Indian Political News-UPA to lose ground, NDA to gain in 2014 General elections-Newsmasthi.com

This might deal a blow to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) as it comes nearly a year before the country goes to election, but the current regime has been on the downhill of its popularity and the slope is only getting steeper for the government.

Be it the ever relevant issues of corruption and inflation or a host of social issues, particularly women's safety, the UPA-2 has failed to meet people's expectations miserably, findings of India Today-Nielsen's latest biannual opinion poll "Mood of the Nation" suggest.

NDA versus UPA
Despite periodic infighting within the BJP as well as the NDA, they gained at the cost of the UPA. However, the UPA's loss did not seem to be transforming into complete gain for the NDA alone as "others" shared the benefit significantly.

The latest survey gives NDA 203 seats out of 543 as against its actual 2009 Lok Sabha election result of 159. The UPA tally dropped from 259 to 157 during the same period, while others shot to 183 from 125.

Vote percentage-wise, however, the NDA did not gain much as compared to 2009 results. The survey indicated its gain at just 1.6 per cent to be at around 27 per cent. UPA finished ahead of NDA at around 28 per cent, a fall of 7.7 per cent from 2009.

Modi versus Rahul

The survey found that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has become more popular over the last six months, even as Rahul Gandhi emerged as a strong candidate within the Congress for prime minister's post.

Even as their respective parties have repeatedly refused to draw a comparison between the two, India Today asked people whom they wanted to see as prime minister -- the Gandhi scion or the Gujarat BJP heavyweight. The outcome was not surprising.

As many as 57 per cent people spoke in favour of Modi, while only 41 per cent supported Gandhi, who was recently elevated as the second-in-command of the Congress by occupying the position of vice-president.


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