Exit Polls

'Poll of polls' has gained popularity for its ability to consolidate information and engage public interest during election times. But what do they actually reveal about voter choice? Let's find out

Maharashtra exit poll results 2024: Catch all the updates related to the Maharashtra Assembly elections here

Maharashtra Assembly Elections: To achieve a majority and form the state government, a party or coalition must secure at least 145 seats

Exit polls, seen as a measure of public opinion, faced criticism this year for being highly inaccurate

As voting ends in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, attention now turns to exit polls as their credibility is under question after the recent Lok Sabha and Haryana misfires

Congress had also refused to participate in the exit polls of the Lok Sabha elections in May. Senior party leader Pawan Khera had noted that Congress will not indulge in speculation

The incident unfolded in the Bank Colony area of Parli town, where Madhav Jadhav, a local NCP leader, was attacked

Maharashtra, Jharkhand exit polls Time: Where to watch updates on results and insights as polling concludes today in these high-stakes state elections

Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Tuesday claimed that the exit polls are patently illegal and they are happening before the eyes of the Election Commission (EC). Addressing the G V G Krishnamurty Memorial Lecture here, he asked when the conduct of exit polls is banned during the "prohibited period" -- from the day of commencement of voting for the first phase till half-an-hour after the end of polling in the last phase -- how are they being held. He said when exit polls cannot be conducted in that period, how can be shown soon after conclusion of polls. "There is one patent illegality happening before our eyes and the eyes of the EC with the involvement of EC," he said. He said according to a 2009 amendment to section 126 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the conduct, publication and dissemination of results of exit poll in any manner during the prohibited period is banned. "How is the illegality happening," he questioned. Referring to electoral b

Believing traditional polling methods to be biased and outdated, a trader known as 'Trump whale' made $50 million by betting on Donald Trump's victory using the 'neighbour effect'

Pollster Pradeep Gupta claimed on Wednesday that his Axis My America predicted the US election results spot on while many local pollsters missed the mark. The Axis My India chief, who was considered to be the poster boy of exit polls in India, faced flak this year after his predictions for Lok Sabha polls and Haryana Assembly elections proved to be wide off the mark. Gupta said his company has a "track record" of forecasting 70 out of 76 elections correctly. "As counting enters the final lap, Axis My America's prediction of Donald Trump getting elected as the next US President is spot on for both popular vote and electoral votes. While many local pollsters missed the mark, Axis My America, which is a subsidiary of Axis My India, got it bang on," Gupta wrote in a post on X. Gupta tagged a post by him on Monday predicting Trump's victory in US polls. With results continuing to come in from various states giving a clear indication of a Trump victory, the 78-year-old Republican leader

The former president was showing strength across broad swaths of the country, improving on his 2020 performance everywhere from rural areas to urban centers

The US holds 51 separate elections on election day - one in each state and the District of Columbia - each governed by its own rules and voting procedures

He also hinted at the possible linkage of the initial election results shown on electronic media with a desire to prove exit polls right

Exit polls, which had given a clear majority to Congress in Haryana and an edge to National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, appear to have failed to feel the pulse of the voters once again. The results of the assembly elections showed that BJP was set to form the government for a record third consecutive term in Haryana and the National Conference-Congress alliance comfortably coming to power in Jammu and Kashmir. Virtually all exit polls had forecast more than 50 seats for the Congress in the 90-member Haryana assembly and showed the BJP struggling to cross the 30-figure mark. C-Voter-India Today exit polls had pegged the Congress at 50-58 seats and the BJP at 20-28, the Republic Bharat-Matrize had predicted 55-62 seats for the Congress and 18-24 for the BJP. As the results trickled in, the BJP had won 48 seats in the 90-member assembly, while the Congress was restricted to 37 seats. The C-Voter-India Today exit poll had given 40-48 seats to the National Conference-Congress ...

Almost all exit poll surveys had declared a Congress clean-sweep in Haryana and hung assembly in Jammu and Kashmir but the trends have proven both polls wrong

J&K, Haryana exit polls 2024 results highlights: Several exit polls indicated on Saturday (October 5) that the Congress is likely to storm back to power in Haryana after a 10-year drought