Gujarat bypolls: BJP to retain all 10 seats, says a survey

Ahmedabad, 9 September 2014

According to survey by Ahmdabad’s Bopal-based Taleem Research Foundation(TRF), BJP is `highly likely’ win all 9 assembly by-election as well as Vadodara parliamentary constituency if no unwarranted socio-political incidents occur before voting day.

Polling for all 10 seats is scheduled to take place on 13 September. All 10 seats were previously occupied by BJP.

TRF randomly selected 30 voters from each of 44 booths per Vidhan Sabha constituency. The survey suggests that 52.3 per cent voters are yet to decide if they will vote during the by-election.

14.8 per cent voters term the performance of Central government in the last 100 days as very good, 61.3 per cent finding it as good. 57.3 per cent voters reported the performance of the state government as positive with 12.9 per cent reporting it as very good and 44.4 per cent reporting it as good. As many as 62.1 per cent voters of those surveyed said that they voted for the BJP in 2012 Assembly general elections. 57.4 per cent voters said that they will vote again for the BJP during the by-election.

81.1 per cent of those covered under survey were concerned by inflation followed by 60.5 per cent by employment and 50.5 per cent by corruption.