Fwd: Gujarat leader Modi's rating on the rise whilst PM Singh struggles for voters' approval
VIJAY KUMAR ALLA
From: Swarnim Gujarat <swarnim.g...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:13:55 -0600
Subject: Gujarat leader Modi's rating on the rise whilst PM Singh
struggles for voters' approval
To: vijay...@gmail.com
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Gujarat leader Modi's rating on the rise whilst PM Singh struggles for
voters' approval
26th January 2012
If a general election were to be held now, the non-UPA, non-NDA
parties will have an edge, says a Nation Poll conducted in January
2012.
The Congress, which has 206 seats in the Lok Sabha, will manage just
110 seats and the BJP may improve its tally to 140 seats from 116
seats in 2009.
The survey adds that non-UPA, non-NDA parties will get 180 to 190
seats. Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the
'popular choice' for the post of Prime Minister. He beats Congress
general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who was the most preferred in 2011.
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The popularity of PM Manmohan Singh, centre, & Rahul Gandhi has
plummeted since 2011
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Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi has seen his confidence
with voters increase
As many as 24 per cent respondents favoured Modi as PM while 17 per
cent wanted Rahul to take over the top post. Rahul had garnered 29 per
cent votes in August 2010 and 20 per cent in January 2011.
Modi, on the other hand, has improved his position. Just 9 per cent
participants voted for him in August 2010 and 12 per cent in January
2011.
According to the forecast, if general elections were to be held today,
the UPA would get between 168 and 178 seats, with Congress managing
only 110 seats.
RACE FOR THE NEXT PM
Narendra Modi 24 (12)
Rahul Gandhi 17(21)
L.K. Advani 10(4)
Manmohan Singh 10 (11)
Sonia Gandhi 10 (9)
Nitish Kumar 5 (5)
Mayawati 4 (4)
*All figures in percentage.
Figures in brackets indicate
Aug 2011 responses
It would be the lowest tally ever for the Congress. Thirty-seven per
cent of respondents blame that PM Manmohan as directly responsible for
the price rise compared with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee (24%)
and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar (16%).
Only 26 per cent of participants believe that the Congress is the best
party to address the problems of poverty and unemployment.
Thirty-one per cent believe the BJP will be better for the poor, and
35 per cent will trust other parties.
When asked who they would vote for if both Anna Hazare and Rahul
Gandhi were to contest from their constituency, 60 per cent favoured
Hazare and only 24 per cent picked Rahul.
The Mood of the Nation Poll is based on a survey across 19 states,
with a sample size of 12,648 voters drawn from 98 randomly selected
parliamentary constituencies.
The states covered in the survey account for 514 of the 543 Lok Sabha
constituencies. The study was done between December 28, 2011 and
January 12, 2012.
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