India Politics | 16 October 2014
India Politics
Please refer to our India MODI-fied
Vol 4 note titled “Make in India”
dated 27 September 2014
Exit polls indicate BJP lead in Assembly Elections
Maharashtra single largest party, very close to absolute majority in Haryana
Exit polls indicate clear lead for BJP:
Exit polls in recently concluded state
elections show BJP consolidating its grip at the state level. BJP is slated to get
absolute majority in Haryana and emerge as a very dominant single largest party
in Maharashtra.
Chanakya predicts sweep for BJP in both:
Incidentally, Today’s Chanakya
forecast agency that had successfully predicted both the 2014 General Elections
and also the emergence of AAP in Delhi elections, has predicted clear majority
for BJP in both the states.
Exit and opinion polls accurate in State elections:
Past track record suggests
that exit and opinion polls usually predict the state assembly elections
accurately even as their record is chequered at the national level.
Opinion and exit polls predict BJP as single largest party but
short of absolute majority in Maharashtra
BJP
41
13
62
82
44
46
2009
Exit polls
Opinion polls
136
Shiv Sena
Congress
7
7
33
37
68
NCP
MNS
19
10
30
36
57
136
Others
Exit polls predict close to absolute majority for BJP in
Haryana, to do better than opinion polls
BJP
9
31
INLD
Congress
3
4
12
27
HJC
Others
4
6
17
28
35
Opinion polls
40
6
4
2009
45
Exit polls
Note: Opinion and exit polls are average of the polling
agencies; Source: Media, MOSL
Note: Opinion and exit polls are average of the polling agencies;
Source: Media, MOSL
Higher than average voter turnout in Maharashtra
1990
70
1995
1999
2004
2009
2014
One of the highest voter turnout in Haryana
1991
1996
2000
2005
2009
2014
76
72
72
63
61
58
60
64
64
68
69
1990
1995
1999
2004
2009
2014
1991
1996
2000
2005
2009
2014
Source: Media, MOSL
Source: Media, MOSL
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