{"id":33494,"date":"2017-12-05T18:52:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=33494"},"modified":"2017-12-05T18:53:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:23:54","slug":"gujarat-heading-towards-photo-finish-bjp-congress-tie-vote-share-abp-csds-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/gujarat-heading-towards-photo-finish-bjp-congress-tie-vote-share-abp-csds-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat heading towards a photo finish, BJP-Congress tie on vote share: ABP-CSDS poll"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ABP-CSDS opinion poll shows BJP marginally ahead in race for forming government in Gujarat but Congress is fast bridging the gap in Prime Minister\u2019s home state<\/i><\/p>\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah may be crying hoarse claiming that their party was once again on way to victory \u2013 winning 150 seats \u2013 in their home state of Gujarat, but if the latest Lokniti-CSDS-ABP News opinion poll on the Gujarat Assembly polls is anything to go by, then the Congress is fast gaining political ground in the western state.<\/p>\n
The opinion poll shows that the BJP and Congress could both end up with a 43 per cent vote share in the elections \u2013 due in two phases scheduled for\u00a0December 9 and 14<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 and that the saffron party could manage to retain power just by the skin of its teeth \u2013 winning between 91 and 99 seats in the 182-member state assembly. The Congress, according to the Lokniti-CSDS-ABP News opinion poll, is likely to finish a very close second, winning between 78 and 86 seats with the remaining going to independents and others.<\/p>\n If the opinion poll is anywhere close to the ground reality, then they mean a huge boost for the Congress whose campaign in Gujarat is being led by the party\u2019s \u2018president-elect\u2019 Rahul Gandhi. The opinion poll suggests that the Congress, riding high on an anti-incumbency wave coupled with the support of Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mewani and Alpesh Thakore, is looking at its best ever performance in Gujarat since 1995, when the BJP romped to power in the state and has remained undefeated ever since.<\/p>\n