13 February 2024
India Politics
ELECTION
2024
General election opinion
polls 2024
India Today: Mood of the Nation
Poll
Alliance
Seats Seat Share (%)
NDA
335
62
UPA
166
30
OTHERS
42
8
Times Now- Lok Sabha Pre poll
survey
Alliance
Seats Seat Share (%)
NDA
366
67
UPA
104
20
OTHERS
73
13
Pre-poll surveys predict Modi 3.0
Political continuity complements macro and micro tailwinds
India is set to enter the election season with the forthcoming Loksabha elections
in Apr/May’24. Equity markets will also keep a watch on the outcome of this
election, as it will have a significant bearing on the short-term market behavior.
In this context, two important pre-poll surveys by
India Today
and
Times Now
predict a more than comfortable majority (272+ seats) for the incumbent
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),
giving
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
a third
consecutive term.
India Today’s
Mood of the Nation Poll
predicts that the BJP-led National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to win 335 out of the total 543 Loksabha
seats, with the BJP alone expected to win 304 seats (vs. 303 in 2019). The
opposition alliance, called the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
(INDIA; erstwhile UPA), is likely to win 166 seats, with the primary opposition
party Congress expected to win 71 seats (vs. 52 in 2019). Other parties are
expected to win the remaining 42 seats. The NDA is expected to garner a vote
share of 45% in 2024.
Times Now’s
Loksabha Pre-Poll Survey
predicts that the NDA is likely to lead
with 366 seats, followed by the UPA with 104 and others with 73 seats. The vote
share of the NDA is expected to be at 41.8%.
In the current Loksabha, the incumbent BJP-led NDA has 353 seats. The BJP won
282 and 303 seats in 2014 and 2019 Loksabha elections, respectively, forming a
single-party majority government after 30 years in 2014 and then retaining it in
2019. Thus, if it manages to secure 272+ seats again in the 2024 elections, it will
be the third consecutive victory of the BJP with the full majority under Prime
Minister Modi. In India’s post-independence history of 77 years, this feat was
achieved only once earlier, by India’s first Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru,
in 1962.
As per the Times Now pre-poll survey, the BJP is expected to make a clean
sweep (winning 100% seats) in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Delhi and
Uttarakhand. It is expected to win 28/29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 77/80 seats
in Uttar Pradesh (largest state in terms of seat representation in Loksabha),
13/14 seats in Jharkhand, 9/10 seats in Haryana, 39/48 seats in Maharashtra,
and 35/40 seats in Bihar.
As per the India Today survey, the BJP is expected to make a clean sweep in
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh while winning
24/28 in Karnataka, 27/29 in MP, 72/80 in UP, 32/40 in Bihar, 12/14 in Assam,
12/14 in Jharkhand, and 22/48 in Maharashtra.
However, we note that alliance talks are in progress in both NDA and INDIA
coalitions blocks. Moreover, the seat-sharing arrangements between alliance
partners have not been finalized yet and thus the final composition of respective
alliances may look different, even though it may not materially change the
direction of the election outcome, in our view. The opposition alliance, INDIA,
which was established in Jun’23 to create an index of opposition unity to take on
the BJP/NDA in 2024 polls, has seen the exit of some important coalition
Refer to our state election
results note of Dec’23
Gautam Duggad
– Research Analyst
(Gautam.Duggad@MotilalOswal.com)
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