Opinion poll declares majority for NDA

An opinion poll by Hansa Research for NDTV claimed that BJP amassing around 34.5% vote share would win 226 seats with the Congress being reduced to 92 seats in the 16th Lok Sabha. The opinion poll conducted yesterday on April 14, 2014, night, projected that the National Democratic Alliance were on a path towards securing majority in the Lok Sabha with 275 seats out of the 543 in the on going elections. The survey declared that the United Progressive Alliance will presumably end up with merely 111 seats with the others bagging around 157 seats. It predicted that the Congress party will be able to garner only 25.6 per cent of the votes cast. It has also predicted that there will be a BJP white wash in Uttar Pradesh, its best performance till date by winning probably 51 out of the 80 parliamentary seats on offer. While this would mean a gain of 10 seats for the BJP from its previous endeavor in 2009 the Congress may be languishing with only 5 seats meaning a loss of 16 seats in UP itself, the most important state in the Lok Sabha elections. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi party is tipped off to win around 14 seats in UP against their tally of 23 seats that it had acquired in 2009. The rest of the 10 seats will belong to Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj party almost half the figure it had attained in the previous Lok Sabha elections held in 2009. The BJP is also expected to sweep the polls in Rajasthan and predicted to notch up a tally of 21 from the state’s 25 parliamentary seats with the Congress capturing a lowly three. The only place where the Congress may perk up its tally is in Karnataka where it is expected to win 14 seats of the state’s 28 Lok Sabha seats an additional 8 from its 2009 tally. BJP will in all probability is set to lose around 7 seats from its net procured in 2009 in Karnataka to end up with 12 seats only. H D Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular) will bag only two seats compared to the three it had won in the last Lok Sabha contest. The prediction for Odisha has sprang another surprise with BJP standing to gain 7 seats of the 21 from the state as it had drawn a blank in the 2009 general election. The Congress it seems will have to be satisfied with a solitary constituency this time from Odisha which again...

Different facets of polling on April 10

On April 10 the constituencies of the following states underwent polling in Jharkhand (4), Kerala (20), Madhya Pradesh (9), Uttar Pradesh (10), Lakshadweep (1) Polling in western Uttar Pradesh Polling was conducted on April 10, 2014, for 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in 11 districts of western Uttar Pradesh counting Muzaffarnagar where terrible riots had taken place. Polling took place at Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Kairana, Aligarh, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar and Bulandshahar. The main factor influencing the electorate in western Uttar Pradesh are the terrible scenes of the Muzaffarnagar riots that has left its scars on thousands of people from the district and upon the minds of the people of India. These riots have had its effect on the political stand of this region dominated by the Jat and Muslim voters. A total of 1.74 crore electorates exist from this area out of which 23.57 lakh are in Ghaziabad alone. Prominent candidates in the fray are Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh, Satyapal Singh of BJP both from Baghpat constituency, Jaya Prada of RLD from Bijnor, Nagma for the Congress from Meerut, Raj Babbar of Congress, Shazia Ilmi of AAP, BJP’s VK Singh all from Ghaziabad. The first phase of polling in Madhya Pradesh 118 candidates have filed their nominations to fight the election for 9 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. The nine constituencies are Chhindwara, Satna, Rewa, Balaghat, Sidhi, Shahdol, Mandla, Jabalpur, and Hoshangabad. There are over 11 million voters who will exercise their voting rights to elect their lawmakers to the lower house of Parliament in 2014. Jharkhand has a sluggish polling Four Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand, Palamau, Chatra, Koderma and Lohardaga had a low turn out of voters due to the fear of the Maoists who maintained their trepidation by exploded several landmines in the area. In an incident a voter had attacked a polling official with a knife in Lohardaga. Polling as business in Kerala Polling was a regular fare in the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala where long queues of voters were seen in urban as well as rural areas in front of the polling stations. A K Antony, CM Oommen Chandy and his family voted along with the 2.42 crore electorates from the state that has a high voter turnout. The main contest as in the past is between the Congress-led UDF and the CPI (M)-led LDF with the BJP a newbie third prong. Polling in Lakshadweep islands Polling in the union territory of Lakshadweep for its Lok sabha...

Polling in Northeastern states of India

The Northeastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in India had their Lok Sabha polls as per scheduled on April 9, 2014. Other than a few stray instances polling continued unhindered as voters stood in queues to exercise their power to vote for electing their candidates to the Lok Sabha. Polling was held for six Lok Sabha seats in the four northeastern states of Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. Meanwhile the electorates of Arunchal Pradesh also voted for electing members to their state assembly simultaneously that has 60 seats. While Nagaland registered 81.47 per cent polling, 80 per cent of the Manipuri electorate voted with Meghalaya coming a third at 71 per cent followed by Arunachal Pradesh registering the lowest voting percent at 55, stated the election offices. Polling was not held in a disputed area in Longleng district of Nagaland bordering Assam as Assam Police and CRPF personnel prohibited the entry of polling officials to the polling station and a mob prevented setting up of standby one. In Arunachal Pradesh, Congress candidate for the Konsa (W) assembly constituency in the troubled Tirap district was kidnapped by suspected militants but later released unharmed. CM of Arunachal Pradesh, Nabam Tuki stated that the Congress would emerge victorious in both the Lok Sabha and assembly polls. Elections to the Inner Manipur seat would be held on April...

BJP set to sweep polls in India

There is a strong possibility that BJP will hold its sway according to the last opinion poll before Lok Sabha elections 2014 that has commenced on April 7, Monday conducted by CNN-IBN and Lokniti at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. According to the figures of the opinion poll the BJP led National Democratic Alliance is expected to win about 38 per cent of the votes making it around 234 – 246 seats out of the 543 in the Lok Sabha. The Bharatiya Janata Party being led from the front by its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi who is alone the reason for the party is looking ahead to secure a cool 35 per cent of vote share from the electorates on its own reports the opinion poll. The Modi wave generated by Narendra Modi has really caught the imagination of the Indian electorate who it seems have decided to grant NDA an opportunity to rule the country. The main expectation from the electorate seems to be the development of India on all fronts. The Congress ruling coalition has been shoved aside due to its failure to curb inflation arising due a scam ridden sojourn combined with rampant corruption. Congress it seems will be garnering an all time low vote share and is supposed to fetch around a maximum of 110 seats out of 543 seated Lok Sabha in 2014 stated the organized opinion...

Election 2014, the nominated candidates

With the Lok Sabha polls to be held next month the arrangements for the different political parties in the Indian political realm are in full swing. Arving Kejriwal has accused Modi’s men to have greeted him with eggs and black ink during his presence in Varanasi for a rally. Kejriwal has finally decided to contest Modi from Varanasi. On the other hand it will be Madhusudan Mistry of Congress who will contest Modi in Vadodara. Former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan has been fielded from the Nanded Lok Sabha seat. Congress nominated Sri Himmat Patel against BJP’s Paresh Rawal from the Ahmedabad East parliamentary constituency. Manish Tewari has withdrwn his nomination and instead Ravneet Bittu is the new Congress candidate from Ludhiana. Congress LS candidate in Vadodara Narendra Ravat has also withdrawn his candidature against Narendra...