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Exit polls got it wrong in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 10
The exit polls were way off
the mark in the Delhi assembly election, with trends Tuesday indicating
that the AAP has swept through the national capital and was set to win
about 60 seats.
To their credit, exit polls did show Arvind
Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was going to return to power in
Delhi. But, they went wrong in the numbers.
Half-a-dozen exit
polls Saturday said the AAP was likely to bag between 31 and 54 seats in
the 70-member assembly. They would push back the BJP to the second spot
and wipe out the Congress.
The AAP Tuesday romped home with about 60 seats, way more than what the exit polls that came out Saturday predicted.
The
exit polls said the Bharatiya Janata Party could bag 17-35 seats. Here
too they went wrong, with the BJP relegated to a second spot with a
dismal show of seven seats.
The polls, however, got it right when
it came to the Congress that ruled Delhi for 15 years until December
2013. They said the party would be routed, winning no seat or at best
four seats. The Congress was not winning in any seat in the national
capital.
Even senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav, a noted
psephologist, did not get it completely right. He said Saturday said his
party was headed for a landslide and could get more than 50 seats.
Today's Chanakya gave 48 seats to the AAP and 22 to the BJP. It said the Congress would be crushed.
The
ABP-Nielsen survey gave the AAP 39 and the BJP 28 seats. The Times
Now-C-Voter survey said the AAP was poised to win 31-39 seats and the
BJP 27-35.
The India Today-Cicero put the AAP tally at 35-43
seats and of the BJP at 23-29. NDTV said the AAP could win 38 seats and
the BJP 29.
The Axis-APM poll credited 53 seats to the AAP and 17 to the BJP.