ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: With the Election Commission announcing the polling dates in five states, ABP and CVoter reached out to the voters of four states — Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Telangana — to find out their preferred candidates for the top post.


The voting will be held in Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh (Phase 1) on 7 November; Chhattisgarh Phase 2 on 17 November; Rajasthan on November 23; Telangana on November 30. The counting of votes will be held on 3 December.


In Telangana, K Chandrashekar Rao from BRS is leading as the most preferred CM candidate with 36 per cent of respondents voting in his favour followed by A Revanth Reddy from Congress with 34 per cent. BJP’s Bandi Sanjay is at number three at 15 per cent, followed by AIMIM leader Asadudin Owaisi at 2 per cent and others at 12 per cent.


In Rajasthan, incumbent chief minister Ashok Gehlot is leading as the most preferred CM candidate with 34 per cent, followed by BJP's Vasundhara Raje with 22 per cent. Congress's Sachin Pilot is at number three at 18 per cent, followed by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from BJP 10 per cent and BJP's Rajyvardhan Singh Rathore at 7 per cent. Others at 9 per cent.


 


According to the ABP-CVoter survey, it is a tough contest between Congress's Kamalnath and incumbent chief minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chauhan in Madhya Pradesh. Shivraj Singh Chauhan is leading with 43 per cent, while Kamalnath is at 42 per cent, as per the survey. BJP's Jyotiraditya Scindia is at 10 per cent, followed by Digvijay Singh from Congress at 2 per cent and others at 4 per cent.


 


In Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel is leading as the most preferred CM candidate with 45 per cent, followed by BJP's Raman Singh with 26 per cent. Congress's T. S Singhdev is at number three at 6 per cent, followed by BJP's Saroj Pandey at 2 per cent and others at 22 per cent.


 


[Disclaimer: Current survey findings and projections are based on CVoter Pre Poll personal interviews (Face to Face) conducted among 18+ adults statewide, all confirmed voters (sample size 11,928). 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. Our final data file has Socio-Economic profile within +/- 1% of the Demographic profile of the State. We believe this will give the closest possible trends. The sample spread is across all Assembly segments in the poll bound state. MoE is +/- 3% at macro level and +/- 5% at micro level VOTE SHARE projection with 95% Confidence interval. ]