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This screengrab shows the survey over a large period. It should be added. Venkat TL ( talk) 11:15, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
User:Diptyajit, I have remove unreliable sources and twitter polls by unreliable sources. See WP:REPUBLICTV for more. I have removed Jan Ki baat, Patriotic voter, Matrize, Republic as they are not reliable sources, but closely inline with a particular party's position. Please only refer to reliable newspapers as reference. Links to twitter and youtube should not be added as they are primary sources. It is unfortunate that User:ਕਿਸਾਨੀ ਜਿੰਦਾਬਾਦ was blocked for rightly removing those unreliable sources. Venkat TL ( talk) 07:51, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Jan ki baat and Matrize came closest to the actual numbers. Ofcourse one can claim that Election commission numbers are not reliable and close to a certain party. sunny.......... 03:39, 12 March 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyji 2k ( talk • contribs)
Since the size of the article had reached and exceeded 100KB ( WP:SIZESPLIT), Material has been WP:SPLIT to List of candidates in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election -- Venkat TL ( talk) 13:36, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
In continuation of discussion above at #Survey and polls from unreliable sources
I have Removed the detailed Opinion poll data and only kept a short summary. Refer to the news article, ओपिनियन पोल इतना इतराते क्यों हैं:इनके 90% दावे गलत, फिर भी इतना हो-हल्ला; आइए ओपिनियन पोल की पोल-पट्टी खोलते हैं where Bhaskar newspaper has published a scathing survey of Opinion Polls and found them unreliable. No internationally reputed news paper has published the results of these opinion polls. In such cases it is not appropriate for Wikipedia to publish in details these polls. I believe a short summary of the latest Opinion poll is enough. -- Venkat TL ( talk) 11:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Skmiiita: Please feel free to add position statements of other parties on Opinion Polls. Dainik Bhaskar is a reliable site. 2 major polls are already included. No need to include 1 year old opinion polls from C Voter. Please discuss your concerns here on the talk page first. Venkat TL ( talk) 15:26, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
In past, multiple editors have removed the Opinion polls from this page, for similar reasons. Most recent example [1] Venkat TL ( talk) 15:30, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
“ | यूपी में खेला होबे या खदेड़ा होगा? अभी रिपब्लिक और एबीपी-सी वोटर ने सर्वे किया। इसके मुताबिक यूपी में बीजेपी की सरकार बन रही है। DB LIVE के अनुसार समाजवादी पार्टी जीतती नजर आ रही है। | ” |
@ Skmiiita in your most recent edit summary [2] What are you calling as unnecessary content? and Which source is unreliable? As far as I can see everything is relevant to UP election and reliably sourced to reputed newspapers. Edits cannot be reverted without proper reasons. Disruptive editors may be blocked from editing. Please explain your revert. Or it will be restored. Venkat TL ( talk) 08:43, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
It was observed by me that in an edit you added opinion poll by an agency 'DB Live' which was not Dainik Bhaskar but you cited it as Dainik Bhaskar's article. When I edited it, you took the discussion in different way that according to an article by Dainik Bhaskar that 90% opinion polls are incorrect.This discussion should be made point wise:
I say it again that that this phenomenon is not new, even exit polls of 2019 Australian elections proved to be wrong. Opinion polls are done and published to know which way the opinion of public is shaping. Kindly refer to any wiki article on any poll whether Indian or any other, Subsections include opinion poll then followed by exit polls and then followed by result for a comparative study that how events affected the election scenario and what were the calendar wise trends of a specific election. With due respect I request you to read any other poll-based article on Wikipedia.
