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1 Z1. What is your age? All India Tracker Poll 2014 Round II-Survey Findings Age group N (%) Valid (%) Valid 1: Up to 25 yrs : yrs : yrs : yrs : 56 yrs. and above Total Missing 98: No answer 45.2 Z2: Gender Gender N (%) 1: Male : Female Z3: What is your marital status? Marital Status N (%) 1: Married : Married, gauna not performed : Widowed : Divorced : Separated : Deserted : Never married/single : No response 82.4 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 1

2 Q1: Lok Sabha elections are going to be held in a few months time. If Lok Sabha elections were to be held tomorrow, which party would you vote for? Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) : Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) : Loksatta Party : People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) : Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) : All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) : ASDC : Bodoland People's Front (BPF) : Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : CPI-ML (L) : Aam Admi Party (AAP) : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Goa Vikas Party (GVP) : Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : J & K People's Democrctic Party (PDP) : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) 22.1 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 2

3 Parties N (%) 36: JVM-P (Marandi's party) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) : BSR (Congress) : Kerala Congress-M (KC-M) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress : Gondvana Gantantra Party : Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) : Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) : National People's Party (NPP) : Mizo National Front (MNF) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) : Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) : AIADMK : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) : Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) : MDMK : Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Peace Party (PP) : Quami Ekta Dal (QED) : Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 3

4 Parties N (%) 81: All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) : Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) : Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response Q2: Who would you prefer as the Prime Minister of the country after the 2014 Lok Sabha election? P.M. Choice N (%) 01: Manmohan Singh : Sonia Gandhi : Rahul Gandhi : Narendra Modi : L K Advani : P Chidambaram : A K Antony : Sushil Kumar Shinde : Sharad Pawar : Sushma Swaraj : Arun Jaitley : Rajnath Singh : Nitin Gadkari : Priyanka Gandhi : Mayawati : Mulayam Singh Yadav : Jayalalithaa : M Karunanidhi : Naveen Patnaik : Mamata Banerjee : Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 63.3 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 4

5 P.M. Choice N (%) 22: Prakash Karat : Nitish Kumar : Lalu Prasad Yadav : Ram Vilas Paswan : Akhilesh Yadav : Ajit Singh : Shivraj Singh Chouhan : Raman Singh : Digvijay Singh : Raj Thackeray : Uddhav Thackeray : H D Deve Gowda : Siddaramaiah : H D Kumaraswamy : Y S Jaganmohan Reddy : N Chandrababu Naidu : K Chandrashhekhar Rao : Ashok Gehlot : Vasundhara Raje : Kamal Nath : Manohar Parrikar : Prem Kumar Dhumal : Parkash Singh Badal : Sukhbir Singh Badal : Tarun Gogoi : Prafulla Kumar Mahanta : Omar Abdullah : Kapil Sibal : Arvind Kejriwal : Anna Hazare : Shibu Soren : Babulal Marandi 13.1 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 5

6 P.M. Choice N (%) 61: Oommen Chandy : V S Achuthanandan : Jaswant Singh : Murli Manohar Joshi : Meira Kumar : Manik Sarkar : N Kiran Kumar Reddy : Arjun Munda : Keshubhai Patel : Sitaram Yechuri : Bhupendra Singh Hooda : B S Yeddyurappa : Jairam Ramesh : Salman Khurshid : Jaipal Reddy : Ghulam Nabi Azad : Shashi Tharoor : Veerappa Moily : Mani Shankar Aiyar : Sri Prakash Jaiswal : Harish Rawat : Mallikarjuna Kharge : B S Yeddyurappa : Others : Don't know/can't say Q3: In whatever financial condition you are placed today, on the whole are you satisfied or dissatisfied with it? 1: Fully satisfied : Somewhat satisfied CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 6

7 3: Somewhat dissatisfied : Fully dissatisfied : Don't know/can't say/no response Q4: Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the performance of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre over the last four and half years? 1: Fully satisfied : Somewhat satisfied : Somewhat dissatisfied : Fully dissatisfied : Don't know/can't say/no response a: (If fully satisfied or somewhat satisfied in Q4) You say you are satisfied with the performance of the UPA government. Can you tell me what is the most important reason for your satisfaction? 01: India has developed/development/better infrastructure/industries : Has provided good governance : Has provided stability : Law and order has improved : Less corrupt/less corruption : Curbed/contained price rise : Better electricity supply : Better water supply : Better roads : Has developed my area : Has done a lot for farmers/agriculture/irrigation : Has looked after my caste community/interests : Has allowed religious freedom of all communities/has maintained religious 46.2 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 7

