As the Lok Sabha elections are approaching, the temperature has begun to soar in political circles, with all the parties giving it their all to win the race and form government at the Centre. On one hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is seeking its third straight term, and on the other, the opposition parties have gotten together and formed a grand I.N.D.I.A bloc in a bid to ace the ultimate battle and oust the BJP from power.
As parties aim to put their best foot forward ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, ABP News, in association with CVoter, conducted an opinion poll to try and understand the minds of the voters and to capture the ground reality.
As far as Gujarat is concerned, which has been the BJP’s bastion for the last two decades or so, according to the opinion poll, the saffron party is predicted to register a clean sweep and bag all 26 seats. A glance at the vote share in the opinion poll reveals that the BJP is likely to capture a thumping 64 per cent vote, approximately, while the erstwhile Congress-led UPA might be limited to about 35 per cent vote share.
Notably, the BJP riding the 'magic' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state will not need its NDA allies to contribute to the overall seats bagged as it is projected to register a comfortable sweep, the survey revealed.
In the Assembly elections that took place in Gujarat in 2022, the saffron party registered a landslide victory and secured 156 seats, while Congress managed to win a mere 17 seats and the Aam Aadmi Party opened its account in the state with five seats.
[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.]