Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2017 opinion poll: C-Voter survey predicts thumping victory for BJP

Himachal Pradesh will go to the polls on Thursday and ahead of the Assembly election, a soon-to-be released C-Voter survey predicts a thumping victory for the BJP. According to the survey, the BJP will enjoy an 11.8 percent swing in vote share, with the Congress set to suffer a swing of negative five percent. In terms of seat share too, the BJP looks set to double its tally of 26 seats and end up with 52 this time around, while the incumbent party appears to be on the verge of losing 21 seats, greatly diminishing its kitty of 36 seats. The infographic below contains a breakdown of the survey and what respondents felt about candidates, parties and the fate of the state:

CVoter Himachal tracker Infogram

Fieldwork for the survey was conducted between 1 and 3 November and 1,267 respondents were polled.