Most political parties are making claims that they are confident of victory and that they will form the next government once the results are announced.
If one takes into consideration the anti-incumbency factor as well as party hopping by candidates, predicting winners will be a difficult task.
However, with the Opposition having split their votes, the likeliest equation would be that the margin of victory in most of the constituencies will be very slim.
In such a scenario the verdict for the Assembly polls could throw up many surprises. But the fact remains that the Opposition which had a distinct possibility of winning has actually committed political suicide by not resorting to pre-poll alliances that would have ensured their victory.
The only hope now for the Opposition is to pray that the BJP does not get a complete majority. In this scenario, the Opposition could still cobble up a government once the results are announced.
