Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday expressed his concerns that exit polls may be driving expectations and when the reality does not match the predictions, "serious issues" follow. "Actually I didn't want to touch the subject but since you are asking...," Kumar said during a press conference. "Exit poll ki aane ki wajah se, ek expectation set karne ki wajah se, ek bahut bada, distortion paida hua hai. Ye - aap sab log yahan hai - ye atma-chintan aur atma-manthan ka bhi vishaya hai khaas kar ke electronic media ke liye."
Kumar continued, "Pichchle kuch election se, do-teen cheeze ek saath ho rahi hai. Pehle ek exit poll aata hai. Vote counting is done on roughly the third day after polling ends. So exit polls drive expectations. Everybody thinks it will happen. There is no scientific basis for it. When counting starts - you start seeing leads and trends. But it is not as if the trends and leads are justifying the exit polls. We put updates at 9.30 am, 11.30 am, and then 1.30 pm. So we have exit polls driving expectations. Then initial trend may match, but later it might change, and that mismatch between expectations and reality can lead to serious issues sometimes.""Ye ek aisa vishay hai, jispe kuch na kuch manthan, self-correction ki zarurat hai," Kumar said. Assembly Elections Dates For Maharashtra, Jharkhand AnnouncedThe in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20, while Jharkhand will vote on November 13 and 20. The votes will be counted on November 23, the Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar announced on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Rajiv Kumar said that the date of issue of Gazette notification is October 22, last date of filing nominations is October 29, the date for scrutiny of nominations will be October 30 and the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is November 4.The key contenders in the Maharashtra elections are the ruling Mahayuti Alliance, which includes the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition, comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar faction), and Congress.In the recent parliamentary elections to 48 seats in the state, the opposition MVA fared well. The BJP's share fell to 9 seats, down from 23 seats five years ago. MVA secured 30 seats.In the 2019 Assembly election, the BJP won 105 seats and the Congress 44. (With inputs from ANI)#WATCH | Delhi: On Exit Polls, CEC Rajiv Kumar says, "A major distortion is being created due to Exit Polls and expectations set by it. This is a matter of deliberation and introspection for the Press, especially for electronic media. In the last few elections, 2-3 things are… pic.twitter.com/xFZ1tYJnna
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