Five out of six exit polls for Telangana wrong

Five out of six exit polls turned out to be wrong for Telangana Lok Sabha elections.

Except the India Today-Axis poll, which came close to being accurate giving 10-12 seats to the TRS, 1 to 3 to the BJP and Congress each. Other exit polls gave TRS 12-15. All predicted AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s win.

The Times Now-VMR poll predicted 13 seats for the TRS, 2 seats for the Congress and 1 for the BJP. The Republic -C Voter exit poll gave the TRS 14 seats and said that the Congress, BJP and AIMIM will win 1 each.

The Republic-Jan Ki Baat poll predicted 14-15 seats for TRS, none to one for the Congress and one for the BJP. Readmore!

The CNN News18-IPSOS poll predicted that the TRS would win a comfortable 12-14 seats, the Congress would pick up 1 to 2 seats, and the BJP 1.

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