Opinion polls: UPA losing ground, Modi's projection as PM candidate will double NDA advantage

Gauging the impact of Modi in 2014, the Headlines Today-C Voter opinion poll suggested that projecting Modi as the NDA's candidate for PM will lead to gains for the UPA, but it will almost double the advantage for the NDA.



The UPA will likely get 23 more seats and the NDA 41 if Modi is the NDA's PM face, it said.

The opinion poll said the tally of the BJP's ally Janata Dal-United, which is not keen on Modi, could drop to half in Bihar if it dumps NDA over the issue, while the BJP can win 18 seats in Bihar on its own if it does project Modi.

The Headlines Today-CVoter poll, conducted between March and May 2013 among 1.2 lakh randomly selected people in 540 Lok Sabha segments, had bad tidings for the UPA's 2014 prospects, indicating the Congress would lose 90 of the 206 seats it won in 2009.

"The BJP is emerging as the single biggest party with 137 seats, a jump of 21 from its total in 2009 with the Congress finishing second at 116."