AP exit polls 2024: Will Jagan Mohan Reddy retain power, or will BJP-TDP-JanaSena alliance defeat YSRCP?
What are exit polls? Exit polls are opinion polls which are released after the voting for an election ends. Several pollsters release exit poll predictions to guess who may win when the final results are declared.
It gauges the mood of the people and try to understand their political preferences.Follow Exit Poll 2024 Live Updates herePollsters believe that YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is currently facing an uphill task of retaining power in Andhra Pradesh. Reddy's main rival in the 2024 assembly polls is the alliance of former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jana Sena.
Meanwhile, Congress in Andhra Pradesh is led by CM Jagan Reddy’s younger sister YS Sharmila.The ruling YSR Congress Party is largely banking on welfare measures that its government has extended to the masses in Andhra Pradesh , while the TDP-BJP-JanaSena alliance banks on the consolidation of anti-establishment votes.Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections: An India Today pre-poll survey in February this year showed that Chandrababu Naidu's TDP is expected to win 17 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, while the Reddy's YSRCP may win eight Lok Sabha seats. The survey was conducted between December 15, 2023 and January 28, 2024.Andhra Pradesh assembly polls 2024: Political strategist Prashant Kishor predicted a "massive defeat" for Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP in the 2024 assembly polls.
Reddy is currently the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He had won 151 seats of the total 175 seats in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh assembly polls.
The BJP had won zero seats, while the TDP had bagged 23 seats. Tollywood actor Pawan Kalyan-led JanaSena Party had won just one seats in the
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