2020 India assembly elections - Delhi, Bihar

[CumbrianLefty]

Coronavirus not affecting elections here yet?

[CumbrianLefty]

Coronavirus not affecting elections here yet?

The next big assembly election is in Bihar which is due in Oct so that is some time off.  The AP local election did get delayed by 6 weeks while the MP floor test also got delayed by 10 days or so due to the virus delaying the INC defeat there by a few days.  The overall level of virus infection in India has been quite low so far.

Yes, that has been noted. Climate factors, cases being "undercounted" - or quite possibly both?

[CumbrianLefty]

Is there normally that much difference in exit polls?

[CumbrianLefty]

Any chance we see a "red mirage" type effect in today's elections?

This took place in 2015 where the early count had a BJP-LJP-RLSP-HAM landslide victory over JD(U)-RJD-INC but then later in the day it went the other way around.  The networks actually started to talk about what the BJP did right to win only to change their tune later in the day.

Looks like a bit of that this time too?

[CumbrianLefty]

Its not just the Commies who are fissiparous in Indian politics tbf.

How many variants of Congress or Janata parties have there been down the years?