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People not in favour of coalition, says survey

Bangalore: A pre-poll survey conducted by the Bangalore-based Anglo Indian Unity Centre in association with a team of 16 students has found that 67 per cent of respondents are not in favour of coalition Government in the State and 24 per cent prefer coalition administration.

As many as 46 per cent of the respondents to the survey, which covered 5,133 persons, preferred the Congress to form the Government as a single party.

While 39 per cent favoured Bharatiya Janata Party, only 6 per cent favoured the Janata Dal (Secular).

About a single party ruling at the Centre and the State, 63 per cent of respondents have supported the view while 25 per cent differed.

General secretary of the Anglo Indian Unity Centre Pinto told presspersons here on Monday that the objective of the survey was to explore the public view on the political scenario of the State in the light of political turmoil the State had witnessed in the last three years and the coming Assembly elections.

The team of students with a set of 12 questions interacted with people belonging to different walks of life in the five zones of the city — Central, North East, North West, South East and South West, Mr. Pinto said.

The questionnaire covered a range of topics such as what should be the minimum age of voters, what should be the age limit and qualification for the Chief Minister’s post and which political party could solve the existing issues with the neighbouring States. The responses were equally interesting, he said.

On the minimum of age for voters, 91 per cent of the respondents favoured 18 years. While four per cent felt that it should be 16 years, one per cent said that it should be 14 years.

Forty-nine per cent favoured the ideal age for holding Chief Minister’s office should be between 40 and 50 years.

But 26 per cent felt that a person in his of her 50s would be ideal for the post.

On the choice of a woman Chief Minister, 22 per cent favoured the idea, while 33 per cent were not keen about the gender aspect and 42 per cent preferred male candidates.

On the marriages of political ideologies for the sake of power, 65 per cent were against it, 22 per cent were not much concerned and the remaining 13 per cent preferred not to comment.

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