[ad_1] New Delhi: With the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the biggest festival of democracy has come to an end today. In some time, the results of Exit Poll 2024 will start coming. It is believed that the exit poll gives a clear picture of the election result as to which party is getting the mandate and who is going to capture power at the Center? Are exit polls always accurate? Let us know how much difference was there between the results of the exit polls of 2014 and 2019 and the actual results.In 2014, an average of 8 exit polls had predicted that the BJP-led NDA would win 283 seats and the Congress-led UPA would win 105 seats. The exit polls failed to predict the extent of the 'Modi wave' that year and the NDA got 336 seats and the UPA a mere 60. Of these, the BJP won 282 and the Congress 44.Exit polls vs actual results in 2014In 2014, most exit polls predicted the BJP-led NDA to come to power, but failed to accurately predict the landslide victory that followed. Here is a breakdown of how accurate the exit polls were –Forecast for NDAIndia Today-Cicero: NDA is projected to get 272 seatsNews 24 Chanakya: 340 seatsCNN-IBN-CSDS: 280 seatsTimes Now org: 249 seatsABP News-Nielsen: 274 seatsNDTV-Hansa Research: 279 seatsForecast on UPAIndia Today-Cicero: UPA projected to get 115 seatsNews 24 Chanakya: 101 seatsCNN-IBN-CSDS: 97 seatsTimes Now org: 148 seatsABP News-Nielsen: 97 seatsNDTV-Hansa Research: 103 seatsActual ResultsNDA: 336 seats; BJP won 282 seatsUPA: 60 seats; Congress won only 44 seatsIn 2019, an average of 13 exit polls had given a combined tally of 306 for the NDA and 120 for the UPA. This again underestimated the performance of the NDA, which won a total of 353 seats. The UPA got 93 seats. Of these, the BJP won 303 and the Congress 52.Exit polls vs actual results in 2019Forecast for NDAIndia Today-Axis: 339-365 seatsNews 24 Today Chanakya: 350 seatsNews18-Ipsos: 336 seatsTimes Now VMR: 306 seatsIndia TV-CNX: 300 seatsSudarshan News: 305 seatsForecast for the UPAIndia Today-Axis: 77-108 seatsNews 24 Today Chanakya: 95 seatsNews18-Ipsos: 82 seatsTimes Now VMR: 132 seatsIndia TV-CNX: 120 seatsSudarshan News: 124 seatsActual ResultsNDA: Won 352 seats. BJP alone got 303 seats.UPA: Won 91 seats. Congress got 52 seats. [ad_2]
