Assembly Elections 2022: 'Acche Din' For BJP As ABP CVoter Survey Gives Saffron Party Lead In 4 States

The saffron party is ahead of its political rivals in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo)

New Delhi: With the five states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand going to polls early next year, ABP News along with C-Voter conducted a survey to gauge the voters’ mood and the projections put the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead in four states.

The saffron party is ahead of its political rivals in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is leading as the single largest party in Punjab, but marginally short of the majority mark.

Uttar Pradesh:

The BJP-led alliance is likely to get 263 seats in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly notching 41.8 per cent vote share, according to the ABP-CVoter survey.

Placed at a distant second position, the Samajwadi Party is expected to win 113 seats with 30.2 per cent vote share.

The survey, however, puts the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in a spot of bother as Mayawati-led party is likely to bag just 14 seats with 15.7 per cent vote share.

BJP’s Yogi Adityanath still remains to be the most preferred Chief Minister candidate in the Hindi-heartland state with 40 percent of the respondents voting in his favour.

Uttarakhand:

The BJP enjoys the political edge in the hill state of Uttarakhand as well.

The BJP-led alliance is likely to get 44-48 seats in the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly, according to the ABP-CVoter survey.

The Congress-led alliance is likely to make gains this time as the survey suggests the grand old party will win 19 to 23 seats.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which will make its electoral debut in the hill state, is expected to win just 0-4 seats, while the others will bag just 0-2 seats as per the survey.

Goa:

The BJP continues to be in the driver’s seat in Goa with the survey projecting 24 seats for the saffron party in the 40-member assembly.

BJP leader and Goa CM Pramod Sawant continues to be the most preferred CM candidate for upcoming polls with 33 per cent respondents voting in his favour.

The AAP is projected to emerge as the principal opposition party dethroning the Congress winning 22.2 per cent vote share and 6 seats.

The Congress is projected to win 15.4 per cent vote share and 5 seats.

Manipur:

The BJP-led alliance is slated to win the state with 40.5 per cent vote share and 34 seats.

The Congress alliance is expected to bag 20 seats with 34.5 per cent vote share.

In the last assembly elections in 2017, Congress emerged as the single largest party, winning 28 of the 60 seats falling short of the majority by three seats. The BJP finished second with 21 seats but formed the government with the support of 11 MLAs from the NPP, NPF and independents, including one Trinamool Congress MLA.

Punjab:

Punjab is a multi-cornered political ground with each major party having a role to play. The AAP, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Congress - all have similar levels of stakes in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.

The AAP is projected to become the single largest party in Punjab winning 55 seats and vote share of 35 per cent. Faction-ridden incumbent, the Congress is as per the survey in the second position and is likely to win 42 seats with 29 per cent vote share.

In a striking observation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is projected as the most popular leader in Punjab at 21.6 percent affirmation. It is pertinent to note that this is partly due to the non-projection of a CM face by the AAP.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal is the second most popular leader (19 per cent), closely followed by incumbent CM Amrinder Singh (18 per cent).