The National People’s Party is projected to win the most seats in Meghalaya, with the India Today-Axis My India exit poll predicting 18-24 of the 60 seats for the party.
The BJP is likely to win four to eight seats, the Congress six to 12 seats, the Trinamool Congress five to nine seats, while others are poised to win 17-29 seats, the exit poll showed.
PARTY WISE VOTE SHARE
The India Today-Axis My India exit poll predicted that the NPP will likely secure a 29 per cent vote share in Meghalaya, followed by Congress and the Trinamool Congress with 19 per cent and 16 per cent respectively. The BJP is predicted to bag 14 per cent of the vote share.
The state recorded nearly 64 per cent turnout till 3 pm, as polling remained largely peaceful since morning, officials said on Monday. “Voting has been peaceful with long queues at several polling stations,” an election official said. He also said “no untoward incident” was reported. The elections to the 59 seats of the 60-member assembly were held on Thursday.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma is seeking re-election for his second consecutive term in the top post. Former Chief Minister and the current leader of the opposition in the state, Mukul Sangma, is the Trinamool Congress’s face in the state.
