BJP will win next Lok Sabha polls but with less seats, says survey

January 28, 2018 10:23

A survey result claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity remained intact since he assumed office as he received a whopping 53 per cent people's backing as the next prime minister.

According to the India Today-Karvy Insights opinion poll Modi's closest competition for the post of India's prime minister was Rahul Gandhi at a distant 22 per cent.

Modi has also been polled the best prime minister since Independence. According to this year's survey, 28 per cent of those polled think Modi is the best prime minister in Independent India, while 20 per cent think Indira Gandhi's reign remains unmatched.

In 2017, Modi was ahead of Indira with 16 percentage points, while in 2016 he trailed at the second position, in the survey conducted by the same agency.

Forty-one per cent people rated Modi's performance good, while 25 per cent thought he performed average.

Moreover, if Lok Sabha elections were held today, the National Democratic Alliance will win 258 of 543 seats, 24 seats down from 282 it had won in 2014, the India Today-Karvy survey predicted.

The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance is expected to make a considerable improvement in its tally, with 202 seats. Even though Modi's personal charisma remained unscathed, interestingly, NDA's seat share has taken a considerable hit since last year. India Today-Karvy's 2017 survey results had predicted 349 seats for the ruling coalition.

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