Exit polls were off the mark againMay 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The exit polls have gone wrong yet again. While all the surveys had predicted an edge for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), they also said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would be a close second.
Narendra Modi in Delhi for negotiations with Third FrontMay 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today to begin negotiations two days before the final counting. Modi is scheduled to begin negotiations with the Third Front leaders.
As voting in Indian election ends, the backroom wrangling for power beginsMay 14th, 2009 Indian election ends, scramble for power beginsNEW DELHI — India's fractured political parties began scrambling to form new alliances Thursday, a day after the last polls closed, marking an end to India's monthlong election. Exit polls indicate that no party won anything close to a majority in Parliament, which means an unwieldy coalition of parties will almost certainly form the next government.
Exit polls are charade, says Chandrababu NaiduMay 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - With exit polls showing an edge to the Congress both in Andhra Pradesh and at the party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the centre, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu Thursday said the poll predictions by media are charade.
Will win many more seats than predicted: CongressMay 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two days ahead of the poll results, the Congress party Thursday was upbeat about emerging the single largest party and dismissed exit polls carried out by media organisations. Party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the Congress would prove the exit polls wrong by winning many more seats than predicted.
Exit polls are charade, says Chandrababu NaiduMay 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - With exit polls showing an edge to the Congress both in Andhra Pradesh and at the party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the centre, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu Thursday said the poll predictions by media are charade.
Will win many more seats than predicted: CongressMay 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two days ahead of the poll results, the Congress party Thursday was upbeat about emerging the single largest party and dismissed exit polls carried out by media organisations. Party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the Congress would prove the exit polls wrong by winning many more seats than predicted.
Pollsters 2004 bitten, 2009 shy?May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Even as the exit polls for the Lok Sabha elections trickled in Wednesday evening predicting a hung parliament, one has to keep in mind that they had all gone woefully wrong in the 2004 electoral battle predicting exactly the opposite of the outcome. As many as five leading TV channels had then predicted in the previous elections that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would bag 230 to 278 seats and gave the Congress and its allies 171 to 205 seats.
UPA barely ahead of NDA in photo finish: Exit pollsMay 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Election 2009 will deliver a fractured verdict, with the Congress-led UPA finishing barely ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA, exit polls conducted by various TV news channels predicted Wednesday night. The CNN-IBN poll said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would be the single largest coalition with 185 to 205 seats while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would finish anywhere between 165 to 185 seats in the 545-member house.
UPA, NDA in close finish: Exit pollsMay 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will finish marginally ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections, exit polls conducted by different TV news channels predicted Wednesday night. The CNN-IBN poll said the UPA would be the single largest coalition with 185 to 205 seats while the NDA would finish anywhere between 165 to 185 seats in the 545-member house.
UPA, NDA in close race, say exit pollsMay 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will end up marginally ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections, exit polls Wednesday night said. According to a survey by India TV, the UPA would be the single largest coalition with 195-201 seats in the 545-member Lok Sabha while the NDA was expected to win 189-195 seats.
Congress-led UPA slightly ahead of BJP led NDA in exit pollsMay 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA is trailing behind the Congress-led UPA in the projections given by different exit polls in the Lok Sabha elections. The surveys shown by electronic channels after the end of fifth phase of polling today placed the BJP-led NDA not very far behind the UPA and the Third Front likely to get little over 100 seats.
Opinion polls after elections end: poll panelMay 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday said that opinion and exit polls could be telecast May 13 after the close of voting in the fifth and final round of Lok Sabha elections at 5 p.m. 'Channels are free to air exit polls after the elections are over,' Deputy Election Commissioner R.
Election Commission bans exit, opinion pollsFebruary 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Tuesday banned the publication or telecast of opinion or exit polls 48 hours before the last hour of polling in single-phase balloting. In cases of multi-phase elections or elections announced simultaneously for different states, the poll panel banned the publication of exit and opinion polls in the period starting 48 hours before the close of first day of voting till the end of last day of balloting.
Poll body can regulate exit polls: Supreme CourtJanuary 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday clarified that it never stopped the Election Commission from regulating exit polls and opinion surveys during elections, and said the panel is free to implement its guideline for the purpose. 'The Election Commission is free to frame its guidelines to regulate publication of exit polls,' said a bench of Chief Justice K.G.
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