Industrial Automatic Control Systems and Controllers Annotation << Back Automation of Process of the Choice of Polling Districts for Carrying out Exit Poll E.I. Novikov, A.A. Dvilyanskaya Proposals for automating the process of identifying standard polling stations for conducting exit polls are described. The requirements for standard polling stations are formulated on the basis of publicly available indicators of their functioning. The criteria for the selection of polling stations, formed on the basis of various statistics of voting results, are presented. The proposed solutions make it possible to improve the accuracy of predicting election results based on exit poll. The implementation of the described approach in automated systems of socio-economic processes management will increase the efficiency of management decisions. Keywords: control automation; sociological polls; exit poll; polling station; voting results statistics; statistical evaluation of numerical characteristics; testing statistical hypotheses; consent criteria. DOI: 10.25791/asu.3.2021.1266 Pp. 30-36.