The article is based on selective data and prejudices. I can discuss this with follwing points
There is not a single proof or evidence in public if the opinion polls are being influenced by any political or muscle power. It was your personal opinion that opinion polls are influenced and you were forcing your personal opinion on me threatening me of blocking my account but with due respect I ask you why every Wikipedia election based article across the world includes them? Kindly don't be selective towards data and be liberal towards each idea. With due regards I again request you to refer any other election article as reference how every poll-based election looks like and how comparative studies are important in future of an election too. Discussion should also be made on opinion poll section in /info/en/?search=2022_Punjab_Legislative_Assembly_election,/info/en/?search=2022_Goa_Legislative_Assembly_election,/info/en/?search=2022_Uttarakhand_Legislative_Assembly_election,/info/en/?search=2022_Manipur_Legislative_Assembly_election as these states are also going for elections, if consensus is made on up polls page parameters then it should also be applied on these articles too. I welcome discussion/criticism based on the points made by me as well as ask to restore the page as it was. By @Akashphougat27 User:Akashphougat27 — Preceding undated comment added 13:30, 6 February 2022
“ | “Many parties, prior to elections, try to create an atmosphere about themselves through opinion polls. In 2007, the opinion polls gave us third position, but we were first. All such opinion polls will be proved wrong,” Mayawati said. | ” |
“ | Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati dismissed opinion polls today, calling them "useless" and told people not to fall for the "media narrative" that she is missing in action. "Opinion polls have failed in the past and they will fail again. They will be useless. Do not fall for false promises of other parties," she added, referring to the multi-cornered contest in the state that begins next week. | ” |
“ | BSP's Satish Mishra has written to the Election Commission demanding a ban on opinion polls, results of which are shown in the media six months before the Assembly elections. The BSP sought a ban on the pre-poll surveys for six months before the Uttar Pradesh elections “to enable voters to vote freely, fairly and uninfluenced by the sponsored misleading projections shown by the media” | ” |
- Venkat TL ( talk) 15:47, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
“ | Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday warned people against opinion polls ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly calling them opium polls". "Opinion Polls in reality are Opium polls. We need to be careful of them. BJP leaders want to take the election in a different direction with their statements. All kinds of misconceptions are being spread on WhatsApp," he said. The SP had earlier written to the Election Commission demanding ban on opinion polls on news channels, terming them a violation of election code of conduct. | ” |
“ | The SP had earlier written to the Election Commission demanding ban on opinion polls on news channels, terming them a violation of election code of conduct. | ” |
“ | Most opinion polls that are published in the Indian media are spurious and suspect. | ” |
“ | it costs roughly Rs 2 to 2.5 lakhs to survey one constituency and predict the winner. In a large state like UP with 403 constituencies, it would cost a total of Rs 8 crore to survey in a proper scientific manner. When media publishes opinion polls, it is important to ask how much did these surveys cost and who paid for it. It is quite apparent that none of the media houses or any survey agency spends such a large sum to conduct these surveys. Which means either some other interested organisation has incurred this expenditure, or they did not do a rigorous scientific survey. | ” |
“ | Surveys for TV channels have steadily lost credibility while poll surveys are now so lucrative that even people with no particular training are jumping into it. How long can the EC act to be blind? | ” |
“ | Polls conducted for news outlets have steadily lost credibility because the outlets themselves have increasingly acted like propaganda wings of the ruling dispensation. Loss of credibility was an issue even before 2014 and a sting operation in February that year proved that polling agencies and media outlets were only too willing to manipulate their data. | ” |
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Venkat TL ( talk • contribs) 17:29, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
References
"We have reminded the Union government a dozen times since we made our first request to ban opinion poll and exit poll surveys in 1997…Opinion polls influence unlettered and undecided voters. They can misguide young voters, too". The Election Commission (EC) of India cannot ban opinion polls ahead of elections; all it can do is remind the Union government about its long-pending request.
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Venkat TL (
talk)
10:52, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Venkat TLis removing opinion polling/predictions for UP elections based on a article of Dainik Bhaskar and other articles written by social media head of political parties and other similar sources, buy mostly on basis of Dainik Bhaskar article. Dainik Bhaskar article is flawed and contains wrong information, which shows the prejudice and biases of the author.
Not only this author has picked one poll from all the polls and used that to declare that all polls are incorrect. Take example of Bihar, even though they are exit polls, only Axis My India said Mahagathbandhan will get 139-161 seats. All other predicted close fight which came out true. How can a section be removed based on flawed articles and few comments from politicians and vested interests. Politicians call for ban on EVMs, question whole election procedure when they lose. Also, neither Election Commission nor Supreme Court, High Court nor Parliament or any authorised body has banned opinion polling. For every election in this world, there is a page, where predictions are added. They are just predictions, they can be wrong. If someone manipulates with final results or engage in conspiracy theory like EVM hacking then that should be removed. But predictions, from survey companies should not be removed. Venkat TL is constantly removing the opinion polls/predictions and adding what he likes. It has already been established that no polls from Youtube channels, Twitter should be added still he is insistent on adding polls from such sources. It seems he is trying to impose his POV on others. Anything which doesn't matches his opinions, he terms it as fake and unreliable and then justify it with dubious links. If you don't like the polls then it is your problem. Why are you deleting them for everyone? Wiki already has page for Opinion Polling. One can add their authenticity, reliability on that page. Under the section of opinion polls only predictions from major survey agencies should be added and nothing else. What is the problem of user @Venkat TL, if one wants to keep last one year polls.
