Nagaland Elections: exit polls predict sweep for BJP and ally NDPP

Exit polls have predicted a sweep for BJP and its ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party in Nagaland. The ruling alliance could win 42 seats in the 60-member state assembly. BJP's former ally the Naga People's Front is predicted to win 6 seats and Congress 1, according to an aggregate of exit polls done by various news organisations.

In formerly insurgency-hit Nagaland, the NDPP is slated to get 28-34 seats with a vote share of 33 per cent, according to India Today-My Axis.

The poll also gives BJP a surprising 16 per cent vote share and 10-14 seats, possibly coming from eastern Nagaland where it focused its campaigning. Congress is predicted to get 10 per cent votes and between 1-2 seats and the rump of the Naga People's Front which remained after some 21 MLAs joined NDPP is forecast to get 13 per cent vote share and between 3-8 seats.

Times Now similarly predicts 27-33 seats for NDPP, 12-16 seats for BJP, and 4-8 seats for NPF. While Zee News-Matrize is giving 35-43 to NDPP-BJP, it has also predicted 2-5 seats for the NPF and 1-3 seats for the Congress.

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Disclaimer: exit polls are not always accurate