Devendra Fadnavis more popular than Shinde in state: Survey

According to a new survey conducted by the News Arena India on Twitter, now Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is more popular than chief minister Eknath Shinde in the state, as per the reports by Hindustan Times.  As per the survey, 35% favour Fadnavis for becoming the next chief minister, while only 12% of people have preferred Shinde for the post. During the recently held Karnataka Assembly polls, the institute claimed to have projected accurate figures.

Few days ago, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena published advertisements in newspapers which claimed that Shinde is more popular than Fadnavis in the state and 26.1% would like to see the former as the chief minister for the next term. Fadnavis received 23.2% votes in that advertisement. Clarifying the BJP said that they do not depend on any survey and have been working on the outreach program to win the forthcoming polls.


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In the assembly polls, the survey has projected 25 seats to Shiv Sena. Currently it has 40 MLAs and the party claims the support of 10 independent leaders will take the strength to 50. Meanwhile, the BJP has been projected to win 123 to 129 seats and at present, the saffron party has 105 MLAs in the lower house.

For the post of next CM, Congress leader Ashok Chavan has gained 21% popularity followed by Ajit Pawar, who received 14% preference, while former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has won only 9% for the top post, according to the survey.