2024 LS Polls Predictions: What Happens If Elections Are Held Today? Check India TV-CNX Opinion Poll Results

What happens if the Lok Sabha polls are today? Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get a third term? Or can the Opposition block INDIA end the BJP juggernaut? Well, India TV-CNX's opinion has answered these questions.

The survey conducted by India TV and CNX Opinion poll has predicted that the BJP government will return to power with a bang. Yes, Narendra Modi will get his third term and the saffron party although it might lose a few seats.

According to the opinion poll, the NDA may get 318 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The BJP will get 290 on its own. It means 13 seats lesser than it bagged in 2019 polls. The results were announced by the channel on its special show 'Desh Ki Awaaz'.

It comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence of coming back to power. India will find a place in the top three economies in the world in my third term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Wednesday.

"In our first term, India was in the 10th spot in terms of economy. In my second term, it is the world's fifth-largest economy. On the basis of track record, I will make the country believe, in the third term, the economy will be among the world's top three," he added. "In my third term, India will stand among the top three economies. And this is Modi's guarantee," he said at an event.

How WIll Congress Perform If Polls Are Held Today?
After its thumping victory in the Karnataka Assembly polls, the Congress has been hoping to bounce back in the Lok Sabha polls. However, the survey report is not encouraging as it predicted the grand old party of taking its tally to 66, an increase of 14 seats from the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress is poised to become the third-largest party in the Lok Sabha this time, securing 29 seats, an increase of seven seats from their previous tally of 22. On the other hand, the ruling YSR Congress party from Andhra Pradesh is projected to emerge as the fourth-largest party with 18 seats, a decrease of four seats compared to the 22 seats it won in the previous elections.

According to projections, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) is expected to enhance its current seat count of six to eleven, while Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party may significantly increase its present one LS seat to ten seats if elections were held now. Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal in Odisha may witness a slight increase in its tally, going from 12 to 13 seats as per the projections. However, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena (Shinde) may experience a considerable decline in strength, dropping from twelve seats to two.

INDIA VS NDA

In total, the BJP-led NDA is likely to bag 318 seats while the newly-formed Opposition bloc INDIA is predicted to win 175 seats.