Cong surges, BJP way behind As the campaign kicks off, the Congress appears to have taken a clear, perhaps decisive, early lead in the Karnataka State assembly elections. A Deccan Herald-CNN-IBNCentre for Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) pre-poll survey shows that contrary to popular impression, this electoral race is not a dead-heat.
Yeddy, popular choice for chief minister While the Congress may be leading the race as the most popular political choice of the voters in Karnataka, when it comes to the most favoured choice as the next Chief Minister, the Karnataka electorate seems to be exercising a somewhat different option.
Kumaraswamys govt gets Fair Ratings from Voters The Assembly Elections scheduled in Karnataka in the beginning of next month will be a verdict on the performance of the outgoing state governments.
Regional mosaic within Karnataka If electoral politics in the country has moved from the national to the state in the last decade, within Karnataka this period has witnessed a rise of different political regions as distinct political entities.
'Polarisation of lower social bloc happening' The Deccan Herald CNN-IBN CSDS survey is one of the largest surveys of its kind that allows us to map the political sociology of voting in the state.
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