Uttar Pradesh isn’t the only state that is giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi a reason to worry ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Maharashtra is another state where the National Democratic Alliance is predicted to incur major losses.
According to the latest election tracker by ABP News and C-Voter, the NDA’s tally could come down from 41 in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to just 16, a fall of 25 seats, if a pre-poll alliance with the Shiv Sena does not materialise. The tally of 16 seats is for the BJP and its pre-poll ally Republican Party of India (Athawale). According to the survey, the Shiv Sena is estimated to win four seats with a vote share of 11.4 percent.
The UPA have 42.4 percent and the NDA without the Shiv Sena is at 38.4 percent according to the survey. The survey considers BJP and Shiv Sena as post-poll allies and adds it to the NDA’s tally.