GHMC Exit polls: TRS gets an edge; BJP shows strength

Though there’s hardly a few hours left for the outcome of actual results of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, exit polls conducted by various agencies gave an edge to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and a rise in strength to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The predictions, however, differed on the margin of victory for the TRS.
According to  People’s Pulse , a Hyderabad-based survey agency, the TRS is likely to get 68-78 seats in the 150-seat GHMC. This is a big fall for the ruling party, which had won 99 seats in the 2016 GHMC elections. However, the TRS will cross the magic figure of 76 and capture power once again.
The BJP is likely to get 25-35 seats, which is a tremendous improvement over its tally of four seats in 2016. If there is a silent wave, the tally for the BJP might cross over 40 seats, says the survey. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen is expected to get 38-42 seats, a few less than 44 seats it had got in 2016. Congress will end up with one to five seats.
Center for Psephology Studies  (CPS)  projected landslide victory for the TRS. According to it, the TRS will get 82-96 seats, while MIM will get 32-38 seats. The BJP will get only 12-20 seats and the Congress just three-five.
Another survey agency  Pulse Today  predicts 86 to 90 seats for the TRS, 18-20 seats for the BJP, 34-38 seats for MIM and 1-2 seats for the Congress. Popular agency  Aara  revealed that TRS might get 78 seats (plus or minus 7), followed by MIM 41 seats, BJP 28 seats, and Congress three seats.