National Approval Ratings: NDA projected to win big in stronghold Gujarat, Congress likely to lose face

On the day when Election Commission announced the dates for the Lok Sabha polls, Republic TV and CVoter have brought to you the National Approval Ratings. The survey gives a complete picture of who will win the polls in Gujarat.

The home state of PM Narendra Modi has 26 seats for the general elections and has been a BJP stronghold in state and Lok Sabha polls. It is also the state which is being observed very closely due to these reasons.

Based on the numbers from March survey, the NDA is likely to sweep the state bagging 24 seats and UPA may get only 2 seats.

The vote share for the state is as follows:

UPA- 40.3%
NDA- 53.1%
Others- 6.6%

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Projections from January:

For the 26 seats up for grabs, BJP is projected for a massive win by grabbing 24 seats, while Congress is predicted to win 2 seats and none for others.  

As far as the projections are concerned, the state has made no massive movement. As far as the vote share is concerned, UPA has a vote share of 39.1% in the state, while NDA persistently continues to lead according to predictions with 54.1% and 6.8% for Others. 

Projections from December:

As per the National Approval Ratings of December, out of the 26 seats, the BJP was set to get 24 which is a 2 seat drop from 2014. The 2 seats the BJP was slated to lose is being directly projected to be gained by the Congress and none for others. 

In terms of vote share as well, while the Congress was slated to gain about 5% from its 2014 dismal performance there has been no significant change in comparison with the November edition, with the BJP losing 0.6% vote-share and the Congress gaining 0.8%. 

According to the December National Approval Ratings, the BJP is projected to garner a vote-share of 54.2% followed by Congress with 38.9% vote-share and 6.9% for others. 

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The beginning of 2019 also saw parliament giving a green signal to provide 10 percent reservation in jobs and educational institutions to the economically weaker sections in the general category. It also remains to be seen what the Modi government's last budget holds for the people of India.

Indian forces also carried out an air strike in terror camps across LoC in Jammu and Kashmir following the Pulwama terror attack.

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(The results of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections may or may not reflect the results or scenarios of the state assembly elections, nevertheless, to establish where we stand at present, Republic TV and CVoter has presented the National Approval Ratings.)