Exit ballot outcomes for Maharashtra and Jharkhand Meeting elections 2024 are set to be launched on Wednesday, November 20, after voting in each the states concludes at round 6 pm. The counting of votes for each Maharashtra and Jharkhand Meeting polls is scheduled to happen on November 23.
Whereas voting for Maharashtra Meeting elections occurred in a single part on November 20, the identical for Jharkhand polls over two phases – Part 1 on November 13 and the second part on November 20.
What are exit polls
An election exit ballot is a survey primarily based on interviews taken of voters after they go away (or exit) the polling cubicles after casting their votes, with the estimates of pollsters generally turning out to be right and generally not.
Whereas election exit polls should not all the time correct, they supply an thought of the place voters could swing and what one can anticipate from the election.
The reliability of exit polls will depend on a few elements, primarily: sort of sampling strategies, margins of error and voter honesty and openness to take part as nicely. Exit polls can typically assist us establish the voters’ behaviour.
When are exit ballot outcomes introduced
Information organisations and tv networks can be permitted to launch the outcomes of their exit polls after 6:30 pm on Wednesday, in accordance with guidelines laid down by the Election Fee of India (ECI).
Usually, exit polls are broadcast stay on YouTube and information channels. Whereas some polls are printed in collaboration with information retailers, others are made accessible on their very own. Exit ballot outcomes of key pollsters may also be accessible on hindustantimes.com.
The Illustration of the Folks’s Act, 1951, underneath Part 126A, states that exit polls can’t be performed or disseminated till the ultimate part of voting concludes.
“No particular person shall conduct any exit ballot and publish or publicise via the print or digital media or disseminate in every other method, in anyway, the results of an exit ballot throughout such interval as could also be notified by the Election Fee on this regard.”
“As per the rules, within the case of a single part election, results of opinion/exit polls carried out at any time, can’t be printed, publicized or disseminated in any method, throughout the interval of 48 hours ending with the hour mounted for conclusion of ballot,” as per the EC.
Maharashtra Meeting elections 2024
Voting for Maharashtra Meeting elections occurred on Wednesday, November 20, whereas counting of votes for a similar is scheduled to happen on November 23, coinciding with the Jharkhand Meeting polls outcomes.
The BJP is contesting 149 seats, Shiv Sena 81 seats, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP has fielded candidates in 59 constituencies. Within the opposition alliance, the Congress has fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and the NCP (SP) 86. The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance consists of the BJP, Shiv Sena, and the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction), whereas the opposition MVA contains the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction).
