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  • Alpha Marathi Opinion poll shows Congress NCP in lead

    Alpha Marathi Opinion poll shows Congress NCP in lead

    MUMBAI: Alpha Marathi is all geared to unviel the result of the third and the final phase of the opinion poll conducted by them.

    The poll indicates that though Congress NCP front has maintained its edge over the Sena BJP alliance their share of seats has come down from the second phase of poll and independents and others may decide who would come to power in Maharashtra.
     
     
    The third phase of the opinion poll conducted by Ahmedabad based Taleem organization between 4 and 6 October for Alpha Marathi, was be telecast by the channel on a special programme Janadesh from 10 pm to 11 pm on Saturday, 9 October 2004.

    According to the poll, 23 per cent voters are still undecided over whom to vote. A vast majority of 72 per cent respondents said that they will not vote for a rebel candidate and only 12 per cent said that they would vote for a rebel candidate while 15 per cent said that there was no rebel candidate in their constituency, says a company release.

    One striking outcome of the poll is that the voters have rejected use of religion in politics. Only 8 per cent respondents approved use of religion in politics. Eighty five per cent voters have supported reservations for women in jobs and interestingly 80 per cent men have supported the reservations for women.
     
     
    In Opinion Poll III, apart from 36 selected constituencies surveyed in Opinion Poll-II, an additional assembly constituency in Mumbai, namely Worli has been included, in order to provide better representation of Mumbai. In this way, a total of 3686 voters were interviewed in the third opinion poll, adds the release.

  • Alpha Marathi opinion poll anticipate Congress-NCP to win

    Alpha Marathi opinion poll anticipate Congress-NCP to win

    MUMBAI: The second phase of an opinion poll on Maharashtra Assembly Elections conducted between 19 to 23 September, found Congress-NCP is anticipated to sweep a clear majority by winning 163 to 169 seats, while Sena-BJP alliance is expected to win 98 to 102 seats.

    The outcome of the poll was revealed in a special programme Janadesh on Alpha Marathi channel on Saturday night. The programme will be repeated on Alpha TV on 26 September at 1 pm.

    The opinion poll was conducted by Alpha Marathi and Taleem, Ahmedabad based organisation, where 3475 voters from 36 constituencies were interviewed for the poll. However, the study signifies 28 per cent of voters are still undecided on whom to vote or may not vote at all. This number has increased by three per cent over the first phase of the poll, informs the official release.

    Alpha Marathi business head Nitin Vaidya says, “The second phase of opinion poll is self explanatory that the voters are looking forward to the Congress-NCP alliance government. It is clearly indicative that the voter’s decision is evolving. Alpha Marathi, decided to undertake this opinion poll with the prime objective of understanding the main issues which the electorate wants to be addressed. Whether the voters are inclined towards INC / NCP ruling party and the likelihood of their returning them to power or to BJP / Shiv Sena alliance.”

    The election issues, which concerned the respondents, ranked the order of concern on development (87 per cent), farmers’ related issues (85 per cent), unemployment (84 per cent) and good governance (78 per cent), criminalisation of politics is concerned for 46 per cent respondents, separate Vidarbha 27 per cent and Savarkar controversy 25 per cent. While only 51 per cent respondents have favoured reservations in jobs, only 23 per cent respondents have opined that it was proper to launch Tiranga Yatra, informs the official communiqué.

    The poll also highlights that 30 per cent of the respondents favoured chief minister Susheelkumar Shinde over the other contenders, followed by BJP’s Gopinath Munde having support of nine per cent and Uddhav Thacekray having eight per cent. However 34 per cent respondents were unable to say who they would prefer as next chief minister.

    According to the poll results, as much as 27 per cent voters plan to vote for Congress followed by 15 per cent for NCP; BJP -Shiv Sena have been favoured by only 12 per cent and 13 per cent respectively. The remaining five per cent voters are distributed among various regional parties, the visible being the Bahujan Samaj Party with two per cent voters opting for it.

    When asked on the formation of the next government, around 41 per cent of respondents favoured Congress/NCP, followed by with 26 per cent BJP/Shiv Sena combine will come to power. Here too, the percentage of cannot say is huge 31 per cent.

    In the first phase of the opinion poll conducted last month, Congress-NCP combine expected to win 144 seats and Sena-BJP expected to win 128. Other parties and independents were predicted to win 16 seats.