Exit Polls

Assembly elections 2026: A tale of three record voter turnouts unfolds

From Vijay's rise in Tamil Nadu to BJP's edge in Bengal, record turnout reflects voter churn and emerging challenges to entrenched players

Datanomics: Exit polls struggle to gain credibility in Assembly elections

A decade-long review of exit polls highlights systemic inaccuracies in key states, with non-response bias emerging as a major challenge for pollsters

Exit polls predict UDF return in Kerala as LDF trails in tight race

Exit polls show a setback for the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF, strongly favouring the UDF, while the BJP remains on the margins

Exit poll results 2026: Who will win? West Bengal exit poll, Assam exit poll, Tamil Nadu exit poll

Voting for the final phase in West Bengal concluded on April 29, while Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Puducherry voted earlier this month.

Exit polls predict tight finish in WB; mixed signals from TN outcome

The current round of Assembly polls in four states -- Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal -- and the Union Territory of Puducherry concluded on Wednesday evening

Exit polls: DMK seen retaining power in Tamil Nadu; NDA leads in Puducherry

Exit polls showed the DMK+ retaining power in Tamil Nadu with AIADMK+ trailing, while the NDA held an edge in Puducherry

Exit polls forecast strong BJP-Shiv Sena win in BMC elections

All exit polls predicted a clear sweep for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, which took place on Thursday, and a defeat of the Shiv Sena (UBT)-Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. According to My Axis India exit polls, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is poised to win 131-151 seats and garner 42 per cent of vote share in the country's commercial capital. The Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS-NCP (SP) alliance of Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray is expected to win 58-68 seats and get a vote share of 32 per cent. The Congress-Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi and Rashtriya Samaj Paksha alliance is expected to win 12-16 seats with a vote per cent of 13 per cent. Others, which comprise independents and small players like NCP, AIMIM, and the left parties, are likely to win 6-12 seats, it said. There are 227 wards in Mumbai. The Saam TV exit polls have predicted that the BJP is likely to win 84 seats, while its alliance partner Shiv Sena could bag 35 seats in Mumbai. Shiv Sena ...

Bihar elections results 2025: Date, time, where to watch live vote counting

Bihar Assembly elections results: Polling was held in two phases, on November 6 and November 11, across all 243 constituencies

Bihar exit poll results 2025 highlights: Exit polls say NDA likely to remain in power in Bihar

Bihar exit polls results 2025 highlights: The BJP-JD(U)-led National Democratic Alliance is expected to secure a comfortable majority. Catch all the updates related to the Bihar exit polls here

Bihar exit polls: NDA likely to get majority; Jan Suraaj may struggle

Bihar Assembly elections: The estimates show the NDA could win between 130 and 167 seats in the 243-member House, while the Mahagathbandhan is projected to secure around 70-100 seats

Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: What are exit polls and how to read them

Exit polls for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 will be released after voting ends. Here's what exit polls mean, how they're conducted, and why they often differ from actual results

Bihar Assembly elections: When and where to watch exit poll results live?

Bihar elections 2025 exit polls: Bihar votes in the final phase on November 11, with exit poll predictions expected after 6:30 pm

Japan's ruling coalition likely to lose upper house majority: Exit poll

The LDP, which has ruled Japan for most of the post-war period, had its worst showing in 15 years in October's lower house election

EC takes 21 initiatives in 100 days to streamline poll management

In a bid to enhance voter experience and streamline poll management, the Election Commission has launched 21 new initiatives over the past 100 days, officials said on Thursday. These measures, they pointed out, span procedural reforms, training programmes and stakeholder engagement. The measures have marked the first 100 days of the 26th Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, they noted. To improve voter access, the poll authority has revised the maximum number of electors per polling station from 1,500 to 1,200. Additional polling booths will be set up in densely populated areas such as gated communities and high-rise buildings. The Commission, they said, aims to ensure that no voter is required to travel more than 2 km to cast their vote. Voter information slips have been redesigned for clarity on the polling station number. As a significant boost to the convenience of voters, a mobile phone deposit facility will be set up at the entrance of every polling station. Booths se

Pollsters continue missing the mark: Why election forecasts go wrong

Surprisingly, even many exit polls have been off the mark in recent years. Opinion polls conducted before balloting suffer from the problem of surveying people who may not vote on polling day

German elections: Oppn leader Merz's conservatives leading in exit polls

Exit polls in Germany's national election Sunday show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives leading, with Alternative for Germany heading for the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II. The exit polls for ARD and ZDF public television show Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democrats on track for their worst postwar result in a national parliamentary election, and expected to be in third place. The polls, issued right after the last polling stations closed, put support for Merz's Union bloc at 28.5-29 per cent and Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at 19.5-20 per cent -- roughly double its result from 2021. They put support for Scholz's Social Democrats at 16-16.5 per cent, far lower than in the last election. The environmentalist Greens, their remaining partners in the outgoing government after Scholz's three-party coalition collapsed in November, were on13.5 per cent. Out of three smaller parties, one the hard-left Left Party appeared certa

BJP's only term in Delhi: How onions led to the party's defeat in 1998

Delhi exit polls forecast a comeback for the BJP in the national capital after 27 years. Here's a look back at their previous term in Delhi

Two more exit polls predict massive win for BJP in Delhi Assembly elections

Most of the over a dozen pollsters, barring two, which made public their predictions on Wednesday, predicted an NDA win in the Delhi Assembly

Delhi Assembly elections: Most exit polls give BJP clear edge over AAP

The polling for the Delhi Assembly concluded on Wednesday evening, with a 58 per cent voter turnout, subject to revision, till the reports had come in

Delhi election exit polls highlights: Pollsters predict BJP majority; AAP says 'wait for results'

Delhi Election Exit Poll Results Updates: A majority of the exit polls have predicted a BJP sweep in the national capital while a few others feel AAP may secure a narrow victory