Bharatiya Janata Party seems all set to emerge as the undisputed single largest party, under the leadership of Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a Recent poll survey by C-Voter, it has been predicted that NDA could easily cross the 200 mark.
Further consolidating BJP’s position, Narendra Modi has been voted as the best PM candidate by the 47% people, in a survey by India Today Mood of the Nation opinion poll. Also, Narendra Modi was voted as a role model for India by a maximum number of people.
Lokniti-IBN Election Tracker poll survey also revealed that there is a big surge of support for Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh and BJP is expected to win 41-49 seats there.
Further consolidating BJP’s position, Narendra Modi has been voted as the best PM candidate by the 47% people, in a survey by India Today Mood of the Nation opinion poll. Also, Narendra Modi was voted as a role model for India by a maximum number of people.
Lokniti-IBN Election Tracker poll survey also revealed that there is a big surge of support for Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh and BJP is expected to win 41-49 seats there.
Result of Opinion poll in different states shows the CLEAR MAJORITY to NAMO led BJP............. Every where only one thing going on NAMO NAMO............
NDA may win over 200 seats as Modi's popularity soars further: India Today Mood of the Nation opinion poll
Narendra Modi
Despite an apparent wave of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) till recently, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would have won 200-odd seats if the general elections were held in January 2014, the findings of the latest India Today Group's Mood of the Nation opinion poll suggest.
The opinion poll gives the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) only around 100 seats, down by over 150 seats in the current Lok Sabha. It also underlines the significance of a possible Third Front in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election as the non-UPA, non-NDA parties and Independents are expected to win 220-odd seats. Also read: Telangana jolts Congress, loses ground in South | Modi wave grips Bihar, Trinamool sweeps Bengal | Modi wave gets NDA 85 per cent seats in West India | Modi-led NDA all set to topple UPA: India Today poll
The NDA thus crosses the 200-mark for the first time since 2010. Both, the NDA and the likely Third Front, gains substantially in numbers and vote share.
The opinion poll suggests that the NDA's vote share of 34 per cent will be significantly more than the UPA's 23. However, the others will have the maximum vote share of 43 per cent.
The opinion poll gives the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) only around 100 seats, down by over 150 seats in the current Lok Sabha. It also underlines the significance of a possible Third Front in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election as the non-UPA, non-NDA parties and Independents are expected to win 220-odd seats. Also read: Telangana jolts Congress, loses ground in South | Modi wave grips Bihar, Trinamool sweeps Bengal | Modi wave gets NDA 85 per cent seats in West India | Modi-led NDA all set to topple UPA: India Today poll
The NDA thus crosses the 200-mark for the first time since 2010. Both, the NDA and the likely Third Front, gains substantially in numbers and vote share.
The opinion poll suggests that the NDA's vote share of 34 per cent will be significantly more than the UPA's 23. However, the others will have the maximum vote share of 43 per cent.
Under the leadership of Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks all set to become the single largest party as it is also likely to emerge the biggest gainer in the Lok Sabha polls. Its 2009 tally of 116 is expected to rise to 188 in 2014, an increase of more than 60 per cent.
Congress, under the leadership of its vice-president Rahul Gandhi, might win just 91 seats, as compared to its current tally of 206, a drop of about 55 per cent.
Rahul Gandhi
The Congress ploy of propping AAP to counter Modi at the national level seems to have a limited impact, as Kejriwal's gains are restricted to areas around Delhi and a few metro cities only.
Modi consolidates his position
Modi, who emerged as the strongest leader within his party after the BJP's hat-trick in Gujarat in December 2012, cemented his position further through strong campaigning across the country. As the party's lead campaigner in the recently held assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi he consolidated his position further.
In the latest India Today Mood of the Nation opinion poll, as many as 47 per cent people voted him as the best prime ministerial candidate against his previous best of 42 per cent polled in August 2013. The Gandhi scion was way behind Modi with just 15 per cent votes, followed by Kejriwal with 9 per cent votes and 6 per cent votes each to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
During these five months Modi was also able to improve his image from being a communal leader to being pro-development. To a question "what does Modi represent", the option "communalism" saw a drop of 11 per cent from 18 per cent in August 2013, while "economic development" increased by 6 per cent to 30 per cent.
The number of people thinking Modi should apologise for the 2002 Gujarat riots also fell drastically during this period to 39 per cent from the previous figure of 51 per cent.
