Bengal exit polls 2026: BJP predicted to unseat Mamata; TMC staring at setback

NEW DELHI: Exit polls for the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections connected Wednesday pointed to a melodramatic contest, with astir respective pollsters giving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) an borderline implicit the incumbent Trinamool Congress (TMC) successful the state.According to People’s Pulse, the TMC could look up with 177–187 seats, portion the BJP is projected astatine 95–110. However, astir different surveys bespeak a BJP advantage. Matrize has projected 146–161 seats for the BJP against 125–140 for the TMC. P-Marq has fixed the BJP a wider pb astatine 150–175 seats, placing the TMC astatine 118–138.

Poll Diary has forecast 142–171 seats for the BJP and 99–127 for the TMC, portion JVC projections suggest a tighter race, giving the BJP 138–159 seats and the TMC 131–152.

The Left Front, Congress and others, are projected to triumph lone a fistful of seats crossed surveys, underlining the mostly bipolar quality of the contest.The exit canvass projections travel arsenic voting for the last signifier concluded connected Wednesday evening with robust turnout, touching astir 90% earlier the adjacent of polling. Districts specified arsenic Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly and Nadia recorded turnout supra 90%, reflecting beardown elector information crossed the state.

The 2026 assembly predetermination has been wide seen arsenic a nonstop contention betwixt the ruling TMC, seeking a 4th consecutive word nether main curate Mamata Banerjee, and a resurgent BJP aiming for its archetypal authorities successful the state.The precocious turnout has been interpreted otherwise by the 2 main contenders. While the TMC expressed assurance that the numbers bespeak enactment for its governance and payment schemes, the BJP maintained that the surge signals a tendency for governmental change.The last phase, covering 142 constituencies mostly successful southbound Bengal and Kolkata, was considered important for the TMC, which had dominated the portion successful 2021. For the BJP, it was an accidental to grow its footprint successful municipality constituencies and cardinal elector segments.With implicit 3.21 crore voters and much than 1,400 candidates successful the fray, the result of the predetermination is expected to person important governmental implications beyond the state.Counting of votes volition instrumentality spot connected May 4, erstwhile it volition go wide whether the exit polls accurately captured the temper of the electorate oregon if West Bengal delivers different astonishment verdict.