ABP Opinion Poll Assembly Election 2018: BJP set to retain Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh; Congress majority in Rajasthan

Background

ABP Opinion Poll Live Updates Assembly Election 2018: With less than a month to go for Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and the political parties upping the ante against each other, ABP News on Thursday conducted a pre-poll survey to gauge the public opinion of the electorate ahead of the crucial polls. Voting will be held in a single phase in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on November 28 while Chhattisgarh will have a two-phased election on November 12 and 20. The BJP and the Congress will face head on in Madhya Pradesh (230 seats), Rajasthan (200) and Chattisgarh (90), where the saffron is in power. Counting of votes in all the states will be done on December 11.

A survey conducted by ABP News-CVoter last month has predicted that the Congress may return to power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after a gap of 15 years and will make a comeback in Rajasthan, where Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje seems to be struggling against a strong anti-incumbency factor. The survey predicted 122 seats for the Congress in the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly and 47 seats for the opposition party in the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly. The BJP has been projected to bag 108 and 40 seats in these two states respectively. The opinion poll has said that the Congress is likely to win 142 seats in Rajasthan against the BJP's 56.

20:47 PM (IST)  •  08 Nov 2018

Rajasthan Elections 2018: In case you missed, there could be a major setback for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with Vasundhara Raje as its Chief Minister who is seeking a second term in the state. Experts claim that Raje appears will be facing a strong wave of anti-incumbency and people will opt for change. The Voters’ spontaneous preferences for CM are as - Raje 32%, Gehlot 26%, Sachin Pilot 14%, Hanuman Beniwal 4%.

20:26 PM (IST)  •  08 Nov 2018

#ABPOpinionPoll - Madhya Pradesh (230 seats): As per the survey, the BJP is tipped to win 116 seats while Congress… https://t.co/XLjvpCPW1m

20:24 PM (IST)  •  08 Nov 2018

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018: While on the other hand, in Madhya Pradesh where BJP is the ruling party for the last 15 years, is marginally ahead of the Congress in 2018 as well. According to the survey, the party may end up securing a clear majority in the upcoming assembly elections. A pre-poll survey conducted by ABP News and C-Voter has found that the incumbent BJP may get 111-121 seats while the Congress is slated to get between 100-110 seats. The majority mark in the 230-member state assembly is at 116 seats.

20:18 PM (IST)  •  08 Nov 2018

Chhatisgarh polls 2018: Eyeing his fourth consecutive term as Chhatisgarh's Chief Minister, Raman Singh had on Monday said that it is "good" his predecessor Ajit Jogi has joined the fray to make it a three-way fight, even as he acknowledged this third force would also impact his party, besides hurting the Congress. Singh, however, quickly added that Jogi's party, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC), would impact the Congress' electoral prospects more than that of the BJP.

20:15 PM (IST)  •  08 Nov 2018

Chhattisgarh Elections 2018: In the 2013 elections, the BJP had won 49 seats while the Congress got 39. The BSP got one seat. However, confident of the party's victory for the fourth consecutive term, current Chhatishgarh CM Raman Singh was quoted by PTI as saying that there is a "pro-incumbency" wave in the state on the basis of the work his government has done in the agriculture sector and for the effective functioning of the public distribution system.