Express News Service
KOCHI: Even because the state’s political scene has picked up steam with exit polls forward of the counting day on May 2, a younger information scientist and IT skilled from Kochi has come out with a giant information evaluation report predicting 75 to 80 seats for UDF, 50 to 55 seats for LDF and three to 5 seats for NDA.The report, based mostly on the information collated and analysed from over 200 official and unofficial Facebook pages, 2,000 responses and feedback to totally different movies and 50 WhatsApp teams, has additionally predicted a seat to an unbiased in Poonjar.
“It took over 10 days to prepare the report after analysing the data using tools like Tableau, OpenRefine, KNIME etc. We started to mine the data from identified FB, WhatsApp and Telegram groups right from the day of polling on April 6 to April 16. We monitored the responses from people belonging to different constituencies and collated it to analyse them using specific tools,” stated 29-year-old Nidhin Chandradas.
“Big data analytics tools are heavily used by companies to analyse people’s responses and predict their preferences. We have been preparing such reports for various brands, and they usually turn out to be 90% accurate. So, we decided to run such an analysis to prepare a report on assembly elections,” he stated, including that additionally they collated monumental information on social listening and viewers insights other than utilizing AI-powered pattern detection instruments to arrange the report. He stated Facebook web page information evaluation was carried out to get key web page metrics for engagement, viewers particulars, put up attain and impressions.
“The accuracy factor of big data analysis report prepared from data collated from social media is higher than any traditionally conducted exit poll. Voter sentiment can be identified from posts and comments. However, the accuracy depends on the volume of data collected and the different parameters used to analyse it,” stated information safety skilled Manu Zacharia.
The report has predicted three to 5 seats for BJP-led NDA and the 5 possible seats are Thiruvananthapuram, Nemom, Kazhakoottam, Manjeswaram and Palakkad. Of these 5 seats, the saffron get together is betting massive on 4 — Kazhakoottam, Nemom, Manjeswaram and Palakkad the place the get together’s heavy weight candidates Sobha Surendran, Kummanam Rajasekharan, Ok Surendran and Metroman E Sreedharan are contesting.
‘3-5 probable seats for NDA’The report has predicted three to 5 seats for BJP-led NDA. The 5 possible seats are Thiruvanantha- puram, Nemom, Kazhakoottam, Manjeswaram and Palakkad.
Setback to Jose’s KC(M)? The report doesn’t paint a rosy image for Jose Ok Mani’s KC(M) within the LDF camp. It predicts UDF win in 11 seats & unbiased P C George’s win in a single seat the place KC(M) picks are fielded.
