The strike rate of polling agencies in 2018 left was poor. Except for Rajasthan, where the revolving door tradition makes it easy for pollsters, more agencies were wide off the mark than correct in MP, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. The last two states witnessed landslides, which few agencies got right
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023 LIVE Updates: BJP fielded 14 candidates who are 70-plus, with the oldest being 80. In contrast, the Congress has fielded nine septuagenarians for the November 17 polls. Experts say BJP s move to go with warhorses could be the fallout of its drubbing in the Karnataka elections.
Voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections begins. Sixty-one constituencies spread across 12 districts will be voting in this phase of polling.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said his party has "hit century" in the first two phases as Uttar Pradesh votes in the third phase today. Fifty-nine seats across 16 districts are going to polls today of which the SP had won only nine in 2017.