8 harmony/secular 14: Has done a lot for Hindus : Has curbed the religious activities of minorities/ Has not appeased the minorities 16: Good foreign policy/has protected India s interests/improved its image in the world : Good handling of drought situation : Has worked for the poor/not just for the rich : Better education/schools/colleges : Better health facilities/hospitals/medical treatment : Created more employment opportunities, jobs : Has worked for the youth : Efficiency in government offices/departments has improved : I am happy with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh : I am happy with Sonia Gandhi : I Like Rahul Gandhi : NREGA, rural development : Food security : Right to Information : Right to Education : Social sector programmes : Has handled terrorism well : Correct approach Maoist/Naxal violence : Pro-women/greater focus on women/women s safety : Has worked for the minorities, Muslims, Christians etc : Has kept its reservation promise : Urban rejuvenation/urban planning/cities have grown : Any other reason mentioned : Don t know/can t say : NA CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 8

9 b: (If fully dissatisfied or somewhat dissatisfied in Q4) You say you are dissatisfied with the performance of the UPA government. Can you tell me what is the most important reason for your dissatisfaction? 01: India has not developed/it has declined/development has not taken place/worsened/bad infrastructure/no industries, investment : Has provided Bad governance : Not decisive/not strong enough Corrupt/Corruption/scams : Illegal mining : Has not curbed price rise : Electricity problem : Water problem : Bad roads : Has neglected my area/region : Has done nothing for farmers/agriculture/bad irrigation/any farmer complaint : Law and order has worsened : Intolerant government/curbs on free expression and speech : Has not looked after my caste community/interests : Religious disharmony has increased/attacks on minorities/communalism : Bad foreign policy/has failed to protect India s interests/india s image in the world has declined : Has done nothing for Hindus : Has appeased the minorities : Poor handling of drought situation : Has not worked for the poor/neglected the poor/worked only for rich : Condition of Education/schools/colleges has worsened : Poor health facilities/condition of hospitals has worsened/medical treatment has worsened : No employment opportunities, jobs have declined : Has not worked for the youth : Efficiency in government offices/departments has declined : I am unhappy with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh/Silent/Indecisive/No 75.4 authority 28: I am unhappy with Sonia Gandhi/Too much control by her 15.1 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 9

10 29: I dislike Rahul Gandhi/No experience/can t be PM : NREGA not working well, no rural development : Non availability of Food/Hunger : Right to Information not working well : Right to Education not working well : No Social sector programmes : Has handled terrorism badly/rise in terrorism : Wrong approach Maoist/Naxal violence : Anti-women/less focus on women/done nothing for women s safety/crime 44.2 against women 38: Has not worked for the minorities, no welfare of minorities : Has not kept its reservation promise : Mess in urban areas/no urban plan/cities are choking : Any other reason mentioned : Don t know/can t say : NA Q5: How would you rate the economic situation of the country at this moment. Is it Very Good, Good, So-so, Bad or Very Bad? 1: Very Good : Good : So-so : Bad : Very Bad Don't know/can't Say/No response CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 10

11 Q6: People have different considerations when they go out to vote. What will be the most important consideration for you when you vote in the next Lok Sabha election local Candidate, Party or the Prime Ministerial candidate of a party? 1: Local Candidate : Party : Prime Ministerial Candidate : Others : Don't know/can't say/no response Q7: Thinking of how you (or your family, in the case of first time voters) have voted in the last four-five elections, how would you describe yourself? Which party s traditional supporter are you? Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) : Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) : Loksatta Party : People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) : Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) : All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) : ASDC : Bodoland People's Front (BPF) : Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) 29.2 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 11

12 Parties N (%) 19: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : CPI-ML (L) : Aam Admi Party (AAP) : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Goa Vikas Party (GVP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) : J & K People's Democrctic Party (PDP) : Jammu Kashmir Panthers Party (JKPP) : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : JVM-P (Marandi's party) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) : Kerala Congress-M (KC-M) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress : Kerala Congress (B) : Kerala Congress (Jacob) : Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) : Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) : AIADMK : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) 13.1 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 12

13 Parties N (%) 67: Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) : MDMK : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Rashtriya Lok Dal : Peace Party (PP) : Apna Dal (AD) : Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) : Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) : Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response Q8: Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Manmohan Singh s performance as the Prime Minister? 1: Fully satisfied : Somewhat satisfied : Somewhat dissatisfied : Fully dissatisfied : Don't know/can't say/no response Q9: Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the performance of the ruling state government in the state over the last few years? 1: Fully satisfied : Somewhat satisfied CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 13

