The Indian stock market experienced a sharp decline today due to early trends in the Lok Sabha Election results that were not aligned with exit poll predictions. The Nifty 50 index dropped by around 700 points, hitting an intraday low of 22,566, while the BSE Sensex plummeted over 2000 points to 74,234. Similarly, the Bank Nifty index fell over 1500 points, reaching 49,409.