The YSR Congress party led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to bag majority of the votes belonging to SCs, STs and minority votes in the coming elections to the Lok Sabha and assembly in Andhra Pradesh, a latest survey conducted by People’s Pulse revealed.
The poll tracker survey studied the pattern of community votes in the coming elections.
According to the report, the YSRCP gets a whopping 74.68 percent of the Reddy votes, followed by 69.93 percent of the Christian votes. A majority of Madigas (59.85 percent) and Muslims (55 percent) may support it.
However, only 35 percent of BC votes and 42 percent of other SC (Mala) votes may go YSRCP’s way, the survey disclosed.
On the other hand, the TDP-BJP-JSP combine gets a massive 89 percent of the Kamma vote followed by 73 percent of the Kapu votes. It may get 67.93 percent of other OC votes, 68.85 percent of the Vysya votes, 60 percent of the BC votes, and 54.81 percent of Madiga votes. It is expected to get 40 percent of the Muslim votes.
Interestingly, the Brahmin vote may split more or less equally, with 47 percent going to YSRCP and 45 percent to the TDP-JSP-BJP alliance.
With regard to the perception of voters on the alliance among the TDP, the Jana Sena Party and the BJP, as much as 46 percent of voters are okay with it, 42 percent say it is “bad”, while 12 percent are “undecided”.
A total of 48 percent feel YSRCP should not get a second chance as against 43 percent who prefer the party to return to power. Strangely, these feelings do not gel with the respondents’ opinion on the performance of the YSRCP government.
Around 16 percent feel the performance is “very good”. For 22 percent, it is merely “good”, while 19 percent say it is “okay”. In sum, 57 percent have varying degrees of positive perceptions.
In contrast, 14 percent say the performance is “bad” followed by 29 percent who say it has been “very bad”. The negative perception totals 43 percent.