Congress-DMK alliance may trump the rival alliance of AIADMK
NEW DELHI/CHENNAI : The Congress-DMK alliance may trump the rival alliance of AIADMK and the BJP, Poll of Polls, an aggregate of exit polls, today said. Out of the 38 seats that went to polls, the Congress-DMK may win 27, making a strong comeback in the state after a debacle in 2014. The AIADMK-BJP may win 10, it said.
The News 24-Todays Chanakya predicted that the DMK-Congress may win 31, while the AIADMK-BJP may win only 6. The News18 India-IPSOS poll says the DMK-Congress may win 22-24 seats, whereas the AIADMK-BJP alliance may win between 14 to 16 seats.
The Suvarna News 24×7 poll has said that the DMK-Congress alliance may get between 15 and 29 seats. The AIADMK and the BJP may get 9-13 seats. The Aaj Tak-Axis My India poll gives 34-38 seats to DMK-Congress alliance, while their rivals get 0-4 seats.
MK Stalin’s DMK is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu in alliance with the Congress, contesting in 20 constituencies. The Congress is contesting nine seats in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry.
The BJP is contesting in Tamil Nadu in alliance with the ruling AIADMK.In 2014 general elections, the DMK couldn’t win even one seat. The AIADMK, led by J Jayalalithaa had won 37 out of 39 seats. The BJP and the PMK had won a seat each.(ndtv).