My previous comment was construed as personal attack, while I was only trying to point out the hippocricy. So now I'd only like to point you to two very opposite edits by the same user.
Please draw your own conclusions. - Wikieditor4206946 ( talk)
Its strange that on one hand he dissmisses opinion polls as unreliable but supports the same polls in Punjab elections.
Also he dismisess Indian media as not being free, and then uses sources from the same media to support his own views.
There should be a consistency in views.
Opinion polls should be allowed and they have been allowed on Wikipedia since i joined here years ago.
Suddenly one editor wants them removed. sunny.......... 21:26, 14 February 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyji 2k ( talk • contribs)
"We have reminded the Union government a dozen times since we made our first request to ban opinion poll and exit poll surveys in 1997…Opinion polls influence unlettered and undecided voters. They can misguide young voters, too". The Election Commission (EC) of India cannot ban opinion polls ahead of elections; all it can do is remind the Union government about its long-pending request.
Source
Venkat TL (
talk)
06:29, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
But opinion and exit polls are not banned and has never been banned. So whats the point of posting the views of ECI? Opinion and Exit polls are used all over the world.
Jan ki Baat exit polls were closest to the actual figure. sunny.......... 03:43, 12 March 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyji 2k ( talk • contribs)
Opinion polls are just predictions and survey results. Removing them is ridiculous and an unwanted exercise. Surprising thing is that the Poll results are still prevalent in Punjab elections page. Looks like people are vandalizing the page by removing Predictions when the numbers do not meet their expectations. - Vijethnbharadwaj ( talk) 18:08, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Just an info, opinion polls for US elections are usually all included, but some are indicated as Democratic or Republican-leaning by adding (D) or (R) and sometimes are paired with notes, eg. that the poll is sponsored by a candidate's campaign. I don't know how it works in India exactly – considering its parliamentary system, among others – but I think unreliable polls should be added with a note, especially if its unreliability is due to a conflict of interest in some way. — twotwofourtysix(My talk page and contributions) 10:45, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Godi media is not reliable for politics. You wrote "An exit poll is different from an opinion poll", What was this random statement about? where is the head and tail of this statement? I agree that they have some difference but what is the point of your post? Venkat TL ( talk) 10:58, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
AAP is covered extensively in this article, but they dont seem to have any impact at all in the elections. Should those sections be removed? It seems to be unnecessary information for this page. Captain Jack Sparrow ( talk) 18:56, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
Since the election is over now. Was and were should be used in the opening paragraph of the article. 106.77.79.144 ( talk) 02:04, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
213 Arya Nagar seat is won by Amitabh Bajpei of Samajwadi Party
Ac. No.- 370 366 375 368 and many more seats are wrongly shown. Plzz administrator plzz correct it with latest available data. Or it will lead to misinformation Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 22:49, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Plzz update the map which is showing wrong party colour .That are AC.No.106 220 267 366 368 370 375.
Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 10:52, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
Sir. In the map of UP showing party colours of the party which won the assembly seat. But 7 seats are showing wrong colour which means wrong party is being shown which has won that seat so I request you to change it.106&366 are won by bjp. 220,267,368&375 won by sp and 370 won by Nishad party. Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 04:18, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Thanks a lot sir. It feels honoured when there is someone to act on your suggestions. I will work with more power Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 18:48, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Yes sir. 370 is with apna dal (soney lal) plzz make it blue. It's currently showing sp colour not nishad party. Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 19:25, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you sir. I assure you I will never repeat this mistake again. Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 19:44, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Plzz administrator update the page with latest available data. And correct some wrong information in it Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 22:53, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
The button for National Democratic Alliance in the Table of Contents seems to show some unsanitized HTML when viewed on mobile. Billert12 ( talk) 23:41, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Apna dal{ k} was in alliance with SP+ and it received a total of 0.3 percent votes in the election. However, it has not been added to the result/ alliance. The total vote share of SP+ thus is 36.62 and not 36.32. Thank you. 180.94.33.117 ( talk) 12:46, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
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I have noticed that the numbers of valid votes, invalid votes, etc. are missing in the result section. Kindly add it. AshuTri912 ( talk) 16:04, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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This screengrab shows the survey over a large period. It should be added. Venkat TL ( talk) 11:15, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
User:Diptyajit, I have remove unreliable sources and twitter polls by unreliable sources. See WP:REPUBLICTV for more. I have removed Jan Ki baat, Patriotic voter, Matrize, Republic as they are not reliable sources, but closely inline with a particular party's position. Please only refer to reliable newspapers as reference. Links to twitter and youtube should not be added as they are primary sources. It is unfortunate that User:ਕਿਸਾਨੀ ਜਿੰਦਾਬਾਦ was blocked for rightly removing those unreliable sources. Venkat TL ( talk) 07:51, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Jan ki baat and Matrize came closest to the actual numbers. Ofcourse one can claim that Election commission numbers are not reliable and close to a certain party. sunny.......... 03:39, 12 March 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyji 2k ( talk • contribs)
Since the size of the article had reached and exceeded 100KB ( WP:SIZESPLIT), Material has been WP:SPLIT to List of candidates in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election -- Venkat TL ( talk) 13:36, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
In continuation of discussion above at #Survey and polls from unreliable sources
I have Removed the detailed Opinion poll data and only kept a short summary. Refer to the news article, ओपिनियन पोल इतना इतराते क्यों हैं:इनके 90% दावे गलत, फिर भी इतना हो-हल्ला; आइए ओपिनियन पोल की पोल-पट्टी खोलते हैं where Bhaskar newspaper has published a scathing survey of Opinion Polls and found them unreliable. No internationally reputed news paper has published the results of these opinion polls. In such cases it is not appropriate for Wikipedia to publish in details these polls. I believe a short summary of the latest Opinion poll is enough. -- Venkat TL ( talk) 11:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Skmiiita: Please feel free to add position statements of other parties on Opinion Polls. Dainik Bhaskar is a reliable site. 2 major polls are already included. No need to include 1 year old opinion polls from C Voter. Please discuss your concerns here on the talk page first. Venkat TL ( talk) 15:26, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
In past, multiple editors have removed the Opinion polls from this page, for similar reasons. Most recent example [1] Venkat TL ( talk) 15:30, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
“ | यूपी में खेला होबे या खदेड़ा होगा? अभी रिपब्लिक और एबीपी-सी वोटर ने सर्वे किया। इसके मुताबिक यूपी में बीजेपी की सरकार बन रही है। DB LIVE के अनुसार समाजवादी पार्टी जीतती नजर आ रही है। | ” |
@ Skmiiita in your most recent edit summary [2] What are you calling as unnecessary content? and Which source is unreliable? As far as I can see everything is relevant to UP election and reliably sourced to reputed newspapers. Edits cannot be reverted without proper reasons. Disruptive editors may be blocked from editing. Please explain your revert. Or it will be restored. Venkat TL ( talk) 08:43, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
It was observed by me that in an edit you added opinion poll by an agency 'DB Live' which was not Dainik Bhaskar but you cited it as Dainik Bhaskar's article. When I edited it, you took the discussion in different way that according to an article by Dainik Bhaskar that 90% opinion polls are incorrect.This discussion should be made point wise:
I say it again that that this phenomenon is not new, even exit polls of 2019 Australian elections proved to be wrong. Opinion polls are done and published to know which way the opinion of public is shaping. Kindly refer to any wiki article on any poll whether Indian or any other, Subsections include opinion poll then followed by exit polls and then followed by result for a comparative study that how events affected the election scenario and what were the calendar wise trends of a specific election. With due respect I request you to read any other poll-based article on Wikipedia.
