New Delhi: Axis My India’s forecast of Assembly election results, particularly in Madhya Pradesh & Telangana have got it perfectly right, yet again.
The seat projections in these two states by Axis My India are completely in sync with the real election results and are strikingly close enough to left the poll pundits & watchers amazed and stunned.
Axis My India is the country’s leading polling agency and over last few years, it has created a repute of forecasting perfect election figures in its Exit poll projections.
How poll agency got it bang on
In Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata (BJP) emerged as the single largest party in the 230 member Assembly while Congress was positioned at a distant second. The projections of Axis My India greatly differed with other pollsters as it projected BJP to stomp home with huge mandate. While others called it a tough contest, Axis My India held its ground and on counting day, the official numbers gave a mega boost to its credibility.
In Madhya Pradesh, the polling agency had projected 140-162 seats for BJP, 68-90 for rival Congress and 0-1 for others. In the exact poll results, the BJP garnered 163 seats, Congress 66 & others 1 seat.
In Telangana too, the seat projections by Axis My India proved accurately correct, leaving other pollsters bemused & baffled.
Axis My India projected the downfall of TRS-led BRS government and forecasted big surge for the resurgent Congress in the Southern state.
It forecasted 34-44 seats for BRS, 63-73 seats for Congress, 4-8 seats for BJP and 5-7 seats for Owaisi’s AIMIM. The election results almost replicated its numbers and it stood at BRS (39), Congress (65), BJP (8) and AIMIM (7).
For other two states Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan, the projections of seat & vote share stood close to the exact results, however, it fell short by a small margin.