'Ab ki baar 400 paar': Lok Sabha pre-poll surveys suggest BJP-led NDA will face challenges in THESE states
West Bengal with projections indicating 23 seats for the ruling TMC. Odisha will see a similarly two-pronged battle with the opinion poll giving a slight edge to the Biju Janata Dal. The ABP News-CVoter survey predicted 10 seats for the NDA, 1 seat for the INDIA bloc (if any) and 11 seats for the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD.
The Congress is expected to make massive inroads into Telangana and secure 10 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP is projected to clinch 4 seats while the Bharat Rashtra Samithi gets 3 seats and All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen secures 1 seat. The pre-poll survey also suggested that the BJP would fail to open its account in the southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
ABP News-CVoter indicated 16 seats for the Congress in Kerala. Meanwhile, in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, it projected a sweep for the DMK and its allies — with the Congress likely to bag 8 seats and DMK estimated to win 31 seats. Meanwhile, Network18’s Mega Opinion Poll predicted 411 seats for the NDA — with the BJP securing a record 350 seats.
The survey indicates that the alliance will face stiff competition in Odisha (13 out of 21), West Bengal (25 out of 42), Telangana (8 out of 17), Tamil Nadu (5 out of 39) and Kerala (2 out of 20). It is however pertinent to note that these numbers indicate a sharp rise from previous elections. Milestone Alert!
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