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TamilNadu: DMK front headed for a big win in Tamil Nadu - Exit Polls
[ The Hindu ] [ 00:08 GMT, May. 9, 2006 ]
After a month of suspense and impressions of a cliffhanger, the voters of Tamil Nadu have given a decisive verdict. The late swing has worked once again, this time for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance. The Hindu-CNN-IBN Exit Poll, conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, has found that the DMK-led alliance has a clear lead of 10 percentage points over the AIADMK-led alliance in terms of vote share. The DMK-led alliance is expected to secure around 45 per cent of the vote, as against 35 per cent for the AIADMK front. This gap is sufficient to give the Democratic Progressive Alliance a handsome majority of anything between 157 and 167 seats in the 234-member Assembly. However, it is not enough to give the dominant partner, the DMK, a majority on its own. If this seat prediction proves correct, this will be the first time since 1957 that no single party has a majority on its own. Tamil Nadu looks set to have its first coalition government.
[ The Hindu ] [ 00:08 GMT, May. 9, 2006 ]
After a month of suspense and impressions of a cliffhanger, the voters of Tamil Nadu have given a decisive verdict. The late swing has worked once again, this time for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance. The Hindu-CNN-IBN Exit Poll, conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, has found that the DMK-led alliance has a clear lead of 10 percentage points over the AIADMK-led alliance in terms of vote share. The DMK-led alliance is expected to secure around 45 per cent of the vote, as against 35 per cent for the AIADMK front. This gap is sufficient to give the Democratic Progressive Alliance a handsome majority of anything between 157 and 167 seats in the 234-member Assembly. However, it is not enough to give the dominant partner, the DMK, a majority on its own. If this seat prediction proves correct, this will be the first time since 1957 that no single party has a majority on its own. Tamil Nadu looks set to have its first coalition government.