After inconclusive vote, emerge and create sharp division (8)
I believe the answer is:
polarise
'create sharp division' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'after inconclusive vote emerge' is the wordplay.
'after inconclusive vote' becomes 'pol' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'emerge' becomes 'arise' (I've seen this before).
'pol'+'arise'='POLARISE'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for polarise that I've seen before include "divide" , "Cause to adopt extreme positions - lose pair (anag)" , "Set or become set at opposite extremes of opinion" .)