A nationwide survey by India Today group and C-Voter has projected a massive surge for BJP and rout of the Congress in lok Sabha polls.
The survey telecast on The Headlines Today channel predicted that BJP on its own will win 188 seats, and NDA will gain 202-207 seats. On the other hand, the Congress will come down from 206 to mere 98-106 seats. This will be the Congress worst performance in history. Others are likely to bag 223-233 seats. The new player on the political scene, AAP, is predicted to win 10 seats. The survey gives the BJP 30 seats in UP, where the Samajwadi Party is expected to win 20 seats and BSP 24. The Congress may end up with just four seats. In Bihar also, the BJP is expected to emerge a big winner with 22 seats followed by RJD with 11 and JD(U) with four. The Congress may just get two seats in the State.
In MP, the BJP is set to sweep, winning 22 seats and the Congress six. Similarly, in Rajasthan, the BJP is expected to win 21 seats and the Congress just three. Chhattisgarh is also expected to go the BJP way where the party could win eight seats and the Congress just three.
The Narendra Modi wave is also likely to sweep Jharkhand where the BJP can win eight seats and the Congress just one. The JVM is likely to win two seats. In Andhra Pradesh, the Congress is likely to win just seven seats against 33 that it had won in 2009. TDP is likely to win seven seats, TRS 13 and AIMIM one. In Tamil Nadu, AIADMK is likely to win 29 seats, DMK 5 and left parties 2. The Congress is expected to get some solace in Karnataka where it can win up to 12 seats. In Kerala, the Congress can have six seats and the left 11.
In Delhi, the AAP is expected to win five of the seven seats followed by BJP with two. The Congress may not be able to open its account in the national capital. In Maharashtra, the BJP and Shiv Sena are expected to win 14 seats each, the Congress nine and NCP five, while in Haryana Congress could get just one seat and BJP six.