National Approval Ratings: Both Congress and BJP are predicted to win one seat each in Goa

With India inching closer and closer to general elections, the campaigns of political parties across the country are in full swing. In the pre-election hubbub, the prevailing scenario appears ever-changing, thus bringing in new shades to an already vibrant political landscape in the country in terms of seat-sharing, coalitions or fielding big names in different states. Republic TV and CVoter are back with the National Approval Ratings to give a complete national picture as to who will win if polls are held today.

Out of the two seats up for grabs in Goa, both UPA and NDA and projected to win one seat each, thus noting a loss of one seat for BJP. Compared to the Lok Sabha elections 2014, in the predictions of this month, UPA has progressed by gaining one seat out of the two.

As per the vote-share, under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar, NDA is leading with 43.7%, followed by UPA at 38.5% and Others winning a vote-share of 17.8%. 

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Vote share

• UPA- 38.5%
• NDA-43.7%
• Others- 17.8%

Seat share

• UPA- 1
• NDA-1
• Total-2 

Encompassing the current political situation in India, the significant strands to watch out for are various efforts to form 'united fronts' which appears to be a contest between those who were present at TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's mega-rally in Kolkata, and those, like Telangana CM KCR, who weren't, as well as another Nehru-Gandhi scion, Priyanka Gandhi, commencing her (active) political career after the Congress party was snubbed by Akhilesh Yadav's SP's and Mayawati's BSP's alliance in Uttar Pradesh despite the party's victory in three Hindi heartlands in the Assembly elections- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Meanwhile, the BJP and Shiv Sena may have witnessed a thaw in their relationship with the Maharashtra government sanctioning Rs 100 crore for a Balasaheb Thackeray memorial. At the same time, pro-Mandir organisations RSS and VHP still pushing the BJP to bring in an Ordinance on the Ram Mandir issue in Ayodhya despite the Supreme Court also currently hearing the case. 

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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.