Many pollsters had predicted that the BJP will hugely expand its footprint in the northeast, posting victory in Tripura, but how many have got it right? Check here.
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oi-Madhuri Adnal
Many pollsters seemed to oscillate between predicting a clean sweep for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a hung house in the state of Tripura, where a new party the Tipra Motha may emerge as a potential king-maker in the polls, held a week back. but how many have got it right?
Interestingly, all pollsters had predicted BJP coming back to power in Tripura, but some predicted that Congress to draw a blank.
According to Axis My India, the BJP-led alliance will sweep the state of Tripura, winning 36-45 seats in the 60-member House. The Left, on the other hand, will win 6-11 seats, while the Congress won’t win any. The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), on the other hand, will win 9-16 seats, according to the poll.
The Matrize exit poll, on the other hand, predicted 29-36 seats for the BJP-led alliance, 13-21 for the Left and Congress alliance, and 11-16 for the TMP.
The TimesNow-ETG poll predicted 21-27 seats for BJP+ and 18-24 seats for the Left. Meanwhile, BJP to retain Tripura with 29-20 seats, predicted Jan Ki Baat.
The 2018 assembly polls saw the BIP-led NDA win a comfortable majority, bagging 44 of the 60 seats. BJP won 35 seats on its own, ending CPM-led Left Front’s 25-year hold on government. Congress, the main opposition party in the state since the 1970s, failed to win a single seat.
This is how top pollsters predicted:
| Exit Polls | BJP+ | LEFT+ | TIPRA | TMC |
| India Today-Axis My India | 36-45 | 6-11 | 9-16 | – |
| Zee News-Matrize | 29-36 | 13-21 | 11-16 | – |
| TimesNow-ETG | 18-26 | 21 | 14 | – |
| Jan Ki Baat | 29-40 | 9-16 | 14-10 | – |
Story first published: Thursday, March 2, 2023, 12:56 [IST]
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