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Axis My America predicted US results spot on, says pollster Pradeep Gupta

Pollster Pradeep Gupta claimed on Wednesday that his Axis My America predicted the US election results spot on while many local pollsters missed the mark. The Axis My India chief, who was considered to be the poster boy of exit polls in India, faced flak this year after his predictions for Lok Sabha polls and Haryana Assembly elections proved to be wide off the mark. Gupta said his company has a "track record" of forecasting 70 out of 76 elections correctly. "As counting enters the final lap, Axis My America's prediction of Donald Trump getting elected as the next US President is spot on for both popular vote and electoral votes. While many local pollsters missed the mark, Axis My America, which is a subsidiary of Axis My India, got it bang on," Gupta wrote in a post on X. Gupta tagged a post by him on Monday predicting Trump's victory in US polls. With results continuing to come in from various states giving a clear indication of a Trump victory, the 78-year-old Republican leader

US elections: Donald Trump declares victory; makes forceful comeback

The former president was showing strength across broad swaths of the country, improving on his 2020 performance everywhere from rural areas to urban centers

51 elections, no central count: How US media 'calls' presidential polls

The US holds 51 separate elections on election day - one in each state and the District of Columbia - each governed by its own rules and voting procedures

'Causing major distortions, time for self-introspection': CEC on exit polls

He also hinted at the possible linkage of the initial election results shown on electronic media with a desire to prove exit polls right

Assembly elections exit polls fail to gauge the pulse of voters once again

Exit polls, which had given a clear majority to Congress in Haryana and an edge to National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, appear to have failed to feel the pulse of the voters once again. The results of the assembly elections showed that BJP was set to form the government for a record third consecutive term in Haryana and the National Conference-Congress alliance comfortably coming to power in Jammu and Kashmir. Virtually all exit polls had forecast more than 50 seats for the Congress in the 90-member Haryana assembly and showed the BJP struggling to cross the 30-figure mark. C-Voter-India Today exit polls had pegged the Congress at 50-58 seats and the BJP at 20-28, the Republic Bharat-Matrize had predicted 55-62 seats for the Congress and 18-24 for the BJP. As the results trickled in, the BJP had won 48 seats in the 90-member assembly, while the Congress was restricted to 37 seats. The C-Voter-India Today exit poll had given 40-48 seats to the National Conference-Congress ...

Exit polls proven wrong again as BJP, Cong-NC take lead in Assembly races

Almost all exit poll surveys had declared a Congress clean-sweep in Haryana and hung assembly in Jammu and Kashmir but the trends have proven both polls wrong

J&K exit polls highlights: Cong-NC likely to fall short of majority, PDP may be deciding factor

J&K, Haryana exit polls 2024 results highlights: Several exit polls indicated on Saturday (October 5) that the Congress is likely to storm back to power in Haryana after a 10-year drought

Haryana, J&K exit polls Who will win?

After intense election campaigns in both Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana, the exit polls have been released, offering predictions for the outcomes. Watch the video to know what the exit polls look like.

Exit polls predict Congress to form govt Haryana, NC alliance leads in J-K

Exit polls suggest a shift in leadership and political sentiment in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly elections. The counting of votes will take place on October 8

J-K election: Political leaders doubt exit polls predicting Cong-NC lead

Exit polls suggest the Congress-NC alliance is leading in Jammu and Kashmir, with seat projections ranging from 35 to 48 across different polls. It's short of a clear majority

Congress-NC lead but exit polls predict hung Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir

J-K Assembly elections exit polls: Voting in three phases in Jammu and Kashmir concluded on Oct 3, witnessing a 63.88% voter turnout

Haryana Assembly election 2024: Manu Bhaker casts her vote in Jhajjar

Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker casts her vote at a polling station in Jhajjar for the Haryana Assembly polls 2024.

SC junks plea over impact of exit polls on investors during LS elections

The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, described the PIL as a 'political interest litigation'

Exit polls loss-making venture, visibility only profit: Axis My India chief

Exit polls is a loss-making business and the only profit a pollster earns is visibility, Axis My India chief Pradeep Gupta has said. Gupta was considered to be the poster boy of exit polls till June 4, when the Lok Sabha poll results dealt a hammer blow to the reputation of pollsters after their predictions proved to be wide off the mark. "Exit polls are a loss-making venture because no media house will pay as much money as that invested on the ground ... the only profit that we make in exit polls is that we get visibility which we do not get while doing market research for corporate clients," he said. In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency's headquarters, Gupta said 70 per cent of his clientele is corporate clients and that is where the main revenue comes from. Gupta said, "Besides the other investments we make on ground ... every surveyor gets Rs 500 for a hitting the bull's eye (for an accurate prediction) and we covered 3,605 assembly constituencies (in this election)

Plea in SC seeks probe against media cos for telecasting exit polls

On June 4 counting took place and the share market crashed, resulting in a massive loss of Rs 31 lakh crore for common investors, said advocate BL Jain who filed the plea

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Wildly inaccurate exit polls invite calls for probe

Prior to the exit polls, Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had predicted rallies in the stock market, with the prime minister saying it would hit record highs on the day of election results

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Lok Sabha 2024: The results prove Prashant Kishor's predictions wrong

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poised to win 239, NDA 290, while INDIA bloc leads in 235 seats, others in 18

Financial markets were given artificial booster dose by exit polls: Cong

As financial markets went for a tumble on Tuesday after the trends of the Lok Sabha poll results showed that the BJP was not getting a majority on its own, the Congress said the markets were given an artificial booster dose by the exit polls and have now turned turbulent. The Congress also recalled the words of former prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2004 to say that the party is committed to an orderly and healthy development of the financial markets that reflect the fundamentals of the economy. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government provided a fear-free and intimidation-free 10-year period (2004-14) for the private sector that helped the country achieve its highest GDP growth. "Financial markets that were given an artificial booster dose by the exit polls are turbulent today. In this context, it is wise to recall the words of Dr Manmohan Singh on May 17th 2004, the last occasion on which the markets were faced with

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Exit polls today. Key things to watch out for

According to Election Commission rules, exit poll data will start coming only after 6:30 pm onwards