Unemployment and price rise are the key concerns of nearly half the electorate, the CSDS-Lokniti pre-poll survey in the run-up to the 2024 general elections revealed. Nearly two thirds of those surveyed, with the highest among cities, across localities expressed that getting jobs had become more difficult. The concern was highest among Muslims with 67% saying that getting jobs had …
When Narendra Modi entered the national political arena in 2013-14, he was portrayed as the mascot of the Gujarat model of development. Responding to an open-ended question, two-thirds of the voters spontaneously mentioned two issues that they would consider at the time of voting: price rise and unemployment. Five years ago, when the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Assembly elections, …
The winning of an election by the incumbent government is often seen as an endorsement of the work done by it. Despite people’s critical views on price rise and unemployment, Bharatiya Janata Party governments retained power in all the four states under its rule. The survey’s findings indicate that in all five states where polls were held recently, there is …
Bihar Assembly Elections 2020, the first polls to be held in India after the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, has gripped the country. Some 52 per cent voters said that they were satisfied with Nitish Kumar’s performance, while 61 per cent say they are satisfied with the work of the Modi government. Preference for Nitish Kumar as CM has declined amongst …