Why Axis My India won’t release Bengal exit poll results: ‘Respondent hesitancy, high refusal’
A day after Axis My India released exit poll projections for four assemblies, its founder Pradeep Gupta announced that the projections will not be released for Bengal this time. A CAPF official stands guard while voters wait to cast their votes at a polling station during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, in Purba Bardhaman. (@CEOWestBengal) The reason, as per Gupta, emanates from reasons affecting the methodology of sampling which leave the survey incomplete. All the pollsters, barring one, have shown a lead for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bengal, ending chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’s 15-year reign. Follow latest updates on exit poll results Pollsters, including Matrize, P-Marq, Poll Diary, JVC and Janmat Polls have shown TMC at an advantage. Peoples Pulse is the only pollster to have shown Mamata at an advantage. Bengal is a tough state to crack for pollsters and a majority of exit poll projections in the 2021 assembly poll proved wrong. Why Axis My India is not releasing Bengal exit poll The reason …









