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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The voter turnout within the meeting elections declined sharply from 77.35 per cent in 2016 to round 74.02 per cent (as of 10pm on Tuesday) this time. The preliminary evaluation primarily based on the provisional voting proportion launched by the Election Fee reveals {that a} appreciable variety of swing votes weren’t forged in round two dozen keenly-watched constituencies.
In 22 seats the place elections had created a number of public curiosity, polling dropped by 1-8 per cent from 2016. Which means regardless of intensive campaigning, the three fronts did not convey fence sitters to the cubicles. Such seats embody Kazhakoottam, Nemom, Konni, Palakkad, Pala and Thrissur.
N M Pearson, political observer, mentioned, “The low turnout signifies absence of swing voters who usually determine the winners within the race. However it’s exhausting to foretell who will profit from this as many constituencies have witnessed three-cornered fights.”
Usually, the Left used to learn from the low voter turnout. “However issues have modified through the years and there was a substantial variety of swing votes even among the many rank and file of mainstream political events right now. General, there was a stark distinction within the campaigning of Left and UDF as the previous sought the mandate projecting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, whereas there was a management uncertainty within the UDF,” he mentioned. Political pundits additionally conceded that the controversies raised by the Opposition did not convey voters to the cubicles.
