No single party will be able to get a majority in the Lok Sabha elections. However, the party with a strong alliance network stands a better chance of obtaining a majority, states a study by Development and Research Services (DRS) which specialises in election surveys and opinion polls.
The voters are not swayed by macro economic issues although they critically evaluate micro economic factors like corruption and price rise, the DRS study shows. In fact, these two issues dominate a voter's preferences. A delay in the Lok Sabha elections would cause state-related issues to dominate the voting pattern, although stability would also play an important role, DRS director G V L Narasimha Rao said.
The DRS has concluded that voters' condone corruption only if it is combined with performance as, for example, in the case of former Union minister Sukh Ram.
Rao yesterday launched a CD-ROM prepared by the DRS on Indian elections in the nineties. Bas