About 55 percent turnout was recorded in the second phase of the 2009 general elections, the Election Commission said here on Thursday.With nearly half the ballots cast, the likely result of India's month-long national elections is becoming muddier rather than clearer.
Thursday marked the second of five days slated for voting in India between April 16 and May 13. All the votes will be counted May 16 and a government will be formed June 2. Exit polls aren't permitted so predictions of voting patterns so far aren't available.
BJP is closely following trends in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh where Congress is perceived to be on the backfoot.BJP sources maintained they were reasonably confident that projections of the party getting around 160 seats were holding, though this is linked to a good performance in UP -- an untested proposition so far. But party managers seem to feel that if there is no space for a "third front", parties like TDP are very much approachable.