14 3: Somewhat dissatisfied : Fully dissatisfied : Don't know/can't say/no response Q10: What will be the single most important issue for you when you vote in the next 2014 Lok Sabha election? 01: Price rise/lpg hike/diesel/petrol etc : Corruption, scams of government : Employment/Unemployment/Jobs : Development/Vikaas : Economy/Economic growth : Bad governance of UPA/Vote against UPA : Good governance of UPA/Support for UPA : Vote against Manmohan Singh : Vote in support of Manmohan Singh : Vote for candidate in my area : Vote against candidate in my area : Lokpal : Vote against Congress : Vote for Congress : Vote against BJP : Vote for BJP : Vote against Narendra Modi/To stop Modi : Vote for Narendra Modi/To see Modi as PM : Vote against Rahul Gandhi : Vote for Rahul Gandhi : Need for strong leader/decisive leader : Farmers problems/irrigation/agriculture : Condition of roads/highways : Supply of electricity CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 14

15 25: Supply of drinking water : Drought situation in my area : Food security/food security bill : MNREGA : Healthcare, hospitals, doctors : Education, schools, colleges, teaching, teachers : Hunger/malnutrition : Poverty/ rich-poor gap/neglect of poor : Mining : Land acquisition/illegal land deals : Foreign policy/relations with countries : Terrorism : Naxalism, Maoism : Minority welfare : Appeasement of minorities : Ram temple : Hindutva : Secularism/Communalism : Caste consideration : Caste violence : Industrialisation/lack of industry : Against Privatisation : For privatisation : Against FDI/Foreign investment : For foreign investment : Wages/salaries/pensions : Housing/shelter : Transport issues/buses/trains etc : Women s safety/crime against women : Stable government/single party rule : Reservation : Environment protection 9.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 15

16 57: Displacement due to development/industries : Any Other issue mentioned : Don t know/can t say Q11: Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the performance of the Chief Minister of your state in the last few years? 1: Fully satisfied : Somewhat satisfied : Somewhat dissatisfied : Fully dissatisfied : Don't know/can't say/no response Q12: Now I will ask you about some important issues. Please tell me about each issue whether they have increased or decreased during the last four and half years of UPA-2 s rule? a: Gap between Rich and Poor 1: Increased : Remained same : Decreased : Don't know/can't say/no response b: Corruption 1: Increased : Remained same : Decreased CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 16

17 8: Don't know/can't say/no response c: India s image in the world 1: Increased : Remained same : Decreased : Don't know/can't say/no response d: Employment opportunities 1: Increased : Remained same : Decreased : Don't know/can't say/no response e: Price rise 1: Increased : Remained same : Decreased : Don't know/can't say/no response f: Welfare programmes 1: Increased CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 17

18 2: Remained same : Decreased : Don't know/can't say/no response g: Harmony between communities 1: Increased : Remained same : Decreased : Don't know/can't say/no response Q13: Suppose assembly elections are held in your state tomorrow, should the present ruling government in your state get another chance? 1: No : Yes : No opinion Q14: Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the work done by the Lok Sabha MP from your constituency over the last four and half years? 1: Fully satisfied : Somewhat satisfied : Somewhat dissatisfied : Fully dissatisfied : Don't know/can't say/no response CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 18

19 Q15: Have you heard about the Aam Admi Party (AAP)? 1: Not heard : Heard a: (If heard) Would you want AAP to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from your Constituency? Valid (%) Valid 1: No : Yes : Can't say Total Missing 9: N.A b: (If yes in Q15a) If AAP contests from your Lok Sabha constituency, would you vote for it? Valid (%) Valid 1: No : Yes : Too early to say : Can't say Total Missing 9: N.A CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 19

20 Q16: How would you rate the following government in terms of corruption - are they very corrupt, somewhat corrupt or not corrupt at all? a: Ruling state government 1: Very corrupt : Somewhat corrupt : Not at all : Can't say/don't know b: Congress-led UPA government at Centre 1: Very corrupt : Somewhat corrupt : Not at all : Can't say/don't know Q17: Which government do you think is more responsible for rising prices the Central government or your State government? 1: Central government : State Government : Both : Neither : Don't know/can't say/no response CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 20

