Highly inaccurate exit polls predicting a sweeping election victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party have led to dramatic public apologies from polling companies this week and calls for an investigation into possible manipulation. Nearly all the exit polls released on June 1 predicted that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies would secure over 350 seats in the lower house of parliament. However, the final results, announced three days later, showed the coalition winning only 293 seats.
After Lok Sabha exit polls overestimated NDA victory, public apologies and calls for probe follow
