News Nation Opinion Poll: BJP ahead in Himachal, may give tough fight to Congress in Punjab with Akalis

As political ardour is gaining pace ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 across India, News Nation has conducted an opinion poll in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. With General Elections 2019 knocking at the door, the burning question of the moment is who will be the top choice for prime minister in the states? Other relevant factors include the biggest ongoing issues in Himachal and Punjab, list of achievements and developmental works of the existing governments, and the politically sensitive Rafale fighter jet deal among others. In Himachal Pradesh, the Jai Ram Thakur-led BJP government has been in power since 2017 while Punjab is one of the five Congress-governed states across the country. Captain Amarinder Singh has been ruling Punjab since 2017.

As per the News Nation poll survey in Himachal Pradesh, the BJP is projected to win 3 seats whereas the Congress may bag 1. As far as the vote share is concerned, the survey shows that the BJP is likely to get 41 per cent votes followed by the Congress (35%) and others (8%). When it comes to the most favourable prime ministerial candidate in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Himachal chooses Narendra Modi with 47 per cent votes. However, 35 per cent people in the state said they want Rahul Gandhi to run the country. Talking about the most important issues in Himachal, 25 per cent people voted for inflation, 20 per cent for jobs, 10 per cent for corruption, 9 per cent for drugs, 5 per cent for basic infrastructure and 19 per cent for various other issues. Read the full story here:

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In Punjab, Narendra Modi remains the first choice for the post of Prime Minister with a total vote share of 38 per cent. Congress president Rahul Gandhi is at the second spot with 30 per cent votes. The factors which are going to dominate the 2019 General Elections in the state include employment, inflation, GST-demonetisation, corruption, drug abuse and farmers' issue among others. Being asked about their favourite party in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, the respondents said the Congress and the BJP-SAD alliance are capable to solve their issues with both getting 32 per cent votes each. Whereas, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to get 13 per cent vote share in the state. Read here:

In 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, the BJP made a clean sweep in Himachal Pradesh winning all 4 Lok Sabha seats with a massive margin. In Punjab, the BJP increased its tally from 1 to 2 but suffered a jolt as its senior leader Arun Jaitley lost to Congress leader Amarinder Singh in Amritsar. The Aam Aadmi Praty (AAP), on the other hand, made an impressive debut with 4 seats in Punjab. Of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, the AAP took 4, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) also won 4 and its ally the BJP bagged 2. The Congress had to be content with just 3 seats.

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Here are the Highlights on Himachal Pradesh and Punjab Opinion Polls: