NEW DELHI: After a string of misses, a stream of criticism and a breakdown on nationwide tv, Pradeep Gupta and his Axis My India noticed their fates flipped by the Maharashtra and Jharkhand ballot outcomes – which turned out to be as predicted by the psephologist, whose streak of proper calls started with the correct forecast of the US presidential elections.
Whereas Gupta had predicted between 98 and 107 seats for BJP and a cushty majority of 178-200 seats for the Mahayuti within the 288-member Maharashtra meeting, he had quoted 49-59 seats for the JMM-headed coalition in Jharkhand. His success comes throughout a yr during which Axis My India’s numbers for LS polls had been removed from the ultimate final result and its inaccurate Haryana ballot prediction solid a shadow on the exit ballot course of. With the newest predictions, Gupta’s methodology, rooted in evaluation and voter sentiment monitoring, has regained credibility.