Live Updates Desh Ka Mood Survey: Narendra Modi set to return to power with 300 seats in 2019, UPA way behind at 116

Background

With just six months to go for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the political parties upping the ante against each other, ABP News on Thursday conducted the 'Mood of the Nation' survey to gauge the public opinion of the electorate and the nation ahead of the crucial polls. The opinion poll was aired on ABP News from 7 pm onwards and also flashed here. The previous survey the channel commissioned gave the NDA the nationwide upper hand over the UPA and projected a whopping 276 out of 543 seats for the ruling coalition. The Congress-led UPA was winning 112 seats.

As per the opinion poll conducted last month, the worrying sign for the BJP was PM Narendra Modi’s waning popularity over the last one year. The good news for the Congress was the steady incremental advance of its President Rahul Gandhi even though he’s trailing way behind from Modi’s popularity chart.

A slight sign of worry for the NDA was the dip in the nationwide vote share compared to 2014. It was seen getting 38% as against UPA’s 25%. BJP's vote share at the national level had gone up to 31 per cent from less than 19 per cent during last elections. At the same time, Congress' vote share had dipped to nearly 19 per cent from over 28 per cent in 2014.

20:14 PM (IST)  •  01 Nov 2018

Only the Bua-Bhatija combine of Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav can block the NDA's route to power in 2019 Lok Sabha elections to some extent. If the SP and the BSP unite in Uttar Pradesh, then the NDA's tally will be reduced to 261 seats, falling 11 short of majority.

20:27 PM (IST)  •  01 Nov 2018

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20:47 PM (IST)  •  01 Nov 2018

This opinion poll also has reflected the reduction in the margin of popularity between the two dynamos. Narendra Modi has garnered 56 per cent of the votes while Rahul Gandhi has got 36 per cent.

20:45 PM (IST)  •  01 Nov 2018

BJP is overall pegged to win a 38 per cent vote share, 7 per cent more than it got in 2014; on the other hand Congress is tipped to win 26 per cent. Others fall in the remaining 36 percent.

20:03 PM (IST)  •  01 Nov 2018

The BJP-led NDA will return to power if Lok Sabha elections are held today with a landslide victory. The survey has revealed that the NDA may get a whopping 300 seats, while the UPA is projected to win 116 seats. Other parties may get 127.