21 Q18: Certain state governments give things like free cycles, free laptops, free TV, computers, free medicines etc. Some believe that it helps the common man and there is no harm in giving these. Others believe that it is the waste of government resources and hence should be stopped. What is your opinion? 1: No harm, should continue : Should be stopped : Should continue with some restrictions : Can't say Q19: Should the Congress party project Rahul Gandhi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections? 1: No : Yes : Don't know/can't say/no response a: (If no for Rahul) Then who should the Congress project as its PM Candidate? 01: Manmohan Singh : Sonia Gandhi : Rahul Gandhi : Narendra Modi : L K Advani : P Chidambaram : A K Antony : Sushil Kumar Shinde : Sharad Pawar : Sushma Swaraj : Priyanka Gandhi CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 21

22 15: Mayawati : Mulayam Singh Yadav : Jayalalithaa : Mamata Banerjee : Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee : Nitish Kumar : Lalu Prasad Yadav : Ram Vilas Paswan : Ajit Singh : Shivraj Singh Chouhan : Raman Singh : Digvijay Singh : Prithviraj Chavan : Raj Thackeray : H D Deve Gowda : Siddaramaiah : H D Kumaraswamy : Y S Jaganmohan Reddy : Ashok Gehlot : Vasundhara Raje : Kamal Nath : Jyotiradtiya Scindia : Sachin Pilot : Vijay Bahuguna : Virbhadra Singh : Parkash Singh Badal : Tarun Gogoi : Kapil Sibal : Arvind Kejriwal : Anna Hazare : Meira Kumar : Arjun Munda 1.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 22

23 69: Mehbooba Mufti : Shankersinh Vaghela : Sitaram Yechuri : Sheila Dikshit : Jairam Ramesh : Salman Khurshid : Veerappa Moily : Mani Shankar Aiyar : Pallam Raju : Oscar Fernandes : Girija Vyas : Harish Rawat : Mallikarjuna Kharge : B S Yeddyurappa : Others : Don't know/can't say : N.A b: (If yes for Rahul) If Rahul Gandhi is declared by the Congress as its PM candidate, will you vote for the Congress in the 2014 Loksabha elections? 1: No : Yes : Can't say : N.A CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 23

24 Q20: Did the BJP take the right decision by announcing the name of Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for the Lok Sabha election? 1: No : Yes : Don't know/can't say/no response Q21: How much of an impact has the BJP s decision to announce Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate had on your voting preference - lot of impact, some impact or no impact at all? 1: Lot of impact : Some impact : No impact at all : No opinion Q22: If the BJP along with its allies falls short of majority after the Lok Sabha but is in a position to form the government, and its new allies do not want Narendra Modi as the P.M., then in that case which leader from BJP you like to see as the P.M.? 01: Sushma Swaraj : L.K Advani : Arun Jaitley : Rajnath Singh : Nitin Gadkari : Vasundhara Raje : Shivraj Singh Chauhan : Raman Singh : Manohar Parrikar : Others : I don t want anyone from the BJP CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 24

25 12: I want only Modi from the BJP : Can't say Q23: Now I am going to read out the names of two schemes of the Central Government. Please tell me, have you or any member of your household benefited from them? a: Direct Cash Transfer (Subsidy in your bank account) 1: Benefited : Not-benefited : Don't know/not heard b: MNREGA 1: Benefited : Not-benefited : Don't know/not heard Q24: In your opinion which one party is best for the following issues? a: To curb corruption? Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 39.2 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 25

26 Parties N (%) 07: Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) : Loksatta Party : People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) : All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) : ASDC : Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : CPI-ML (L) : Aam Admi Party (AAP) : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Goa Vikas Party (GVP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : JVM-P (Marandi's party) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) : BSR (Congress) : Kerala Congress-M (KC-M) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress : Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) : Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : Mizo National Front (MNF) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) 5.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 26

27 Parties N (%) 58: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : AIADMK : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) : Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) : MDMK : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Peace Party (PP) : Quami Ekta Dal (QED) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) : Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response b: To control price rise Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) : Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 27

28 Parties N (%) 11: Loksatta Party : People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) : ASDC : Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : CPI-ML (L) : Aam Admi Party (AAP) : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Goa Vikas Party (GVP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : People's Conference : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : JVM-P (Marandi's party) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : BSR (Congress) : Kerala Congress-M (KC-M) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress : Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) : Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : Mizo National Front (MNF) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) : AIADMK CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 28

29 Parties N (%) 65: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) : Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) : MDMK : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Quami Ekta Dal (QED) : Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) : Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response c: For national security Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) : Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) : Loksatta Party : People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) : All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) : ASDC 4.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 29

