Can Rajnath Singh Score A Hat-Trick In Lucknow, UP’s BJP Bastion For 33 Years? The News18 Exit Poll Prediction – News18

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) senior leader Rajnath Singh is likely to retain the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, maintaining its 33-year legacy of being a BJP bastion, according to the News18 Mega Exit Poll.

Singh is pitted against Ravidas Mehrotra, an INDIA bloc candidate who is also an SP MLA from Lucknow Central Assembly seat, and Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Sarvar Malik.

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Of the total 80 Lok Sabha Seats in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Lucknow Lok Sabha Seat, one of the strongholds of BJP since 1991, has always been associated with illustrious personalities, including former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee contested eight times from here, winning five times and it is the only reason which fetched it a local title of ‘Atal Ji Ki Seat’ (Atal ji’s seat). Not only this, the constituency holds significance for the Nehru-Gandhi family as Vijay Lakshmi Pandit, the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first MP from here. The Nehru family’s influence continued with Sheorajwati Nehru succeeding Vijay Lakshmi Pandit.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to win 68-71 seats in Uttar Pradesh, according to News18 Mega Exit Poll prediction. The BJP may win 64-67 seats, according to the poll survey.

The Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is likely to win nine-12 seats, according to the survey. Of these, the Congress may win three-six, the survey states.

The News18 Poll Hub survey covered all 518 seats in 21 major states, which account for 95% of Lok Sabha constituencies in the country. Exit poll predictions are not foolproof given a large number of variable factors. The pollsters, however, had succeeded in gauging the trends in 2019 and 2014.