Modi as a role model
The Gujarat chief minister emerged as a role model for the highest 17 per cent respondents, a gain of as much percentage as nobody earlier saw him as one among the overall personalities of India.
Modi was followed by Kejriwal with 14 per cent votes, up from 2 per cent. Bollywood superstar Salman Khan too saw a big jump in his popularity as 10 per cent people saw him as a role model, up from the previous 1 per cent, followed by legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar's 9 per cent against 2 per cent in the earlier opinion poll.
Veteran anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare's position as a role model remained unchanged with 7 per cent votes.
Exit polls see gains for BJP in state elections
(Reuters) - The Hindu nationalist opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the biggest winner in four key state elections, exit polls forecast on Wednesday, a possible blow to the ruling Congress ahead of a general election due next year.
India has held elections in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh over the past month, as well as in Mizoram. Counting and results for all the states are due on Sunday.
Despite the gains predicted for the BJP it was unable to win a majority of seats in the capital Delhi, two polls showed. One poll suggested the race was close in Chhattisgarh.
The results are being closely watched by markets as a potential indicator of the mood of voters in the world's biggest democracy before the 2014 general election.
Indian markets have rallied in recent weeks on signs the BJP's business-friendly candidate for prime minister Narendra Modi is gaining popularity.
The Congress has led the UPA coalition ruling India for two consecutive terms but has tested voters' patience with a string of corruption scandals and a lacklustre economy.
India's fragmented political landscape makes a coalition government the most likely outcome after the next elections.
Opinion and exit polls have a patchy track record in India. Most surveys forecast the wrong outcome in the 2004 general election.
An exit poll by India TV-CVoter predicted the BJP would win Rajasthan from Congress and retain its majority in Madhya Pradesh. In Delhi the BJP will emerge as the biggest party but will not have a majority, the poll forecast, with the Aam Aadmi Party making a strong showing in third place.
A separate poll by India Today-ORG showed similar results but gave the BJP a majority in Delhi.
In Chhattisgargh, both polls forecast the BJP remaining the strongest party, but Times-CVoter said it would fall short of a majority, with only a three-seat difference between the two parties.
The surveys were carried out on election day with sample sizes ranging from a few hundred to several thousand voters, depending on the size of the states.
(Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
source:reuters
The Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to retain power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and dislodge Congress in Rajasthan in the assembly polls to be held this year, according to opinion polls aired by two news channels.
Delhi, though, may have a hung assembly with BJP ahead of incumbent Congress while Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party playing the kingmaker.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan will storm to power for the third time in Madhya Pradesh with BJP projected to win 130 out of 230 assembly seats, both Times Nowand Headlines Today claimed.
BJP will win 13 seats less than it did in 2008 polls. Congress will win only 84 seats, 13 seats more than its present strength, it was predicted.
In Delhi, Congress has been projected to win 29 and 28 seats respectively out of 70 seats by the channels. BJP has been given 30 and 28 seats by them and AAP is nine and seven seats respectively.
The Ashok Gehlot government is likely to face defeat with Congress being projected to get 79 and 64 seats in 200 seat-strong Rajasthan assembly. BJP has been projected to win 97 and 118 seats by both the surveys.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh will retain power with BJP projected to win 47 out 90 seats in the assembly polls, according to the surveys. It has 50 seats currently. They given Congress 40 seats, a gain of two seats.
Times Now said 56 per cent voters want Chouhan back as chief minister while 23 per cent preferred Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Dikhit remains the most popular choice for the post of chief minister in Delhi. She was liked by 37 per cent of respondents in Times Now and 40 percent in Headlines Today.
Kejriwal is the choice for 22 per cent and 17 per cent.
Delhi BJP President Vijay Goyal has found favour with only 12 and 18 per cent of the respondents respectively in the surveys.
In Rajasthan, Gehlot is the choice of only 25 per cent of respondents for the next chief minister in both the surveys while Raje has been preferred by 44 and 42 per cent respectively.
Singh is also the most popular choice for the top post in Times Now survey with 48 per cent respondents liking him while Ajit Jogi of Congress is the choice of 23 per cent.
The Times Now survey also projected Narendra Modi as the most popular choice for the prime minister's chair, way ahead of Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
As many as 55 and 48 per cents of respondents in Delhi and Rajasthan respectively said they wanted Modi as PM while 18 and 17 per cent of them chose Rahul.
Manmohan Singh was preferred by three and eight percent of respondents in these states respectively.
source:rediff.com
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