From CK Nayak
NEW DELHI: A recent survey on Lok Sabha election has predicted status quo in Meghalaya with the Congress and the NPP retaining their respective seats.
Republic TV and C-Voter have presented the National Approval Ratings of parties if polls were to be held in September 2018.
“It seems to be a status quo in Meghalaya as well in terms of seat share and vote share,” it said.
“But in terms of vote share, the NDA’s share surges while the UPA’s is nose diving by 14.1 per cent as per the projection,” the survey added.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance will return to power with Narendra Modi as Prime Minister if the Lok Sabha elections are held today, according to a survey conducted by ABP News-C-Voter.
The survey results broadcast on ABP news channel predicted 276 seats for the NDA and a vote share of 38 per cent.
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance will win 112 seats and a vote share of 25 per cent while others may bag as many as 155 seats with a vote share of 37 per cent.
The C-Voter survey, which seeks to reflect the mood of the public before the Lok Sabha election 2019, has made a few predictions estimating big wins for UPA in Punjab and the southern states. While the NDA will gain seats in Odisha and Haryana, the survey predicted a likely sweeping victory of the BJP-led alliance in the northeastern states. Also, the saffron party may end up winning all the seats in Delhi.
The NDA is predicted to retain its hold in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
In Uttar Pradesh, if the UPA forms a mahagatbandhan then it is estimated to win more than half the seats. But without the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, the Congress could be the biggest loser.
For its prediction in Bihar, the ABP-C-Voter estimated a close call if the Congress forms a mahagathbandhan; and if the NDA alliance stays then it will win the maximum number of seats. It’s advantage BJP in Maharashtra as even if their alliance with Shiv Sena is broken, the NDA is still expected to win majority seats.
Out of the four states which went to polls this year, BJP has its government on its own in Tripura and with alliance partners in two states – Meghalaya (with NPP) and Nagaland (with Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party). The Congress managed to form government only in Karnataka with JDS as its alliance partner.
However, the results of the 2019 Lok Sabha election may or may not reflect the results of the state assembly elections.