INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The major contenders at next Saturday presidential elections have voiced confidence they would emerge victorious.The 38-day-old campaign is
due to end at midnight on Wednesday
The next two days, Thursday and Friday, will be blackout periods during which campaigning is prohibited by law
Easily the most violence-free election barring a handful of incidents, polling is to be held in 12,845 booths where 15.9 million people will
In the event, one of the candidates receives fifty percent plus one vote of the total vote, the results, according to the National Elections
Commission, are likely to be declared by noon on Sunday
If it does not materialise, the announcement could be delayed by as many as two days, NEC officials said.
