02-05-2008, 11:24 PM
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Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna | Bangalore
There is good news for the Bharatiya Janata Party as an opinion poll conducted jointly by the prestigious Loyola College, in Chennai, and the St. Joseph's College of Arts and Sciences, Bangalore, has found that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party in the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly election and BS Yeddyurappa will be the Chief Minister.
The result of the State-wide poll was released here by the Principal of St. Joseph's College Ambrose Pinto.
The poll conducted between January 11 and 20 in 24 districts of Karnataka was designed and guided by S Rajanayagam, Director, People Studies, Loyola College and employed the convenience-sampling technique.
<b>Of the 2,580 people interviewed, 40 per cent said they would vote for the BJP, whereas 25.8 per cent favoured the Congress, while 10.7 per cent stated they would vote for the JD (S), the party headed by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.</b>
According to the survey, 62 per cent of the respondents felt that a single party would win a majority on its own in the coming Assembly election, while 25 per cent expect a coalition Government and 13 per cent said a single party would rule with external support.
On the question of the next Chief Minister, 49.1 per cent predicted it was BJP's Yeddyurappa, and 37.6 per cent thought it would be JD (S) leader and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Present Maharashtra Governor SM Krishna, who is planning to return to Karnataka politics and head the Congress campaign, polled 5.7 per cent.
The survey concluded that while the present political climate favoured the BJP, it was stated the situation could change depending on the strategy adopted by the Congress and the contestants each party fielded.
<b>Of the people interviewed, 40 per cent were from the urban areas and 60 per cent from rural Karnataka. Religion-wise, the sample contained 83.5 per cent Hindus, 11.1 per cent Muslims, 1.3 per cent Christians and those from other religions, including Jains.
Caste-wise, the sample included, 19.7 SC/STs, 13.8 Lingayats, 12.7 Vokkaligas, 7.2 per cent Brahmins, 1.2 per cent Kurubas. The samples also included 9.5 per cent first time voters. </b>
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Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna | Bangalore
There is good news for the Bharatiya Janata Party as an opinion poll conducted jointly by the prestigious Loyola College, in Chennai, and the St. Joseph's College of Arts and Sciences, Bangalore, has found that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party in the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly election and BS Yeddyurappa will be the Chief Minister.
The result of the State-wide poll was released here by the Principal of St. Joseph's College Ambrose Pinto.
The poll conducted between January 11 and 20 in 24 districts of Karnataka was designed and guided by S Rajanayagam, Director, People Studies, Loyola College and employed the convenience-sampling technique.
<b>Of the 2,580 people interviewed, 40 per cent said they would vote for the BJP, whereas 25.8 per cent favoured the Congress, while 10.7 per cent stated they would vote for the JD (S), the party headed by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.</b>
According to the survey, 62 per cent of the respondents felt that a single party would win a majority on its own in the coming Assembly election, while 25 per cent expect a coalition Government and 13 per cent said a single party would rule with external support.
On the question of the next Chief Minister, 49.1 per cent predicted it was BJP's Yeddyurappa, and 37.6 per cent thought it would be JD (S) leader and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Present Maharashtra Governor SM Krishna, who is planning to return to Karnataka politics and head the Congress campaign, polled 5.7 per cent.
The survey concluded that while the present political climate favoured the BJP, it was stated the situation could change depending on the strategy adopted by the Congress and the contestants each party fielded.
<b>Of the people interviewed, 40 per cent were from the urban areas and 60 per cent from rural Karnataka. Religion-wise, the sample contained 83.5 per cent Hindus, 11.1 per cent Muslims, 1.3 per cent Christians and those from other religions, including Jains.
Caste-wise, the sample included, 19.7 SC/STs, 13.8 Lingayats, 12.7 Vokkaligas, 7.2 per cent Brahmins, 1.2 per cent Kurubas. The samples also included 9.5 per cent first time voters. </b>
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