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Monday, August 18, 2025
TopicLok Sabha Elections

Topic: Lok Sabha Elections

Exit poll results predict a second term for PM Modi, some give BJP-led NDA more than 300 seats

Here are ThePrint's updates on the Lok Sabha election exit poll results

Exit polls: How they are conducted, their relevance & accuracy

Experts say the trickiest part of exit polls is to convert vote share into seats and this requires statistical training.

Hung verdicts to slim NDA majority — what opinion polls have said about Lok Sabha elections

The surveys were all conducted between January and April this year and their tone changed from hung verdicts to a wafer-thin majority for the NDA.

PM Modi’s time travel, and the ‘patriotism’ of Nathuram Godse

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Not just political apathy, faulty electoral rolls to blame for lower Lok Sabha poll turnout

National Election Study surveys have consistently shown that only 10 per cent electors did not vote because of lack of interest in politics.

Narendra Modi’s use of ‘polarisation’ cloud, and Rahul Gandhi’s early start for 2024

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Supreme Court’s ‘stinking’ clean chit, and bed of thorns for Rahul Gandhi

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

SBI electoral bonds sales jump 542%, but voters clueless who’s funding polls

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Rajiv Gandhi’s family vacation in 1988 can’t be an election issue in 2019

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Narendra Modi’s juvenile ‘mud-slinging’, and punishment for taking on ‘powerful men’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?