I do not think so! Even if there were to be a public election, Kalam would perhaps still have only a small chance of winning. You do not know where the loyalty of the masses lie, so better not talk about it. Even the exit polls fail to give correct predictions of elections after so much research. Who are you to say who the countrymen would elect!
By the way, my congrats to the people are not for their votes, but for the reasons I mentioned in my post!