Bihar elections: Lone exit poll that got it right has the last laugh

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It also issued a statement vindicating its survey results: “Axis My India’s Bihar Assembly Elections 2015 exit poll scored a remarkable 100 per cent accuracy rate. Having pioneered the first-ever seat-by-seat prediction of all the constituencies during the 2014 general election, Axis My India Survey maintained this unique feature for all state assembly elections with a consistent 95 per cent accuracy rate. In fact, though others were stating a lead by NDA over others, Axis My India poll was the only one to predict JD(U)+ victory with a significant number of seats.”

Axis had predicted 58-70 seats for the NDA (BJP 40-48, LJP 7-9, HAM 5-6, RLSP 6-7) and 169-183 seats for the grand alliance [JD(U) 70-76, RJD 73-77, Congress 26-30].

Pradeep Gupta, chairman of the agency, said, “Our methodology was simple, we relied on face-to-face interviews with voters in each constituency. We ensured the composition of the sample reflected the demography of the constituency. We had done the pre-poll survey for the channel, the exit-poll findings we had shared with everybody. We have no issues with anybody for having aired or not aired our findings. I am very happy that we have been proved correct.”