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Thursday, March 9th, 2017

 

UP elections 2017: Math suggests BJP set to win a comfortable majority, says Surjit Bhalla

According To India Vote Kar It was Bihar 2015 that started the rout—of pollsters, that is. There was near universal expectation by politicians, pollsters, opinion and exit polls that the BJP, eighteen months after their resounding Lok Sabha victory, would romp home in majority glory. It was not to be. Almost the entire class failed. Ditto for the unexpected Brexit vote, and ditto squared for the US election. I have been forecasting elections since the late 1980s, often as a hobby, and sometimes as a part-time profession. I was luckyRead More