Manipur ABP News-CVoter Opinion Poll: Tight Contest Between BJP & Congress As Hung Assembly Fear Looms

ABP News CVoter Survey: Opinion poll conducted by ABP News in association with CVoter has tried to ascertain the trends in poll-bound Manipur.

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New Delhi: In Manipur, electioneering is gaining momentum with the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing dates for the five poll-bound states. As per ECI, polling is to be held for 60 assembly seats in Manipur in two phases on February 27 and March 3.

With around two months left for the Manipur Assembly Poll 2022, ABP News and CVoter conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of the voters.

ECI has banned any political rally, procession, or campaign until January 15 in view of the Covid surge.

The ABP News-CVoter survey revealed which party has the voters' mandate as of now.

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Manipur Assembly Election 2022: Vote Share & Projected Range Of Seats By ABP CVoter Opinion Poll

According to the ABP News-CVoter Opinion Poll, BJP and Congress seem to be in a close contest for the upcoming elections and Manipur can witness a hung assembly this time.

The ABP News-CVoter Opinion Poll reveals the projected range of seats for BJP is 23-27, while Congress can get 22-26 seats, giving the ruling party a tough fight.

While no party appears to have a clear majority, the BJP has been close to the magic number in the previous surveys. From the trend observed in the latest survey, it seems the BJP’s edge over the INC has withered. Naga ethnic party NPF is expected to mop up 2-6 seats and 'others' could tag along with the party that will form power.

In terms of vote share, the BJP is projected to get 35.5 per cent votes, a decrease of 0.8 per cent as compared to 2017, while the Congress will also witness a decline in its vote share from 35.1 per cent in 2017 to 32.6 per cent in 2022 assembly elections.

[DISCLAIMER: The present opinion poll/survey was conducted by CVoter. The methodology used is CATI interviews of adult (18+) respondents with random numbers drawn from standard RDD and the sample size for the same is 89536+ across 5 states (UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur) & the survey was carried out during the period 12th December 2021 to 8th January 2022. The same is also expected to have a margin of error of ±3 to ±5% and may not necessarily have factored in all criteria.]