Despite the plethora of election prophecies, opinion polls, surveys, size of the sample, representative nature of the sample, and soothsaying, there is always an element of subjectivity about the imminent election results. The uncertainty about the election results stems from the difficulty in getting it right in a nation of the size and complexity of India and currents and cross-currents of electoral politics. Further, as has been said down through the years, a week is a long time in politics.