats

Most of the exit polls have predicted that the BJP-led NDA is likely to return to power in Jharkhand by winning 44-53 seats. According to the People's Pulse exit poll, the NDA would wrest power from the ruling INDIA bloc. However, it is just a prediction, the final results will be announced by the Election Commission of India on November 23.

Jharkhand voted for 38 seats out of the total 81 in the second and final phase on Wednesday. The voter locked the electoral fate of 528 candidates, including Chief Minister



Hemant Soren, his wife Kalpana Soren both (both JMM) and Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri (BJP) in the EVM machines. The ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance are engaged in a fierce battle in the elections in the state, the first phase of which was held on November 13.

A total of 1.23 crore voters including 60.79 lakh women and 147 third gender voters were eligible to vote today. Altogether 528 candidates - 472 men, 55 women and a third gender person - are in the fray.