Daman & Diu Exit Poll | ||||||
Party Names | 2014 Result | C -Voter | NDTV - Hansa | Todays's Chanakya | India Today Axis | TimesNow - VMR |
INC (Indian National Congress) | 0 | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) | 1 | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Others | 0 | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Spanning over an area of 112 square kilometers, Daman and Diu is a union territory of the country located in the western India. Comprising of two distinct regions with the Gulf of Khambhat in between them, Daman and Diu joined the Indian union in 1961 after centuries of Portuguese colonization. The total number of eligible voters in the union territory is 1,11,827 made of 57,011 males and 54,816 females.
Congress and BJP are the major players in the political scene of Daman and Diu. In 2009 and 2014 Parliamentary elections, the BJP won from here representing Lalubhai Patel as the MP from the union territory for two times. Earlier in 1999 and 2004 elections, the INC candidate Dhayabhai Patel won from here and held the seat for two consecutive terms. The voting percentage in 2014 general Lok Sabha elections in the union territory was 78.01.
Daman and Diu union territory has one single Lok Sabha constituency which is unreserved. There are no assembly constituencies here as the governance is directly controlled by the union government of India at the center. The electors of the union territory voted in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on April 23 during the third phase of elections in the country.