Bihar Exit Polls: India Today Deciphers Historic Turnout, Fate of Longest-Serving CM Nitish Kumar

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On this India Today Special Report, Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, Managing Editor Gaurav Sawant, and Editor Preeti Choudhry analyse the crucial Bihar exit polls. The team dissects the data from an election marked by a historic voter turnout, with a particular focus on the unprecedented number of women voters and what it signifies for the political future of Bihar's longest-serving Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar. As Gaurav Sawant states, 'Nitish Kumar already has the record of being the longest serving chief minister of Bihar. Will he be sworn in the 10th time is that big question'. The programme delves into the numbers and ground reports to indicate which way the political wind is blowing in the state.

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00:00Hello and welcome. We're back with the big exit poll. The exit poll that all of you have been waiting for.

00:08The India Today will dissect the exit poll that really matters, that has got the best track record in the country.

00:17And we're going to do it with an election team that has travelled and crisscrossed Bihar over the last month

00:23to tell you what will happen in Bihar. Which way is the wind blowing?

00:30I'm joined by my colleague starting with Gaurav Savant. He's placed in the centre of it all in a way.

00:37Gaurav, all set for the big exit poll?

00:41Absolutely, Rajdeep, because this is extremely crucial.

00:45Nitish Kumar already has the record of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar.

00:51Will he be sworn in the tenth time, is that big question.

00:56And we'll tell you indications which way is the wind blowing.

01:01Preeti.

01:02Alright, you know, of course we'll tell you which way the wind is blowing,

01:05but ultimately it will also come down to cutting edge data analytics.

01:09And there's only one place that you need to turn to, and that is the India Today Group.

01:14Where, of course, what has been speculated,

01:17and I'm going to deep drive into the numbers later, is the voter turnout.

01:21Absolutely.

01:22A lot hinges on the women vote, and women have come out in unprecedented numbers to vote in Bihar.

01:28And that's right. And just as we think that we know Bihar, based on pure arithmetic, Bihar surprises all.

01:35Just as it has done this time around, with a remarkable, a historic voter turnout.

01:40What does it all mean? And will the pollsters get this election in Bihar right?

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