PDP would emerge as single largest party: opinion poll ---------------- J&K Breaking News ---------------- The Peoples Democratic Party would emerge as the single-largest party in Jammu and Kashmir, according to an opinion poll telecast Tuesday. India TV-CVoter tracking poll said the opposition PDP is projected to emerge as the single largest party with a seat range of 27-33 seats in a house of 87 in Jammu and Kashmir. The opinion poll said that in Jammu and Kashmir, the Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party is projected to get 27-33 seats, followed by BJP with 23-29, National Conference 10-16, Congress 6-12, and others 6-12 seats. In the 2009 elections, National Conference had won 28 seats, Congress 17, PDP 21 and BJP 11 seats. In terms of percentage, a 22 percent swing has been projected in favour of BJP up from 12 percent in 2009 to 34 percent while a 10 percent swing has been projected in favour of PDP up from 15 percent last time to 25 percent now. The survey projected that National Conference will get 11 percent votes and Congress 15 percent. The release said that PDP leader Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was the frontrunner for the post of chief minister with 53 percent favouring him in the valley, 20 percent in Jammu and 10 percent in Ladakh region. The release said that the opinion poll is based on interviews of 4,322 randomly respondents done in the first week of November.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:17:37 +0000
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