Most exit polls get direction right but scale wrong

Most exit polls got the direction of the Bihar Assembly polls right but could not predict its scale with only one calling the results correctly for the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

The little-known ‘Poll Diary’ was the only pollster which had predicted that the NDA would win over 200 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan would fall below 50. It had predicted that the NDA would get between 184-209, and the Mahagathbandhan 32-49.

While the NDA won or was leading in over 200 seats, the Mahagathbandhan was poised to get around 35 seats.

Exit polls on Tuesday had predicted a return of the NDA government in Bihar with a big victory over the Mahagathbandhan, and a disappointing show by Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj in its debut outing.