NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), headed by its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, is set to win 35 per cent of votes in the general election starting Monday, an opinion poll released late on Friday showed.
The ruling Congress is expected to get 25 per cent of votes, according to the poll by CNN-IBN and Lokniti at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), the last major poll before the election.
The BJP and its allies are expected to win a combined 38 per cent, giving them between 234 and 246 seats out of the 543-seat Lok Sabha. Congress and its allies are expected to win 28 per cent, entitling them to between 111 and 123 seats, according to the poll.
Voting in the world's largest democracy is phased over several weeks, and will end on May 12. Results are due to be announced on May 16.
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