Getting it right

IN Media Watch Briefs | 09/12/2013

Of four exit polls and one post poll done for Delhi, the one that came closest to getting the numbers and order of winners right was Chanakya's poll. It predicted 29 seats (plus minus nine) for the BJP, AAP 31 (plus minus nine) seats and Congress 10 (plus minus five) seats. The post poll done by CSDS/CNN IBN/Week got the order of winners right, as also the results for the BJP and Congress. It gave AAP less seats than it won but predicted a great debut for the party. Three others thought the Congress would get 20 or more seats and were badly off the mark.

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