Exit poll: BJP impresses Delhi Brahmins, Gujjars with AAP

Except for the Muslim community compared to 2008, the BJP has made deep inroads into different caste and communities if the demographic patterns are taken into account in the 2013 Assembly polls in Delhi. But notably enough, the saffron unit is contested keenly by the Aam Aadmi Party. The Lokniti (CSDS)-IBN-The Week post-poll survey conducted in 29 Assembly constituencies and 126 polling stations with a sample size of 2,263 on 4 and 5 December discovered that the BJP has widened the lead over Congress among the Brahmins while AAP is ahead of the BJP within the Punjabi Khatri community. Among the Rajputs, BJP and AAP are moving neck-to-neck while Congress’ popularity is on the decline.[caption id=“attachment_1271985” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Impressing voters. Reuters[/caption] If the Vaishyas and Jains are taken into account jointly, the BJP is ahead but AAP is closing in a bit. Here too the Congress takes a beating. Similar is the equation when the Jat community is looked into. Be it the Gujjars, Yadavs and Jatavs, AAP is ahead of all other political parties. The BJP is more or less in the second position. While the Muslims are maintaining a diminishing faith on the Congress, the Sikh community has kept the BJP and the Shiromoni Akali Dal ahead of the others. The Brahmins, Jats and big and medium businessmen all voted 45 percent each for the BJP in the Delhi Assembly poll conducted on 4 December. Among the BJP voters, 39 percent were school and college teachers, another 39 percent from the upper class while 37 percent were college students. AAP did well among the Punjabi Khatris by getting 38 percent. It also got 33 percent Dalit votes and 32 percent from those highly exposed to media and 30 percent from the upper class. Among the college educated and middle class, 29 percent from each of the communities chose to press the EVMs in favour of AAP. Among the migrant population, people from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana besides other Hindi speaking states have kept BJP ahead of AAP and Congress. If the division is made in terms of economic background, 39 percent of the voters preferred BJP ahead of AAP and Congress. In the middle class section, 33 percent supported the BJP while 29 percent voted for AAP and 21 percent to the Congress. The BJP also remained a clear leader in the lower section and poor segment of the society as well, the survey found.