Karnataka elections: Large turnout expected at polling stations

The polling for the seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, an all-important part of the calendar of events in any election, will conclude on Saturday and the counting of votes scheduled three days later will lead to the decisive stage in the formation of the next government. Given the nature of the hotly contested elections and the prospects of a divided verdict, it can be anybody’s guess on which political party or parties will come together to constitute the government.
The question uppermost in the electorate is all about which party will form the government — the Congress or the BJP and what will be the role of the JD(S). If the people do not want a repeat of what happened in the State between 2004 and 2008, then they need to decisively vote in favour of one party, which is highly unlikely in the present scenario, since there is no wave in favour of any party. It is a typical situation wherein people overwhelmingly like or dislike a given party and added to this is the view that a large number of the candidates of all the political parties are more or less the same people who had contested in the past, and the voters are well aware of their contribution.

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