Elections 2024: Exit polls in India are facing something of a credibility crisis after getting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and Haryana assembly poll predictions terribly wrong. With Maharashtra and Jharkhand voting Wednesday, all eyes are on the exit polls in the evening to see if they get it right this time. The final verdict will be out on Saturday, November 23.
In 2019, the exit polls were largely right in predicting the outcome of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections, even if not entirely accurate with respect to the final seat tallies.
Maharashtra is currently led by the Mahayuti, a coalition comprising the BJP and breakaway factions of the Shiv Sena (led by CM Eknath Shinde) and the Nationalist Congress Party (led by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar). The state has 288 assembly cons...
