a historical BJP Win in West Bengal; Stalin’s second term in Tamil Nadu; Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to retain power for another term; Congress wins narrowly in Kerala; and maintaining strength Puducherry. These are the broad predictions of most exit polls for the five state elections scheduled for April 29.
If these appear largely to be in line with the expected lines, there are some outliers – including one exit poll predicting that the actor Victory‘s party can come to power Tamil Nadu. Exit polls are not an exact science and often get the results wrong. But the scale of what is at stake cannot be denied: about 18% of India’s voters have voted in these five states over the past few weeks, the results of which will be announced on May 4.