India Today CVoter Mood of the Nation poll: Narendra Modi's popularity is waning, but he remains the best choice for PM
The popularity of the campaign committee chief of Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) for 2014 Lok Sabha polls -- Narendra Modi -- is on the downhill,
the finding of India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation opinion poll
suggests.
The
latest study, based on a national representative sample of 15,815
randomly selected respondents across 28 states between August 2 and 10,
comes as a setback to the Gujarat chief minister, who has been banking
on his popularity to emerge as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.Pics: India Today/CVoter Mood of the Nation survey-The Congress' best PM candidate
The opinion poll shows that Modi is preferred by only 45 per cent people as the future prime minister as compared to 57 per cent in the previous survey, held in January this year.
He,
however, continues to be the most popular face among those in the prime
ministerial race with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi finishing
again next to him. Like Modi, the Gandhi scion's popularity has also
been waning as he polled 32 per cent votes compared to 41 per cent in
January 2013.
Other choices in BJP, Congress
To a question who the best PM candidate in the BJP is, Modi again emerged on the top with 51 per cent people favouring him. Party patriarch L.K. Advani finished a distant second with 18 per cent votes.
The
others -- Sushma Swaraj (6 per cent), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (4 per
cent) and Arun Jaitley (3 per cent) -- could barely make an impact.Pics: India Today/CVoter Mood of the Nation survey-The BJP's best PM candidate
Similarly, Rahul Gandhi was the best choice for the PM candidate in the Congress with 44 per cent respondents wanting him to replace the incumbent, Manmohan Singh, who polled a meagre 15 per cent votes.
The other contenders -- P. Chidambaram (6 per cent), A.K. Antony (5 per cent) and Sheila Dikshit (3 per cent) -- were hardly any choices.
Leaders on the fringes
So
who has dented the two leading contenders' popularity? With the talks
of proposed Third Front emerging stronger, it is the leaders like
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, Samajwadi Party (SP) president
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu
Naidu, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Tamil Nadu counterpart
and AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa who seem to be making inroads.Pics: India Today/CVoter Mood of the Nation survey-The best non-Congress, non-BJP PM candidate
There was a tie between the two of the strongest leaders from Uttar Pradesh -- Mayawati and Mulayam -- when the respondents were asked who should be PM in non-Congress, non-BJP government. Both of them got 7 per cent votes, followed closely by the TDP chief (6 per cent), Nitish (5 per cent) and Jayalalithaa (4 per cent).
The best option
Though
BJP's face for the next general election -- Modi -- has lost his
popularity over the months since January this year, the party itself has
gained as it got 33 per cent votes compared to the previous 24 per cent
to a question which political outfit can provide a stable coalition
government.
The opinion poll shows that Modi is preferred by only 45 per cent people as the future prime minister as compared to 57 per cent in the previous survey, held in January this year.
Other choices in BJP, Congress
To a question who the best PM candidate in the BJP is, Modi again emerged on the top with 51 per cent people favouring him. Party patriarch L.K. Advani finished a distant second with 18 per cent votes.
Similarly, Rahul Gandhi was the best choice for the PM candidate in the Congress with 44 per cent respondents wanting him to replace the incumbent, Manmohan Singh, who polled a meagre 15 per cent votes.
The other contenders -- P. Chidambaram (6 per cent), A.K. Antony (5 per cent) and Sheila Dikshit (3 per cent) -- were hardly any choices.
Leaders on the fringes
There was a tie between the two of the strongest leaders from Uttar Pradesh -- Mayawati and Mulayam -- when the respondents were asked who should be PM in non-Congress, non-BJP government. Both of them got 7 per cent votes, followed closely by the TDP chief (6 per cent), Nitish (5 per cent) and Jayalalithaa (4 per cent).
The best option
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