Techies on site predict LDF win

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Election survey conducted by community website of Technopark, technoparktoday.com among techies has predicted LDF victory in the coming polls. To the question who will rule Kerala this time, 60.2 per cent said LDF, 23.8 UDF and 16 per cent supported BJP.  As many as 47.7 per cent thought the BJP would open its account in Kerala this time.

On who is their Chief Minister choice,  25.6 per cent people preferred Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan. Opposition leader Mr. V S Achuthanandan was the second preference with 19.7  per cent and Mr. Oommen Chandy  came third with 17.8 per cent.

While 11.7 per cent techies supported Mr. O Rajagopal , 11.1 favoured T M Thomas Isaac for the top job. Mr. Kumanam Rajashekharan secured 8.6 per cent and Mr. V.M.  Sudheeran and Mr. Ramesh Chennithala got the support of  3.3 and 2.2 per cent respectively.

Will Modi factor have an impact on the polls ? Only 34.2 per cent techies believe so and 65.8 per cent think otherwise. To the question whether the scams during UDF Government's tenure would affect its poll prospects, a whopping 82 per cent techies answered in affirmative and just 18 said no.

Interestingly, about 56.4 per cent techies were not in favour of selecting film actors and media persons as candidates. But 43.6 per said there was nothing wrong in actors and journalists entering electoral fray. Majority of the participants (56.4 per cent) believed that corruption was a major issue. The rest said development, communalism, environment degradation and waste management were other important issues.

The survey was conducted through the portal, technopark related discussion forums and email forwards. Opinion of 3600 techies was taken during the survey which was done over a period of one month ending last week.