An opinion poll conducted by C-VOTER has given a slight edge to the RJD-JDU-Congress alliance in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar is also the preferred CM with 53% of over 10,000 respondents that the survey questioned.
According to the poll, the Grand Alliance is expected to win 116-132 seats and the BJP and it’s allies between 94-110 seats. Crucially, the ‘others’ category, i.e. parties and independents not allied with either formation, are predicted to get 13-21 seats. The BJP led alliance is set to get 40% of the vote, while Nitish and Lalu along with the Congress will get 43%.
If taken at face value, the opinion poll gives all the political actors involved a reason to hope.
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