Delhi is slipping away from the ruling Congress with even the image of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who has scored a hat-trick of victories in Assembly elections, taking a massive beating this time. The third player in the fray, Arvind Kejriwals Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to both eat into the Congress pie and apply the brakes on the BJPs march, leading to a hung Assembly in Indias only city state, according to a CNN-IBN, The Week and CSDS Pre-Poll survey. The survey findings show that the ruling Congress, which has been in power for the past 15 years, is likely to get 19-25 seats in the 70-member Assembly. Surprisingly, the new kid on the block, the AAP, led by anti-corruption activist Arvind Kerjiwal is also projected to get 19-25 seats. The main opposition BJP is marginally ahead with 22-28 seats, according to the seat projections by Dr Rajeeva Karandikar, Director, Chennai Mathematical Institute. If these projections come true, the result will throw up a hung Assembly, making it impossible for any party to form the government unless there are sizeable defections. The Congress is likely to lose a huge 13 percentage point of votes, while the BJP may lose 7 percentage points. The Congress is expected to get 27 per cent and the BJP is likely to get 29 per cent of the votes, while the AAP is expected to score 28 per cent.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:14:45 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015