Now here we are just 48 hours before election day! In many ways the D-Day that will determine the next 5 years of the fate of our country!

In many ways this election is important because the winning coalition would have to handle a couple of issue immediately:

1. Handle the cascading effect of the global credit crunch on the Indian economy
2. Handle the volatile Pakistan situation
3. Handle the Srilankan crisis
4. Decide on the NPT that the Obama administration is likely to force India to sign
5. Kickstart manufacturing and agricultural output

Like they say in the US, Tamilnadu ha been the booster state for many years, meaning the we always give a clear mandate to one of the major dravidian parties! This helps them align with greater bargaining ability at the center and henceforth the benefits our state reaps. But this time around it seems we might just end up giving a hung mandate! Not sure how much of a good that’s going to do to us!

You might have already read this is various other sources but then for the novices like me! here is it as a baby would learn it!

Chennai which has three parliamentary constituencies this time around has a much larger coverage area compared to last elections and also has had some reshuffling of zones since the last elections.

The three constituencies are:

1. North Chennai
2. South Chennai
3. Central Chennai

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