This year is turning out to be the year of big election surprises. In the General Election campaign, BJP declared it would get `400 paar’ seats but ended up at only 240, falling well short of the majority mark. Now, in the Haryana assembly polls, where the Congress appeared certain of a major victory, the incumbent BJP will form the government. This is after, given the high levels of public anger and disenchantment, not a single exit poll predicted a BJP win.
And in the Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections, where exit polls predicted a hung assembly, the Congress-National Conference alliance has won a clear victory.
