Zee News Maha Exit Poll 2019: DMK-Congress likely to win in Tamil Nadu

As the polling for all the 542 constituencies spread across seven phases of the Lok Sabha election 2019 came to an end on Sunday evening, the exit poll surveys began. Zee News will show the "poll of polls" which will include details of all the exit poll surveys released by different pollsters and TV news channels. Various pollsters and news channels - Today's Chanakya, Republic-CVoter, ABP-CSDS, News18-IPSOS, India Today-Axis, Times Now-CNX, NewsX-Neta - will release their exit poll results on the election about the number of seats different parties are likely to win on May 23 when the counting of votes takes place and results are declared.

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The exit polls prediction for the political parties and their alliances will start coming in once the Election Commission (EC) lifts the embargo on airing exit polls. However, the EC has notified that the prohibition on exit polls will continue till 6.30 pm on Sunday. The EC had in March issued an advisory to the media saying exit polls can only be telecast after the final phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections ends on May 19. The advisory is also applicable for Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim.

Though the exit poll predictions may not always be true, pollsters claim they give an idea of the emerging political situation. Usually, private pollsters or agencies working for newspapers and broadcasters ask voters to know who they actually voted for and based on their replies, they predict the trends/results. Election predictions based on exit and opinion polls have gained much traction in the past decade with television's reach increasing in India alongside the mushrooming of news portals.

Here are what Exit Polls predicted for Tamil Nadu:

* Republic-Jan ki Baat predicts 9-13 seats for BJP and 15-29 seats for the UPA.

* Republic-CVoter predicts 27 seats for the UPA and 11 seats for the NDA.

* Today's Chanakya‏ has predicted AIADMK+ 6 ± 4 Seats DMK+ 31 ± 4 Seats Others 1 ± 1 Seat

* India TV CNX predicts 17 seats for the DMK, 8 seats for the AIADMK+, 2 seats for the BJP, 6 seats for the Congress, PMK 2 seats and 3 seats for Others

*News 18 IPSOS predicts 22-24 seats for the DMK+, 14-16 seats for the AIADMK.

* India Today Axis Poll predicts 34-38 seats for the DMK+, and 0-4 seats for the AIADMK+

* The polling in Tamil Nadu took place in 38 constituencies in the second phase (single phase) out of the total 39 constituencies and a total of 830 candidates were in the fray. The voting in Vellore seat was cancelled following allegations of excessive use of money power.