Karnataka assembly Election 2013 : Yeddyurappa's KJP to play spoilsport for BJP, reveals C-Voter survey, BJP's high voltage anti-corruption campaign could be blunted by next month's Karnataka results.Karnataka News 20-13.

Bangalore, april 4 :

The BJP's high voltage anti-corruption campaign could be blunted by next month's Karnataka results. As the BJP's sole southern bastion readies to go to the polls on May 5, Headlines Today and C-Voter pre-poll survey has found that the BJP is facing a crushing defeat in the assembly elections. Its only hope if any lies in introducing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the campaign, feel voters.

The BJP's tally is set to shrivel from 110 to 52, the pre-poll survey conducted between January and March projects.

The Congress meanwhile is set to boost its numbers by a whopping 38 to end up forming the government in Karnataka. It is likely to win 118 seats, eight more than the BJP in 2008.

But most interestingly, in another strong indicator of Narendra Modi's growing popularity, a majority of 64 per cent believe that he can help the BJP recover lost ground in Karnataka.

The Headlines Today-C Voter pre-poll survey was conducted among 15,000 respondents across all the 224 assembly segments of Karnataka. The data is weighted to the known demographic profile of the state as per 2001 census. As always, there is a plus or minus margin of error of 3 per cent.

The BJP's nemesis is turning out to be former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. His Karnataka Janata Party has an 8 per cent decisive swing in its favour. While that wins him just 12 seats in the new assembly, it deals a mortal blow to the BJP's hopes of retaining power.

HD Deve Gowda's JD (Secular) has been left stranded exactly at the same place as in 2008 with the pre-poll survey projecting 19 seats for the party.

The Congress' big victory in Karnataka, it's first after some facile wins in the northeast and Himachal, is coming on the back of a one percent decline in vote share.

The BJP's vote share is seeing a steep decline of 6 per cent with it coming down from 34 per cent to 28 per cent.

Interestingly, a series of questions asked of the respondents show that 40 per cent of the respondents believe that corruption is the single biggest reason for the BJP's loss in the state.

The constant infighting which has seen a revolving door at the chief minister's office has contributed to the overwhelming feeling among 62 per cent of those polled who said the BJP failed to provide better governance than previous governments

While BSY may have succeeded in slamming the door shut on BJP's 'gateway to the south', his party's tally of 12 is also way below the mark and will not help him play kingmaker in the state.

source:http://www.daijiworld.com