The one-horse race is over. Doordarshan has competition. As the principal political entities slug it out for votes in the weeks ahead, the battle for mindspace among television networks is expected to be just as fierce. In what is only the second Lok Sabha elections in the age of satellite TV, the national broadcaster, now mercifully free from government control, will have to contend with the exertions of a host of private channels that are out to grab meaty pieces of the election cake.