ABP-CVoter Snap Poll: Fielding Union Ministers, MPs To Benefit BJP In State Polls? This Is What Voters Think

ABP-CVoter Snap Poll: BJP has fielded three Union ministers and two Lok Sabha MPs to contest the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls. Here's what voters think about it.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded three Union ministers and two Members of Parliament as it gears for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls scheduled to take place this year. The saffron party which is eyeing a comeback in the ‘heart of India’ released its second list of 39 candidates last week including Narendra Singh Tomar, Pralhad Patel, and Faggan Singh Kulaste apart from Lok Sabha MPs Ganesh Singh and Riti Pathak. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar has been given a ticket by the BJP from the Dimani constituency in Morena district. 

Pralhad Patel has been fielded from the Narsingpur constituency under the Jabalpur division while Kulaste has been nominated to contest from the Niwas seat in the Mandla district. 

MPs Riti Pathak and Ganesh Singh have been given a ticket to fight the polls from Sidhi and Satna constituencies respectively. 

Whether this move by BJP has found acceptance among the voters or not, ABP News in association with CVoter conducted a snap poll to gauge the mood of the voters. 

Will The Move Benefit BJP? 

Of the total respondents, 41 per cent are of the view that fielding Union ministers and MPs in the assembly polls “will benefit” the BJP a lot while around 16 per cent think “it will benefit to some extent”. 

A significant 33 per cent of respondents think that the tactic will “not at all” benefit the saffron party and 8 per cent of voters said they were not sure. 

Will The Move Increase Groupism/Lobbying CM Post?

Among those who participated in the survey, 45 per cent of participants think that fielding Union ministers and Parliamentarians in the assembly poll will increase groupism or lobbyism for the post of chief minister while 37 per cent of respondents denied such a situation. 

16 per cent of voters were not sure whether this move would affect the CM post. 

Can BJP Avert Anti-Incumbency In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls By Fielding New Faces? 

When asked whether the BJP can use a similar formula in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by cancelling the tickets of a large number of sitting MPs and fielding new faces to avoid anti-incumbency, a whopping 56 per cent of respondents agreed with the idea. Only 17 per cent were of the view that this move would not help the saffron party in avoiding anti-incumbency while 26 per cent did not express a clear opinion. 

[Disclaimer: This survey was based on CVoter personal interviews conducted among 2,686 adults across India. Sometimes the table figures do not sum to 100 due to the effects of rounding off. The margin of error is +/- 3% at the macro level and +/- 5% at the micro level. We believe this will give the closest possible resemblance to the trends.]