Exit polls often go wrong in India because pollsters don't sample voters in the poorest parts of the country or the core support bases of different political parties, explains Professor Atanu Biswas of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.

Trump nominated Thapar for the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals.

Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden died five days after the American was hit by a car while cycling in eastern Italy, his Honda World Superbike team said.

Media reports said the "Kentucky Kid", who won the MotoGP championship on a Honda in 2006, is in a serious condition.

Amul Thapar, 47, had become in 2007 the first South Asian Article III judge when he was appointed as a US District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Thapar currently holds the position of US District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Before 1975, the city had several thousand Indians as its residents but most of them had left due to the war between Vietnamese guerrillas and American troops.