The article is based on selective data and prejudices. I can discuss this with follwing points
There is not a single proof or evidence in public if the opinion polls are being influenced by any political or muscle power. It was your personal opinion that opinion polls are influenced and you were forcing your personal opinion on me threatening me of blocking my account but with due respect I ask you why every Wikipedia election based article across the world includes them? Kindly don't be selective towards data and be liberal towards each idea. With due regards I again request you to refer any other election article as reference how every poll-based election looks like and how comparative studies are important in future of an election too. Discussion should also be made on opinion poll section in /info/en/?search=2022_Punjab_Legislative_Assembly_election,/info/en/?search=2022_Goa_Legislative_Assembly_election,/info/en/?search=2022_Uttarakhand_Legislative_Assembly_election,/info/en/?search=2022_Manipur_Legislative_Assembly_election as these states are also going for elections, if consensus is made on up polls page parameters then it should also be applied on these articles too. I welcome discussion/criticism based on the points made by me as well as ask to restore the page as it was. By @Akashphougat27 User:Akashphougat27 — Preceding undated comment added 13:30, 6 February 2022
“ | “Many parties, prior to elections, try to create an atmosphere about themselves through opinion polls. In 2007, the opinion polls gave us third position, but we were first. All such opinion polls will be proved wrong,” Mayawati said. | ” |
“ | Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati dismissed opinion polls today, calling them "useless" and told people not to fall for the "media narrative" that she is missing in action. "Opinion polls have failed in the past and they will fail again. They will be useless. Do not fall for false promises of other parties," she added, referring to the multi-cornered contest in the state that begins next week. | ” |
“ | BSP's Satish Mishra has written to the Election Commission demanding a ban on opinion polls, results of which are shown in the media six months before the Assembly elections. The BSP sought a ban on the pre-poll surveys for six months before the Uttar Pradesh elections “to enable voters to vote freely, fairly and uninfluenced by the sponsored misleading projections shown by the media” | ” |
- Venkat TL ( talk) 15:47, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
“ | Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday warned people against opinion polls ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly calling them opium polls". "Opinion Polls in reality are Opium polls. We need to be careful of them. BJP leaders want to take the election in a different direction with their statements. All kinds of misconceptions are being spread on WhatsApp," he said. The SP had earlier written to the Election Commission demanding ban on opinion polls on news channels, terming them a violation of election code of conduct. | ” |
“ | The SP had earlier written to the Election Commission demanding ban on opinion polls on news channels, terming them a violation of election code of conduct. | ” |
“ | Most opinion polls that are published in the Indian media are spurious and suspect. | ” |
“ | it costs roughly Rs 2 to 2.5 lakhs to survey one constituency and predict the winner. In a large state like UP with 403 constituencies, it would cost a total of Rs 8 crore to survey in a proper scientific manner. When media publishes opinion polls, it is important to ask how much did these surveys cost and who paid for it. It is quite apparent that none of the media houses or any survey agency spends such a large sum to conduct these surveys. Which means either some other interested organisation has incurred this expenditure, or they did not do a rigorous scientific survey. | ” |
“ | Surveys for TV channels have steadily lost credibility while poll surveys are now so lucrative that even people with no particular training are jumping into it. How long can the EC act to be blind? | ” |
“ | Polls conducted for news outlets have steadily lost credibility because the outlets themselves have increasingly acted like propaganda wings of the ruling dispensation. Loss of credibility was an issue even before 2014 and a sting operation in February that year proved that polling agencies and media outlets were only too willing to manipulate their data. | ” |
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Venkat TL ( talk • contribs) 17:29, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
References
"We have reminded the Union government a dozen times since we made our first request to ban opinion poll and exit poll surveys in 1997…Opinion polls influence unlettered and undecided voters. They can misguide young voters, too". The Election Commission (EC) of India cannot ban opinion polls ahead of elections; all it can do is remind the Union government about its long-pending request.
Source
Venkat TL (
talk)
10:52, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
@ Venkat TLis removing opinion polling/predictions for UP elections based on a article of Dainik Bhaskar and other articles written by social media head of political parties and other similar sources, buy mostly on basis of Dainik Bhaskar article. Dainik Bhaskar article is flawed and contains wrong information, which shows the prejudice and biases of the author.
Not only this author has picked one poll from all the polls and used that to declare that all polls are incorrect. Take example of Bihar, even though they are exit polls, only Axis My India said Mahagathbandhan will get 139-161 seats. All other predicted close fight which came out true. How can a section be removed based on flawed articles and few comments from politicians and vested interests. Politicians call for ban on EVMs, question whole election procedure when they lose. Also, neither Election Commission nor Supreme Court, High Court nor Parliament or any authorised body has banned opinion polling. For every election in this world, there is a page, where predictions are added. They are just predictions, they can be wrong. If someone manipulates with final results or engage in conspiracy theory like EVM hacking then that should be removed. But predictions, from survey companies should not be removed. Venkat TL is constantly removing the opinion polls/predictions and adding what he likes. It has already been established that no polls from Youtube channels, Twitter should be added still he is insistent on adding polls from such sources. It seems he is trying to impose his POV on others. Anything which doesn't matches his opinions, he terms it as fake and unreliable and then justify it with dubious links. If you don't like the polls then it is your problem. Why are you deleting them for everyone? Wiki already has page for Opinion Polling. One can add their authenticity, reliability on that page. Under the section of opinion polls only predictions from major survey agencies should be added and nothing else. What is the problem of user @Venkat TL, if one wants to keep last one year polls.
