The DMK-Congress alliance is expected win the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections with a sweeping victory, defeating E Palaniswamy's AIADMK government in the state, according to projections of the Times Now C-Voter Opinion Poll.
According to the poll, the AIADMK government is headed towards a major fall and is predicted to win only 65 seats in 2021, a steep fall from its 135 seats in the previous election.
DMK's M K Stalin is people's preferred CM for the state, with close to 38 per cent of respondents picking him for the top job. Meanwhile, only 31 per cent of respondents favoured Palaniswami as CM.
Congress faltering in Puducherry
The opinion poll is predicting more bad news for Congress in the union territory, projecting that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to form the government by winning 18 of the 30 seats.
The grand old party is expected to win 12 seats in the Assembly elections. It had come to power in the UT with alliance partner DMK in 2016 by grabbing 17 Assembly seats.
(Published 08 March 2021, 15:59 IST)
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