With eyes set on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, all political parties are ready to face the much-anticipated finals after a trial run in the recent state assembly elections in five states. The BJP pulled a stunning sweep in Madha Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh, while the Congress could come to power in only Telangana. While the road to the clash of Titans would find the mention of several issues, employment is likely to be the major factor, ABP-CVoter has found.
When asked about what would be the main issue in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a whopping 41.6 per cent of the people who took part in the survey raised the topic of unemployment. Around 27.6 per cent thought that Ram Temple would be the main issue shaping the course of the mega elections. Around 9.7 per cent also raised the subject of caste census - highly pictched by the Congress ahead of the state elections while 9.8 per cent thought black money would be the main issue in the elections.
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Among the social groups, 61.5 per cent of Muslims also felt that the issue of unemployment would be the deciding factor in the general elections while 38.7 per cent of those from the Other Backward Classes community also echoed the same sentiment. The opinion was also reiterated by 42 per cent belonging to the Scheduled Caste. However, 35.6 per cent belonging to the Upper Caste Hindu community thought that the issue of Ram Temple would be driving the agenda.
The Ram Temple consecration event is set to be a grand affair on Jan 22 and invites have been sent to a eminent personalies from different arenas including top leaders across party lines, even though some have turned down the invitation claiming politicisation of the issue by the BJP. Meanwhile, the Opposition has been all guns blazing gainst the saffron party over the issue of unemployment and inflation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying that those were the issues behind the recent security breach in Parliament.
[Disclaimer: Current survey findings and projections are based on CVoter Opinion Poll CATI interviews (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) conducted among 18+ adults statewide, all confirmed voters, details of which are mentioned right below the projections as of today. 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.]