<div><div>The just-concluded Bihar Assembly election is set to see a very close contest between the BJP-led alliance and the Janata Grand Alliance, when the votes are counted on Nov 8, if one were to go by the exit polls.</div><div> </div><div>There’s an odd man out in this club of exit polls, though -- Today’s Chankaya, which has, in the past, been known for its accurate forecasts. According to this agency, which conducted the exit polls in Bihar in association with News 24, the BJP-led alliance will win 155 seats, whereas the Janata alliance will win a mere 83 seats. Others will get 5.</div><div> </div><div>Chanakya, however, had gone wrong in predicting last year's assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra.</div><div> </div><div>Except for the News 24 forecast, other news channels’ exit polls claimed that the BJP-led alliance could anything between get 90 to 127 seats, whereas the Janata alliance could get 111 to 140 seats.</div><div> </div><div>Apart from News 24, Aaj Tak / India Today channels also claimed that the BJP-led alliance may just touch the half-way mark. According to this poll, done in association with Cicero, the NDA could end up with 113 to 127 seats, whereas the Janata alliance would get 111 to 123 seats.</div><div> </div><div>India TV, News X / India News, News Nation and ABP News on the other hand forecast a trend that was somewhat similar – they said the JD (U) –RJD – Congress alliance will romp home.</div><div> </div><div>The mean / average of various exit polls conducted today (by News 24-Chankaya, India TV-C Voter, India Today-Cicero, News X, News Nation, ABP News) however shows that the Janata alliance is just ahead of the BJP alliance. The Janata average seat is 119, whereas the BJP average seat is 118.<br><br><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" style="width: 600px"><tbody><tr><td><strong>News 24-Chankaya</strong></td><td>BJP + 155</td><td>JD (U) + 83</td><td>Others 5</td></tr><tr><td><strong>India TV-C Voter</strong>:</td><td>BJP + 101-121</td><td>JD (U) + 112-132</td><td>Others 6-14</td></tr><tr><td><strong>India Today-Cicero</strong></td><td>BJP + 113-127</td><td>JD (U)+ 111-123</td><td>Others 4-8</td></tr><tr><td><strong>News X</strong></td><td>BJP + 90-100</td><td>JD (U)+ 130-140</td><td>Others 13-23</td></tr><tr><td><strong>News Nation</strong></td><td>BJP + 115-119</td><td>JD (U) + 120-24</td><td>Others 3-5</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div> </div>
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