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Rediff Launches Sentimeter For Gujarat Elections; What Does It Do?

Rediff.com has launched the Rediff Sentimeter, an interactive map-based tool that predicts who could win the Gujarat assembly election 2012. The first phase of the Gujarat assembly elections will be held in on December 13, 2012 and second phase on December 17, 2012, while the counting will take place on December 20, 2012. The sentimeter can be accessed at rediff.ly/sentimeter. The company claims that the sentimeter reveals that the Gujarat election result is not a certainty for any party, and while  the BJP has held a majority in the state since 1995, undecided voters in many constituencies could tilt the balance. Features: The sentimeter is based on performance of each constituency in previous assembly elections in Gujarat. It gives the overall forecast for the state and divides the state into BJP strong region, BJP Tilt, Swing, INC Tilt and INC strong regions. It also considers delimitation of constituencies and takes into account the impact Keshubhai Patel's Gujarat Parivartan Party will have on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) fortunes. By default the sentimeter slider is set at Rediff's forecast point. Users can move the sentimeter's slider to the BJP or Congress side to see how a swing constituency to either side can change the outcome. Apart from that, users can also select constituencies where Rediff gives more information about the constituency by electorate distribution by community and results of the past elections. It also displays current contestants from each party standing in that particular constituency. Optimized for mobiles: The sentimeter is also optimized for mobiles. We…

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