Friday, November 8th, 2024

What is Exit Poll: What is Exit Poll? Know how the data is extracted from which the election results are estimated.


What is exit poll?

Exit poll is a kind of election survey. This survey takes place on the day of voting. In this, the people who come out after casting their vote are asked for whom they have voted. They are asked which party or candidate they voted for. Then these data are combined to tell what the result of the election will be.

What are the rules of exit poll?

What are the rules of exit poll?

To ensure that elections in India are fair, the Election Commission has made some rules for exit polls. These rules ensure that voters are not confused and the election process is not affected.

While showing the results of election exit polls, the company will also have to state that ‘these results are only an estimate.’ This means that it is not necessary that the actual results be like this.

‘The results of exit polls cannot be broadcast on the day of polling.’ This means that as long as voting is going on, the results of the exit poll cannot be shown on TV or newspaper. Exit poll results can be shown only after the elections are over, but for this the survey company will have to take permission from the Election Commission.

When are exit polls conducted?

When are exit polls conducted?

Exit polls are conducted by different agencies and institutions on the day of voting itself and the rule is to release it after 30 minutes to 1 hour after the voting is over. These are estimates before the formal results in which the sample size i.e. the number of people participating in the exit poll is limited.

When was the first exit poll held?

When was the first exit poll held?

If we talk about the world, the first exit poll was conducted in America in the year 1936. Exit polls were conducted for the first time in Britain in 1937 and in France in 1938.

The first exit poll in India was started in 1996. Since then, its trend has continued to grow. In 1998, for the first time a private news channel broadcast an exit poll. Nowadays exit polls are conducted by many agencies.

Debate on the impact of exit polls

Debate on the impact of exit polls

There are some controversies regarding exit polls. Some people believe that exit polls can influence voters in their electoral decision making. Many others believe that exit polls violate the electoral process and are contrary to democratic values.

The Election Commission issues guidelines regarding exit polls from time to time. These guidelines prescribe the methods and standards of exit polls.

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