Opinion: Who Is Winning Maharashtra? The 3 Factors Wrecking All Poll Calculations

Government employees on election duty pose after casting their votes through postal ballot for Maharashtra assembly elections, in Thane, on November 11. Representational image.

Source : PTI

Even at the best of times, elections in Maharashtra are not easy to call. But now, given the extremely complex situation — with six parties in the fray, including competing factions of two major regional players — it has become a nightmare for political analysts and psephologists to stick their neck out and predict which way the election is headed. The recent Haryana experience, where the BJP pulled off a win almost no one had expected, adds to the dilemma.   At one stage,