BMC Election result: Bookie predictions prove to be startling accurate

In a game of odds even the police cant beat the bookies As the highstakes BMC elections came to a close it became clear that the bookmakers had once again got it right outwitting the police and making the most accurate predictions especially when it comes to BJP and Shiv SenaFor the latest on BMC Election Result 2017 click hereAs for predicting what the Sena and BJP will do now all bets are offWhile the police had initially predicted that Sena would easily score a winning margin bookies had foreseen that it would be a much tighter contest between Sena and BJPNumber crunchingThe Special Branch SB the intelligence wing of the city police in its report to home department last week had predicted that Sena would likely win nearly 100 seats and BJP would manage to grab a maximum of 65 seats However after witnessing the increased voter turnout the department sent a revised report predicting that Sena might not cross the 100 figure mark while BJP would inch closer to its former ally with 7075 seatsAlso Read Will BJPShiv Sena be forced to join handsAshish Shelar and Devendra FadnavisHowever both reports were off the mark On the other hand bookies opened betting a week before the election predicting that Sena may get 90 seats and BJP 80 seats This turned out to be much closer to the final results that came out yesterday ndash with a margin of 6 seats in the case of Sena and just 2 seats in BJPs caseCalculating the oddsAccording to the bookies the Special Branch has far more manpower and they are also assisted by the local police who collect the information at the ground level The SB keeps a close eye on political movement in the city and keeps tabs on candidates and their activity and also keeps track of the voters mood This time they also took in to account the impact of demonetisationUddhav ThackerayOn the other hand the bookmakers network relies purely on underground information from political leaders and local informers such as punters journalists and copsThe police have another plus point while compiling their data ndash post elections they get accurate figures of voting percentages across the city This helps them to ascertain more accurate figures Like for instance if voting in Gujaratidominated areas like Vile Parle and Ghatkopar is less then there are chances that BJP would win less seats explained a bookieAs for predicting what the Sena and BJP will do now all bets are off