‘Ab ki baar, 400 paar’, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA is expected to win 411 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, with the BJP securing around 300 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha 2024 elections. Other NDA constituents, including JD(U) and TDP, will clinch 61 seats, according to News18’s Mega Opinion Poll.
The poll predicted that the opposition bloc INDIA will fail to dent PM Modi’s bid for a third term as the INDIA bloc will win only 105 seats in the lower house, including Congress’ 49 seats. With this, Congress will face its second-worst debacle in Lok Sabha elections if the predictions hold true. Previously, the grand old party’s historic low was 44 seats in 2014 polls.
The News18’s opinion poll predicted major gains for the BJP in states including Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu. Take a look at the state-wise opinion poll results below.
1) Maharashtra: The survey forecasted another sweep for the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP combination in Maharashtra, with the NDA winning 41 seats in the 48 assembly state. On the other hand, Maharashtra’s INDIA bloc, which constitutes Congress, Sharad Pawar’s NCP faction, and Uddhav Thackerary’s Shiv Sena (UBT), will only bag seven seats.
2) West Bengal: A significant decline for Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is expected in West Bengal, while a big jump can be witnessed in BJP’s seat tally as it is predicted to win 25 out of the 42 seats. However, TMC is expected to secure only 17 seats in her state, and the Congress will likely win none.
3) Karnataka: The NDA is expected to repeat its 2019 performance in Karnataka, winning 25 out of the 28 seats here, while the Congress will only bag three seats. This time, the BJP is contesting elections in alliance with JD(S).
4) Gujarat: As per the opinion poll, the BJP is expected to again sweep in Gujarat by winning all 26 seats. In 2014 and 2019, the BJP won all 26 seats, reducing Congress’ seat number to zero in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
5) Telangana: The opinion poll, which predicted that the BJP would win 8 out of 17 seats in Telangana, showed impressive gains for the party. According to the poll, the ruling Congress in the state is anticipated to win six seats, while BRS will only have two.
6) Odisha: The opinion poll predicts that the ruling BJD will win eight seats in Odisha, while the BJP will win 13 seats.
7) Uttar Pradesh: Out of 550 members in the Parliament, 80 are from Uttar Pradesh itself. According to the survey, NDA is set to bag a total of 77 seats, predicting a landslide victory, while the Opposition INDIA bloc will bag two seats, leaving one for Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh.