NEW DELHI: As the opinion polls wind up before the real polling begins on Monday, the pollsters have promised a victory for BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and a smooth takeover of the next government by Narendra Modi. A survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) on Friday claimed that NDA minus Telugu Desam Party will win 246 seats.
TDP, whose tie-up with BJP was not clinched till the survey was done, is expected to win at the most 19 seats, thus taking the total NDA tally to 265, just seven short of the simple majority of 272.
The survey predicts a windfall of 218 seats for BJP, over 35 seats more than its previous best of 182 in 1998 and 1999.
The best that Congress can hope for is just 106 seats, 100 seats less than its tally in 2009. The ruling UPA as a whole is expected to win just 123 seats, a drastic fall from a high of 228.
The pollsters seem to have absolute clarity about the leadership too. They say Modi has an approval rating of 34% while just 15% have polled for Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.
TDP, whose tie-up with BJP was not clinched till the survey was done, is expected to win at the most 19 seats, thus taking the total NDA tally to 265, just seven short of the simple majority of 272.
The survey predicts a windfall of 218 seats for BJP, over 35 seats more than its previous best of 182 in 1998 and 1999.
The best that Congress can hope for is just 106 seats, 100 seats less than its tally in 2009. The ruling UPA as a whole is expected to win just 123 seats, a drastic fall from a high of 228.
The pollsters seem to have absolute clarity about the leadership too. They say Modi has an approval rating of 34% while just 15% have polled for Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.
While Congress is expected to lose votes across rural and urban India, BJP is shown to surge in both the segments taking its vote share to a high of 35%, nearly double the 18.8% it garnered in the 2009 elections. Corruption, according to the survey, remains the biggest issue with 73% respondents feeling that UPA is vesry corrupt.
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