INDIA TODAY - SURVEY - Part (II)

(01) How will Congress and BJP perform if Lok Sabha elections are held now?

	Congress	BJP
States where Congress is fighting alone	61	106
States where Congress is fighting in alliances	47	34
Projected all India tally for two major parties	108 (123)	140 (138)

All represents the number of LS seats

Figures in brackets indicate Aug 2011 responses

31% say Gadkari’s performance as BJP President is Good and 35% say it’s Average

52% believe the UPA is shielding holders of Swiss bank accounts

(02) Who is your role model?

Candidate	%
Anna Hazare	14 (7)
Sachin Tendulkar	6 (8)
Rajiv Gandhi	4 (13)
Amitabh Bachchan	3 (11)
Virender Shewag	3 (-)
Narendra Modi	2 (-)
M.S. Dhoni	2 (-)

All figures in %

Figures in brackets indicate Aug 2011 responses

43% feel USA will stop supporting Pakistan completely

(03) Rahul Gandhi Vs Anna Hazare

 If Rahul Gandhi and Anna Hazare were to contest against each other, who would you vote for?

Anna Hazare	60 (37)
Rahul Gandhi	26 (50)

All figures in %

Figures in brackets indicate Aug 2011 responses

(04) Do you agree with Anna Hazare’s view that the UPA’s Lokpal Bill is weak?

Yes	63
No	21

36% feel their Chief Minister’s performance in the current term has been good so far

(05) Who do you think is the country’s best Chief Minister in terms of performance?

1	Narendra Modi Gujarat	(1)
2	Nitish Kumar Bihar	(2)
3	Mamata Banerjee WB	(5)
4	Sheila Dikshit Delhi	(6)
5	Mayawati Uttar Pradesh	(4)
6	Shivraj Singh Chuhan Madhya Pradesh	(9)
7	J. Jayalalithaa Tamil Nadu	(3)
8	Kiran Kumar Reddy Andhra Pradesh	(8)
9	Rama Singh Chattisgarh	(11)
10	Arjun Munda Jharkhand	(18)
11	Tarun Gogoi Assam	(10)
12	Naveen Patnaik Orissa	(15)
13	Bhupinder Singh Hooda Haryana	(12)
14	Prithviraj Chavan Maharashtra	(7)
15	Ashok Gehlot Rajasthan	(16)
16	Prakash Singh Badal * Punjab	---
17	Oomen Chandy Kerala	(14)
18	B.C. Khanduri * Uttarakhand	---
19	D.V. Sadanand Gowda * Karnataka	----

* à New Entrants to the list

Figures in brackets indicate Aug 2011 responses