Exit Poll 2019: Chanakya, Nielsen Survey, C-Voter – Who got the 2014 Exit polls right?
Looking back at 2014.
It's that the time of the year again when news channels try to convince us they know what's going on and bring us the biggest trick the devil pulled since Keyser Soze – exit polls.
Exit polls seek to do the impossible, predict the final seat tally based on vote share in a first-past-the-post system, so anyone who gets it close deserve our adulation.
So, as we wait for the 2019 Exit Polls, we take a walk down memory lane to 2014 when channels and agencies sought to predict the 2014 election results.
Exit poll results: NDA coming back to power
Read: Exit Polls 2019: What are exit polls and how reliable are they for Lok Sabha Election 2019?
NDA -276
UPA – 97
Other – 148
Actual Result
NDA - 336
UPA - 60
Other - 147
NDA – 272
UPA – 115
Other -156
Actual Result
NDA - 336
UPA - 60
Other - 147
NDA – 249
UPA – 148
Other – 146
Actual Result
NDA - 336
UPA - 60
Other - 147
NDA – 274
UPA – 97
Other -165
Actual Result
NDA - 336
UPA - 60
Other - 147
NDA – 289
UPA – 101
Other – 161
Actual Result
NDA - 336
UPA - 60
Other - 147
NDA -279
UPA – 103
Actual Result
NDA - 336
UPA - 60
Other - 147
NDA -279
UPA – 103
Other - 161
Actual Result
NDA - 336
UPA - 60
Other - 147
NDA – 280
UPA – 97
Other – 148
Actual Result
NDA - 336
UPA - 60
Other - 147