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Rajasthan exit poll: Congress to get 119 to 141 seats, BJP 55 to 72

In a 200-member assembly, the Congress is projected to get a maximum of 141 seats, and a minimum of 119 in Rajasthan. Both are above the halfway mark.

The exit polls predict that the BJP will get only 55 to 72 seats. If so, then the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will get 1-3 seats, and three to 8 seats will go to others.

In the 2013 election, the Congress won just 21 seats in Rajasthan.

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