688: Assembly Elections 2021: Decoding Exit Polls of All Five States

<div>With West Bengal ending its last phase of polling on 29 April, the much-awaited exit polls of poll-bound states, namely Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry now released.<br><br> </div><div>This election, all eyes are on the 294-seat West Bengal Assembly, where a fierce battle between Mamata Banerjee’s ruling Trinamool Congress and its main challenger BJP has been taking place for the past few months.<br><br> </div><div>In today’s episode, we will be going through various exit polls mainly the Times Now/ABP CVoter and Republic-CNX polls to understand where each party stands in the poll-bound states.<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Host and Producer: </strong>Himmat Shaligram</div><div><strong>Guest:</strong></div><div>Aditya Menon, Political Editor, The Quint</div><div> <strong>Editor:</strong> Shelly Walia</div><div><br></div><div> <strong>Music:</strong> Big Bang Fuzz</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Listen to The Big Story podcast on:</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Apple: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.co%2F2AYdLIl&amp;redir_token=G9sQMbbppKv-LEFD29gDyTmPMzt8MTU3MTM4MDU5NkAxNTcxMjk0MTk2&amp;v=xkpX1V6aUFo&amp;event=video_description">https://apple.co/2AYdLIl</a> </div><div>Saavn: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2oix78C&amp;redir_token=G9sQMbbppKv-LEFD29gDyTmPMzt8MTU3MTM4MDU5NkAxNTcxMjk0MTk2&amp;v=xkpX1V6aUFo&amp;event=video_description">http://bit.ly/2oix78C</a> </div><div>Google Podcasts: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2ntMV7S&amp;redir_token=G9sQMbbppKv-LEFD29gDyTmPMzt8MTU3MTM4MDU5NkAxNTcxMjk0MTk2&amp;v=xkpX1V6aUFo&amp;event=video_description">http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S</a> </div><div>Spotify: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fspoti.fi%2F2IyLAUQ&amp;redir_token=G9sQMbbppKv-LEFD29gDyTmPMzt8MTU3MTM4MDU5NkAxNTcxMjk0MTk2&amp;v=xkpX1V6aUFo&amp;event=video_description">https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ</a> </div><div>Deezer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2Vrf5N