The temperatures in the political landscape are starting to surge as the Lok Sabha elections are inching closer with each passing day. The Election Commission is also set to announce the Lok Sabha schedule during a press conference on March 16.
In order to understand where the parties stand in Odisha with respect to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, ABP News in association with CVoters conducted an opinion poll. As per the poll's findings, it is predicted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in Odisha might win 10 seats while the INC-led United Progressive Alliance might not even win one. Meanwhile, BJD is projected to win 11 seats in the upcoming general elections.
The NDA in the state is projected to get 40.2 percent vote share while the INC-led UPA alliance which currently holds one seat in the state is expected to get 13.8 percent vote share in Odisha in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. BJD is expected to secure a vote share of 40.9 percent.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP secured 7 seats, while BJD secured 8 seats in Odisha. Congress on the other hans secured just one seat. During the Lok Sabha elections 2019, BJP secured a 38.4 percent vote share, INC secured a 13.4 percent vote share and the BJD secured a 42.8 percent vote share.
[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.]