BJP, AAP neck and neck in Delhi, hung assembly likely again: HT survey
A Hindustan Times-C fore survey predicts a dead heat between the BJP and AAP in the Delhi elections, leaving the capital headed for a hung assembly even after a year of President’s Rule.
The survey, conducted between January 10 and 19 and then revisited after Kiran Bedi was nominated the BJP's CM candidate, projects 31-36 seats for both BJP and AAP, with the Congress seen sliding to between 2 and 7 seats.
Former chief minister Kejriwal is still the preferred choice for the post of chief minister with 43% people backing him, followed by Bedi (39%) and Maken (12%).
Before Bedi was named the CM candidate by her party, the survey found that AAP was ahead with 34-39 seats, followed by BJP with 29-34 seats and Congress 2-7.
Despite the close finish expected, the survey shows AAP vote share is going up by 9 percentage points while it’s only five for the BJP and loss of 10 percentage points for Congress compared to the 2013 elections. In the 2013 assembly election, the BJP’s vote share was 33%, followed by the AAP’s 29.4% and the Congress’s 24.5%.
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