BJP set to win over 200 seats in LS polls: Opinion poll

PTI Updated - January 25, 2014 at 10:57 PM.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to emerge as the single-largest party with the highest-ever score of 210 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, while Congress will hit the lowest-ever mark with 81 seats, according to the ABP News-Nielsen national opinion poll.

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party is predicted to get around 11 seats, the survey said.

It has predicted that NDA will form the government at the Centre with an overall 226 seats.

Narendra Modi is the most preferred prime ministerial candidate with 53 per cent respondents voting for him.

Rahul Gandhi is the choice of 15 per cent respondents.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal got nod from five per cent of the respondents.

As per the opinion poll, a majority (47 per cent) of respondents do not think that the allegations levelled against Modi regarding illegal surveillance of a young woman are true.

36 per cent respondents feel that the central government’s decision to probe snoopgate is not right.

It says that there is an anti-incumbent mood with majority (61 per cent) saying that the UPA government should not get another chance.

As per the opinion poll conducted across the nation, 43 per cent respondents have rated UPA government performance as ’poor’ or ‘very poor’ with a mean score of 2.69.

Published on January 25, 2014 17:26