UP Election 2022 Opinion Poll Updates: BJP retains UP, SP second, BSP distant third

As the nation is all set to witness high-octane poll battle in five states, Zee news brings to you India's biggest-ever opinion poll - with largest sample size ever collected. Five states - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur will go to polls between February-March. The biggest poll battle will be witnessed in Uttar Pradesh - country's biggest state in terms of population - where voting will be done for 403 seats in 7 phases.

This opinion poll was jointly conducted by Zee News in association with Design Boxed - a political campaign management company, that has a long experience of conducting opinion polls. In terms of sample size, this is also the largest opinion poll ever conducted in the history of India.

‘Janta Ka Mood’ - billed as the biggest opinion poll - received over 10 lakh responses from people of the five states.

Welcome to Zee News' Desh ka Mood opinion poll:

19 January 2022

21:04 PM

Narendra Modi still most popular in Uttar Pradesh?

The Zee News opinion poll also found that 72% of people still favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi as PM's face, while 28% want Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the PM.

21:04 PM

Who is the most preferred CM candidate in Uttar Pradesh?

According to the Zee News opinion poll, Yogi Adityanath has emerged as the people's first choice for the chief minister post in Uttar Pradesh. Adityanath has been favoured by 47% of the total respondents, while 35% want SP chief Akhilesh Yadav as the CM.

9% have voted in favour of Mayawati and 5% want Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to be the next UP CM.

21:03 PM

What may be the total vote share for BJP and SP?

The Yogi Adityanath government is heading towards its second term with securing 41% of the total vote share, as compared to the Samajwadi Party's 34%.

While the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is expected to get 10% of the total vote share, Congress may receive just 6 per cent, three per cent less than Others.

20:49 PM

How many total seats may BJP and SP win?

The opinion poll shows that the BJP+ is likely to get between 245-267 seats and SP+ may bag 125-148 seats.

Mayawati's BSP may win somewhere between 5-9 seats and Congress is likely to settle with just 3-7 seats. Others may get 2-6 seats.

19:55 PM

Final View - Central Uttar Pradesh

1) Vote Percentage

BJP+ 45

SP+ 32

BSP 8

CONG 6

OTH 9

2) Seat Share

BJP+ 47-49

SP+ 16-20

BSP 0

CONG 1-2

OTH 0

3) Chief Minister's Face

Yogi Adityanath - 47%

Akhilesh Yadav - 35%

Mayawati - 09 %

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - 04%

Others - 5%

19:34 PM

FINAL VIEW - Western UP

1) Vote Percent

BJP+ 36

SP+ 37

BSP 14

CONG 06

OTH 07

2) Seat Sharing (Total = 71 seats)

BJP+ 33-37

SP+ 33-37

BSP 2-4

CONG 0

OTH 0

3) Chief Minister's Choice

Yogi Adityanath - 43

Akhilesh Yadav - 41

Mayawati - 9

Priyanka Gandhi - 4

19:26 PM

Western Uttar Pradesh

Akhilesh - 41%

Yogi Adityanath - 43%

Mayawati - 9%

19:23 PM

Western Uttar Pradesh - Seats-71

BJP+ 33-37

SP+ 33-37

BSP 2-4

CONG 0

OTH 0

19:03 PM

Uttar Pradesh: People's choice for Prime Minister

Narendra Modi - 72%

Rahul Gandhi - 28%

18:53 PM

Bundelkhand: BJP repeating stunning performance

In 2017 election, BJP won all the 19 seats in Bundelkhand region. They look in a strong position this time too. However, they may lose 1-2 seats.

18:48 PM

Purvanchal: Vote Share

BJP - 39%

SP - 36%

BSP - 11%

Congress - 8%

18:39 PM

What is the biggest issue for UP's voter

1) Unemployment - 73%

2)Inflation - 65%

3) Development - 54%

4) Stray animals - 39%

5) Farmers - 19%

18:37 PM

SP makes massive gains in Purvanchal region

In 2017, SP gained 22 per cent votes here. This time, the Akhilesh Yadav led party may get 25 per cent votes here.

18:33 PM