CSDS-Lokniti study analyses verdicts of Assembly polls
The “local” was of utmost importance in the decision-making of voters in the Assembly elections, according to a special post-poll survey conducted by the Lokniti-CSDS for
The Hindu.
Each of the surveyed States had specific local variables that swayed and determined the choices of the respondents. Clearly, the voters were determining their electoral choice for State and national elections distinctly.
In all four States, the opposition to the CAA was higher than support for it.
Beginning today and over this week,
The Hindu will publish a series of articles explaining the verdicts in the four States West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry that went to the polls in March-April 2021.
Read more about Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead in West Bengal, edge for DMK in Tamil Nadu on Business Standard. The ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead of the BJP in the keenly watched state of West Bengal while the saffron party-led NDA was leading in Assam and the DMK in Tamil Nadu
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The ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead of the BJP in the keenly watched state of West Bengal while the DMK had an edge in Tamil Nadu as trends poured in for counting of votes on Sunday in the high-stakes assembly elections in four states and a union territory. In Assam, the ruling BJP-led NDA was leading in 22 seats, while the Grand Alliance spearheaded by the Congress is ahead in 15 places, according to initial trends available from counting of postal ballots in Assam, officials said. The ruling LDF in Kerala was leading in 75 of the total 140 seats while opposition UDF was ahead in 56 segments as counting of votes for the April 6 assembly elections got underway.
Read more about EC orders FIR over celebratory congregation in anticipation of poll victory on Business Standard. The Election Commission Sunday said it has taken a stern view of reports of congregation of people to celebrate anticipated victory