National Approval Ratings: In Chhattisgarh, UPA projected to win by one seat over NDA

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 11 Chhattisgarh seats up for grabs, Congress is projected to sweep the state with 6 seats, after outsing BJP in Assembly elections. 

As per the latest projections, the BJP, which got 10 seats in 2014 is projected to go down to 5 seats, one seat less than the UPA, thus leaving none for Ajit Jogi's Janta Congress Chhattisgarh.

Seat share

• UPA- 6
• NDA- 5
• Jogi- 0
• Others-0
• Total-11

Vote Share

• UPA- 41.1%
• NDA- 43.4%
• Jogi- 7.5%
• Others- 8.1%

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BJP is projected to have a vote-share of 43.4%, slightly higher than Congress who lag behind with 41.1% of vote-share. While, Others are projected to have a vote-share of 8.1%, followed by the former chief minister of the state, Ajit Jogi with 7.5%. 

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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. 

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.