New Delhi: The State of the Nation March 2019 Wave 2 opinion poll conducted by CVoter for IANS shows the likely vote percentage for the two main poles of national politics, the NDA and UPA in this year's general elections. However, there is a sharp increase in vote share for the NDA compared to the March 10 figures of the CVoter poll.

also read: Amethi roadside posters caricature Priyanka Gandhi as ‘Fraud’

Seat share projections for the NDA, based on pre-poll alliances, indicates it will fall short of a House majority with 261 seats — the March 10 opinion poll said it had put this number at 264. The second survey shows that the BJP will get 241 seats on its own. According to CVoter, the UPA will get just 143 seats on the basis of alliances it has sewed up so far with the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha alliance in Jharkhand, the Janata Dal (S) in Karnataka, the UDF constituents in Kerala, the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra and the DMK in Tamil Nadu.

The CVoter State of the Nation March 2019 Wave 2 opinion poll released on March 24 is based on a sample survey of 10,280 this week and a cumulative base of 70,000 respondents since January 1 covering 543 Lok Sabha constituencies. For both alliances, the numbers would change sharply if some post-poll alliances work out. As the NDA is already well ahead of the UPA, the surge from post-poll alliances would push it well clear of the majority mark of 272.

also read: Kanhaiya Kumar appealed to people to donate Rs.1 for his election campaign fund