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Oct 08, 2024 02:16 PM Haryana Assembly Election Resuults: Pradeep Gupta’s Axis My India exit polls predicted a clear majority for the Congress, projecting 53-65 seats. As the counting of votes in the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections took place on Tuesday, social media was flooded with reactions on how the exit polls, which predicted an easy win for the Congress in Haryana, appeared to be off-mark as the ruling BJP was well ahead of the Congress, according to the early trends. Axis My India boss Pradeep Gupta broke down on live TV during Lok Sabha election results in June. One dominant theme among the flurry of posts on X (formerly Twitter) was Pradeep Gupta, chairman and managing director of polling agency Axis My India. Gupta, known for his election predictions, became a fodder for sharp reactions from close observers of the election results. “Exit polls have become a joke in India. Band kar do bhaai inko (please end them),” X user Siddharth said. “Sucks to be Yashwant Deshmukh and Pradeep Gupta today. This is a disaster,” another user, Abhi, said. What did the exit polls predict for Haryana?Several exit polls last week predicted a clear majority for the Congress in Haryana. The Axis My India exit polls forecasted a clear majority for the Congress, projecting 53-65 seats in the 90-member Haryana assembly. The agency predicted the BJP to secure 18-28 seats, while the INLD-BSP alliance was predicted to win 1-5 seats. As for Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the polls anticipated no seats at all. When Pradeep Gupta wept on live TVIn June this year, Pradeep Gupta broke down on live TV as the results for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 trickled in, upending the exit poll predictions his agency. According to India Today-Axis My India exit polls, NDA was predicted to win 361-401 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. The INDIA bloc was expected to win 131-166 seats, the exit poll said and gave 8 to 20 seats to other parties. Gupta broke had to be consoled the anchors of India Today. Get Latest Updates on… See more News / Trending / Pradeep Gupta breaking down on live TV: Old video is viral as Haryana exit polls go off-mark
