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National Exit Polls Fail To Accurately Predict Indian Election Outcomes

This time, all major national exit polls have failed to predict the real results. The opposition India Block had questioned their credibility since these predictions. After all the exit poll predictions were proven wrong, it is natural to point fingers at these agencies.

Questions are being raised about whether these agencies try to mislead people in the name of conducting surveys after the vote. Or is there any kind of scam going on in the name of such forecasts? The trend is completely different from exit polls.

Exit Polls Miss Indian Election Predictions

These questions are being raised because there is a huge difference between the figures given by the exit poll agencies and the actual election results. Trust in even the most reliable agencies has been questioned.

India Today-Axis My India, which has made better predictions in past elections, had given at least 361 and a maximum of 401 seats to the NDA. At the same time, India Block was estimated to get 131 to 166 seats.

Similarly, Today's Chanakya-News24 estimated 385 to 415 seats for the NDA and 96 to 118 seats for the India Block. Even the closest estimate is far from the actual results.

If we compare exit poll estimates to trends, then Matrix-Republic Bharat's prediction is closest but still far off. Matrix-Republic Bharat had predicted 353 seats for the NDA alliance even in the worst situation. It gave a maximum of 368 seats.

The agency that predicted the highest number of seats for the India Block was ABP-C-Voter, which estimated only 152 to 182 seats for the alliance. Combining current trends and results, the NDA is likely to get 293 seats and the India Block is likely to get 229 seats.

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