 "Telangana elections: CVoter survey hints at hung assembly; edge to Congress")
CVoter has conducted an opinion poll for the Telangana Assembly elections, a report published on the ABPlive website said. Based on the findings, the opinion poll predicts a tough contest between Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Congress. The opinion poll says that the BRS will likely win 43 to 55 seats. Congress, on the other hand, is expected to win 48 to 60 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), despite having fielded its senior leaders to campaign in the state, is likely to remain limited to 5 to 11 seats. Notably, the Telangana Assembly has a total of 119 seats, and the party that secures 60 seats can make a majority government.
If the CVoter opinion poll were to turn true, the Congress would gain around 39 per cent vote share in the state, followed by the BRS at 37 per cent, which will be down 9.4 per cent from the previous elections. The BJP will secure 16 per cent of the votes in the state with an increase of 9.3 per cent in its vote share, according to the CVoter survey.
There are three key players in the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana, with the incumbent BRS hoping for another term in the state, whereas the Congress is trying to prevent KCR from becoming the chief minister for a third time. For the BJP, the Telangana elections are a chance to strengthen its presence and grip in Southern India as it prepares for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In the Assembly elections held in 2018, the BRS (then TRS -Telangana Rashtra Samithi) secured 88 seats out of 119 and formed the government as the single largest party in the state. The Congress, with its 19 seats, stood a distant second. The BJP had an abysmal performance, with the party winning only one of the 117 seats it contested.