Dear Editor,
Exit poll results reveal the contours of the actual poll results to be announced. Many times in the past, exit poll results are belied. Many times the results have come true also. Most of the predictions say BJP has edge over Congress in Rajasthan. Majority mark is 100. Jan ki Baat, P-Marq, Republic TV-Matrize, Times Now-ETG and TV 9 Bharatvarsh-Polstrat have expected the BJP to touch the majority mark. Rajasthan has been maintaining the tradition of voting for the opposition parties in every election for the last 3 decades. There, it will be either BJP or Congress. Should the predictions come true, if BJP is elected this time, the juggernaut of same tradition rolls. About Madhya Pradesh, of the 9 surveys, 4 surveys predict the retention of BJP and another 5 surveys expect the Congress to replace BJP.
All the surveys say that Congress would retain power in Chhattisgarh and wrest the power from BRS in Telangana. Majority mark for Chhattisgarh is 46. 4 out of 5 surveys give passing marks to Congress. As per other surveys, Congress also falls short of simple majority. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is the architect of the Telangana State carved out from Andhra Pradesh during the tenure of Congress government at centre.
Three out of seven have predicted the Congress to touch the majority mark of 60 in Telangana. MNF, an ally of BJP, has edge over ZPM in Mizoram. No party has been expected to touch the majority mark of 21 in Mizoram. The results of the five Assembly elections set tone for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. AIMIM is reduced to be a no force to reckon with in Telangana. It does not have its presence anywhere in other parts of India. Actual result shows who is nearer to accurate predictions.
K.V. Seetharamaiah
