NEW DELHI: With Assembly Elections approaching in five poll-bound states amidst the rise in COVID cases, 55 percent citizens believe elections should be postponed by one or two months , according to a survey done by Local Circles. Many are concerned about the BA.2 sub variant of Omicron, which is already spreading in India and could extend the third wave peak in poll bound states due to elections and gatherings.
The survey received 10,310 responses from citizens located in 292 districts of India including 3928 responses from districts in these 5 states. When citizens were asked a similar question regarding these state elections on January 9, 31% were in favour of postponing these state elections altogether, which has now increased to 55% in the January 24 survey. This indicates that as COVID cases positivity rates in poll-bound districts rise, an over 75% jump has been observed in the number of people who support that state elections be postponed.
