
The assembly election results in five states have sprung a surprise for most pollsters. While the BJP got a comfortable majority in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the Congress managed to win only Telangana and the Zoram People’s Movement stormed to power in Mizoram.
Newslaundry looked at the exit polls conducted by five media houses — India Today-Axis My India, ABP-CVoter, India TV-CNX, News24-Chanakya and Times Now-ETG — and found there were several misses.