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Opinion polls predict BJP win in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan

BJP is projected to retain power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and dislodge Congress in Rajasthan in the assembly polls to be held this year, according to opinion polls aired by two news channels.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan will storm to power for the third time in Madhya Pradesh with BJP projected to win 130 out of 230 assembly seats, both Times Now and Headlines Today claimed.

BJP will win 13 seats less than it did in 2008 polls.

Congress will win only 84 seats, 13 seats more than its present strength, it was predicted.

The Ashok Gehlot government is likely to face defeat with Congress being projected to get 79 and 64 seats in 200 seat-strong Rajasthan assembly. BJP has been projected to win 97 and 118 seats by both the surveys.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh will retain power with BJP projected to win 47 out 90 seats in the assembly polls, according to the surveys. It has 50 seats currently.

They given Congress 40 seats, a gain of two seats.

Times Now said 56 per cent voters want Chouhan back as chief minister while 23 per cent preferred Jyotiraditya Scindia.

The opinion polls predict that Delhi may have a hung assembly with BJP ahead of incumbent Congress while Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party playing the kingmaker.

In Delhi, Congress has been projected to win 29 and 28 seats respectively out of 70 seats by the channels. BJP has been given 30 and 28 seats by them and AAP is nine and seven seats respectively.
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