ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: NDA Set To Sweep UTs, I.N.D.I.A Likely To Win Lakshadweep, Puducherry In LS Elections

As per the survey, NDA candidates are poised to win the Andamans, Chandigarh, Daman and Dadra and Nagar Haveli while the I.N.D.I.A bloc could emerge victors in Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

The upcoming Lok Sabha elections will not only see intriguing electoral contests across states but also Union Territories.

So, just days shy of the general elections, who is ahead in the battle for the UTs? According to an opinion poll survey by ABP-CVoter, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is poised to win the majority seats in the Union Territories.

If the numbers in the survey are any indication, the BJP-led NDA candidates are poised to win the Andamans, Chandigarh, Daman and Dadra and Nagar Haveli while the Congress-led I.N.D.I.A bloc could emerge victors in Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

Chandigarh, which was recently witness to a fierce showdown between the AAP, its partners in the Opposition bloc and the BJP over the mayoral polls, is likely to see the NDA hogging the majority vote share at 51 per cent, according to the survey.

The I.N.D.I.A bloc is projected to receive 44 per cent of the total votes polled in the Union Territory while the remaining 5 per cent votes are likely to fall into the kitty of ‘Others’, the survey revealed.

In Lakshadweep, which was recently in the news over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit and his advocacy for the development of tourism in the islands, drawing the ire of the neighbouring Maldives, the Opposition bloc is projected to claim a major chunk of the total vote share at 53 per cent while the NDA is shown to be winning just 4 per cent votes. The remaining 43 per cent votes are likely to go to ‘Others’.

In Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the BJP-led NDA candidates are likely to win 52 per cent votes while the I.N.D.I.A bloc is shown to be trailing at 19 per cent votes. The remaining 29 per cent votes are shown to be going to ‘Others’, according to the survey.

[Disclaimer: Current survey findings and projections are based on CVoter Opinion Poll Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) conducted among 41,762 adults, all confirmed voters. The surveys were conducted from February 1 to March 10, 2024. The data is weighted to the known demographic profile of the States. Sometimes the table figures do not sum to 100 due to the effects of rounding. The final data has socio-economic profiles within +/- 1% of the demographic profile of the states. We believe this will give the closest possible trends. The sample spread is across all 543 electoral constituencies in the country. The margin of error is +/- 5% and the vote share projections have been done with 95% confidence interval.]