The phrase “once bitten, twice shy” perhaps aptly sums up the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) reaction in favor of the 2022 Punjab exit poll verdict. As the numbers started coming in on Monday, senior party leaders were taking a cautious approach, considering what happened in 2017.
Five years ago, some of these polls predicted that the party would form the government in Punjab. But unlike exit polls AAP After reaching 20 seats in the final result, very few fell. Some voters even showed the party to be in direct competition with the Congress. However, the Congress was surprised by a clear majority with 77 seats out of a total of 117.
The HuffPost-CVoter poll for the 2017 Punjab elections had predicted a clear victory for the BJP-SAD alliance with 11 of the 117 seats, the Congress 43, and the AAP 63. In Aaj Tak-Axis exit polls, BJP+SAD got 18-22 seats, Congress 56-61 and AAP 36-41. ABP News-CSDS got 28-36 seats for BJP-SAD alliance, 47-55 for Congress and 26-34 for AAP. TV24 News gave a massive victory to BJP+SAD with 20-25 seats, Congress 27-35 and AAP 70-80 seats. VDP Associates had predicted 7 seats for BJP+SAD, 44 for Congress and 62 for AAP. The Week-Hansa Research Poll has predicted 28-30 seats for BJP+SAD, 49-51 for Congress and 33-35 for AAP. India Today-Axis gave 18-22 seats to the BJP-SAD alliance, 56-62 to the Congress and 36-41 to the AAP.
In the end, Congress won with 77 seats. AAP won 20, Shiromani Akali Dal 15, BJP three and independents two.
Earlier, the 2012 assembly elections were won by the SAD-BJP alliance, which got 68 out of 117 seats, while the Congress got 46 and others three.
Although most Aam Aadmi Party The leaders were confident that this time the voters had got it right, they were deeply concerned from within. “This time it has been a silent vote. Though we know that our dedicated supporters came out to vote, only the final result will tell what has actually happened,” said a party leader.
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