Yesterday at 14:18, when I had sent out a mail, under the caption: 'Low Voter Turnout Likely in Maharshtra (and Haryana) Unlike in the Last LS Poll', indicating 16% voting in Maharashtra, 29.6% in Haryana (till 12:45), a friend of mine wrote back: "Last ke 2 ghanto main EVm se khel hoga aur votr turn out badh jayega. If they don't mess up with evms then it will be difficult for modi to win". I didn't pay much heed. I don't normally buy conspiracy theories. And the person had alleged clandestine rigging after the last LS poll as well. It's rather needless to mention that I was not too impressed.
But, this time, two/three things happened. One, the figure shot up dramatically after closing of the polls; that too, in a number of instalments. Figures kept on being corrected, and quite substantially. Then, it was a common experience in Mumbai that the polling turnout this time round was (very) markedly less than the last LS poll. Yet the (reported) 55% turnout in Mumbai is an all-time high since '95, even higher than in the last LS poll. Broadly similar is the case with Maharashtra with reported polling 65%. (Ref.: <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/assembly-elections-2014/maharashtra-news/Maharashtra-polls-Maximum-Mumbai-yearns-for-change-scores-a-rare-50/articleshow/44831398.cms>.) It's rather intriguing that no one has apparently commented as yet on it in public. Sukla -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
