Star Opinion Poll: Hung assembly in Maharashtra???

An opinion poll conducted by Star News revealed Maharashtra is heading for a hung assembly with the Congress-NCP alliance still staying on the top.

The survey (link) also predicts around 7.84% vote share to Raj Thackeray's MNS.

Now whether or not MNS's votes translate into actual victories on the ground would decide who the winner is. If its  performance turns out to be a repeat of this year's Loksabha elections when it could garner votes but  not win any seats, then chances are that the Congress-NCP alliance could be reinstated by roping in the smaller parties should they win any seats.

However if the MNS wins some seats it would be a very interesting scenario: would it get enough seats to play 'kingmaker'.  If it does then I am not sure what kind of a mantra 'BalaSaheb' would weave on Raj Thackeray to get him to support the ShivSena-BJP alliance.

The above scenarios would rule themselves out if the ShivSena-BJP alliance registers a stunning victory in the elections. As I see it there is no other way for Maharashtra to get rid of bad governance of 10 years.