My previous comment was construed as personal attack, while I was only trying to point out the hippocricy. So now I'd only like to point you to two very opposite edits by the same user.
Please draw your own conclusions. - Wikieditor4206946 ( talk)
Its strange that on one hand he dissmisses opinion polls as unreliable but supports the same polls in Punjab elections.
Also he dismisess Indian media as not being free, and then uses sources from the same media to support his own views.
There should be a consistency in views.
Opinion polls should be allowed and they have been allowed on Wikipedia since i joined here years ago.
Suddenly one editor wants them removed. sunny.......... 21:26, 14 February 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyji 2k ( talk • contribs)
"We have reminded the Union government a dozen times since we made our first request to ban opinion poll and exit poll surveys in 1997…Opinion polls influence unlettered and undecided voters. They can misguide young voters, too". The Election Commission (EC) of India cannot ban opinion polls ahead of elections; all it can do is remind the Union government about its long-pending request.
Source
Venkat TL (
talk)
06:29, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
But opinion and exit polls are not banned and has never been banned. So whats the point of posting the views of ECI? Opinion and Exit polls are used all over the world.
Jan ki Baat exit polls were closest to the actual figure. sunny.......... 03:43, 12 March 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyji 2k ( talk • contribs)
Opinion polls are just predictions and survey results. Removing them is ridiculous and an unwanted exercise. Surprising thing is that the Poll results are still prevalent in Punjab elections page. Looks like people are vandalizing the page by removing Predictions when the numbers do not meet their expectations. - Vijethnbharadwaj ( talk) 18:08, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Just an info, opinion polls for US elections are usually all included, but some are indicated as Democratic or Republican-leaning by adding (D) or (R) and sometimes are paired with notes, eg. that the poll is sponsored by a candidate's campaign. I don't know how it works in India exactly – considering its parliamentary system, among others – but I think unreliable polls should be added with a note, especially if its unreliability is due to a conflict of interest in some way. — twotwofourtysix(My talk page and contributions) 10:45, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Godi media is not reliable for politics. You wrote "An exit poll is different from an opinion poll", What was this random statement about? where is the head and tail of this statement? I agree that they have some difference but what is the point of your post? Venkat TL ( talk) 10:58, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
AAP is covered extensively in this article, but they dont seem to have any impact at all in the elections. Should those sections be removed? It seems to be unnecessary information for this page. Captain Jack Sparrow ( talk) 18:56, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
Since the election is over now. Was and were should be used in the opening paragraph of the article. 106.77.79.144 ( talk) 02:04, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
213 Arya Nagar seat is won by Amitabh Bajpei of Samajwadi Party
Ac. No.- 370 366 375 368 and many more seats are wrongly shown. Plzz administrator plzz correct it with latest available data. Or it will lead to misinformation Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 22:49, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Plzz update the map which is showing wrong party colour .That are AC.No.106 220 267 366 368 370 375.
Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 10:52, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
Sir. In the map of UP showing party colours of the party which won the assembly seat. But 7 seats are showing wrong colour which means wrong party is being shown which has won that seat so I request you to change it.106&366 are won by bjp. 220,267,368&375 won by sp and 370 won by Nishad party. Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 04:18, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Thanks a lot sir. It feels honoured when there is someone to act on your suggestions. I will work with more power Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 18:48, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Yes sir. 370 is with apna dal (soney lal) plzz make it blue. It's currently showing sp colour not nishad party. Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 19:25, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you sir. I assure you I will never repeat this mistake again. Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 19:44, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Plzz administrator update the page with latest available data. And correct some wrong information in it Ashutosh singh 761980 ( talk) 22:53, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
The button for National Democratic Alliance in the Table of Contents seems to show some unsanitized HTML when viewed on mobile. Billert12 ( talk) 23:41, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Apna dal{ k} was in alliance with SP+ and it received a total of 0.3 percent votes in the election. However, it has not been added to the result/ alliance. The total vote share of SP+ thus is 36.62 and not 36.32. Thank you. 180.94.33.117 ( talk) 12:46, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
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I have noticed that the numbers of valid votes, invalid votes, etc. are missing in the result section. Kindly add it. AshuTri912 ( talk) 16:04, 27 December 2023 (UTC)