Guwahati, May 1 -- The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Thursday strongly criticised exit poll projections, rejecting predictions of a large victory for the BJP-led alliance and calling them "inaccurate" and "politically influenced."

The party said the actual election outcome would be very different from what has been shown in media forecasts.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly election results, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said exit polls have often failed in the past. He pointed out that more than 57% of such predictions in India since 1996 have turned out to be wrong.

Gogoi said exit polls should not be treated as final outcomes, describing them as "uncertain estimates" that frequently miss the mark. He ...