Assembly election results 2024: Axis My India¡¯s Pradeep Gupta wins praise for spot-on exit poll
Vote counting is underway in the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, and the early trends show a clean sweep for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maratha state. In Jharkhand, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), led by former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, is slightly ahead in the trends.
Exit poll results
While a landslide victory for the BJP-led alliance in Maharashtra was widely expected and predicted by all the exit polls, the early trends in Jharkhand show that most pollsters may have got it wrong¡ªexcept for Axis My India, which predicted a JMM win in Jharkhand.?
Axis My India gets Jharkhand, Maharashtra exit polls right??
Axis My India, led by Pradeep Gupta, had predicted JMM and its allies winning 49¨C59 seats in Jharkhand and the BJP-led Mahayuti winning Maharashtra with 178 seats.
2024 was a terrible year for Pradeep Gupta?
Notably, Gupta, considered one of the best psephologists in India, had come under heavy criticism earlier this year after Axis My India got the 2024 Lok Sabha election results horribly wrong.
Axis My India's exit polls in Haryana had also failed, as it had predicted a Congress victory in the assembly elections last month. However, Gupta, who had his reputation in tatters, seems to have bounced back by correctly predicting both the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly election results.
How social media reacted
Many took to social media to congratulate Gupta and Axis My India for getting the exit polls right. While some felt that Gupta was unfairly criticised for his past failures, others said, "Our apology to him should be as loud as our disrespect was."
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