HOW EXIT POLLS FARED IN 2014 AND 2019

Exit polls predicted the NDA forming government easily. Yet no exit poll could predict the rout of UPA in both the Lok Sabha elections.

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In the last two assessments forecasting 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, exit polls may have predicted the clear victory of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the national political player Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). However the exact numbers have been far from reality in predicting the tally of every major party or formation respectively.

Although, both exit polls in 2014 and 2019 predicted the NDA forming the government easily. Yet, the noteworthy thing among all the predictions was that no exit polls could predict the rout of UPA in both the Lok Sabha elections.