Rather than providing clarity, the exit polls that followed the Karnataka Assembly elections have instead created confusion about the possible outcomes of the polls.
Although the exit polls didn’t give a sense of who would win the elections, they made it clear that one of the two major parties – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress – will emerge as the single largest party, with a clear lead helping them in government formation.
However, region-wise data of the exit polls shows that many regions of Karnataka, especially Old Mysuru and Hyderabad-Karnataka, have voted against the expectations. Taking the Axis-My India survey, which came closest to predicting the outcomes of the Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh elections, we look at how some regions in the state have gone against their usual voting patterns.