30 Parties N (%) 17: Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : CPI-ML (L) : Aam Admi Party (AAP) : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Goa Vikas Party (GVP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : JVM-P (Marandi's party) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : BSR (Congress) : Kerala Congress-M (KC-M) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress : Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) : Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : Mizo National Front (MNF) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) : AIADMK : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) : Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) 3.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 30

31 Parties N (%) 69: MDMK : Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Quami Ekta Dal (QED) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) : Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response d: To encourage women in politics Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) : Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) : Loksatta Party : People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) : Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) : ASDC : Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : CPI-ML (L) 5.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 31

32 Parties N (%) 21: Aam Admi Party (AAP) : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Goa Vikas Party (GVP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : People's Conference : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : JVM-P (Marandi's party) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) : BSR (Congress) : Kerala Congress-M (KC-M) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress : Kerala Congress (B) : Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) : Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : Mizo National Front (MNF) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) : AIADMK : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) : Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) : MDMK 1.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 32

33 Parties N (%) 72: Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Quami Ekta Dal (QED) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) : Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response e: For maintain law and order Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) : Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) : Loksatta Party : People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) : All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) : ASDC : Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : CPI-ML (L) : Aam Admi Party (AAP) CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 33

34 Parties N (%) 22: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Goa Vikas Party (GVP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : Jammu Kashmir Panthers Party (JKPP) : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : JVM-P (Marandi's party) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : BSR (Congress) : Kerala Congress-M (KC-M) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress : Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) : Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : United Democratic Party (UDP) : Mizo National Front (MNF) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : AIADMK : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) : Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) : MDMK : Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Quami Ekta Dal (QED) 1.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 34

35 Parties N (%) 78: Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response Q25: Have you heard/read about the Lokpal Bill being passed by Parliament? 1: Not heard : Heard a: (If heard in Q25) Who would you give credit for the passage of the Lokpal bill? 01: BJP : Congress : Anna Hazare and Team : Civil Society in general : Political Parties in general : Parliament : Arvind Kejriwal/Aam Aadmi Party : Others : Can't say : N.A CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 35

36 b: (If heard in Q25) In your opinion to what extent will the new Lokpal law be able to control corruption - to a very large extent, to some extent, or not at all? 1: To a very large extent : To some extent : Not at all : Don't know/can't say : N.A Q26: If you had to choose between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi as the next Prime Minister of India, whom would you choose? 1: Rahul Gandhi : Narendra Modi : Any would do : Neither : Don't know/can't say Q27: Which is the one thing that you like about Narendra Modi, the most? 01: Young/relatively younger in age/connects with the youth : Inclusive, secular leader (not communal) : Decisive leader, takes good and strong decisions : Experienced leader : Honest leader : Consensus builder : Good Orator, gives good speeches : Good administrator, has provided good governance/development/can handle the economy 09: Has a vision for India/will change India CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 36

37 10: Represents Hindu interests : Against minority appeasement : Belongs to Nehru-Gandhi dynasty/great family background : Provides hope : Has apologised for Gujarat riots/reached out to Muslims : Dictatorial, authoritarian, hence will be good for the country : Pro-women; good for women s safety and security : Other answers : I like everything about him : I dislike everything about him : Can t say Q28: Which is the one thing that you dislike about Narendra Modi, the most? 01: Does not represent youth aspirations/not young : Too young : Not an inclusive leader/not a secular leader/divisive leader/communal leader : Not a decisive leader, does not takes good and strong decisions : Not an experienced leader : Not an honest leader : Not a consensus builder : Not a good orator : Not a good administrator, has not provided good governance/ development : Does not have a vision for India/will not change India : Does not represent Hindu interests : Appeases the minorities : Represents dynasty politics/privilege : Does not provide hope : Role in Gujarat riots/could not prevent Gujarat riots : Linked to a party involved in past riots 56.3 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 37

38 17: Against minorities/muslims : Represents only Hindu interests : Authoritarian and dictatorial, hence will be bad for the country : Anti-women; not good for women s safety and security : Other answers : I like everything about him : I dislike everything about him : Can t say Q29: Which is the one thing that you like about Rahul Gandhi the most? 01: Young/relatively younger in age/connects with the youth : Inclusive, secular leader (not communal) : Decisive leader, takes good and strong decisions : Experienced leader : Honest leader : Consensus builder : Good Orator, gives good speeches : Good administrator has provided good governance/development/can handle the economy 09: Has a vision for India/will change India : Represents Hindu interests : Against minority appeasement : Belongs to Nehru-Gandhi dynasty/great family background : Provides hope : Has apologised for Gujarat riots/reached out to Muslims : Dictatorial, authoritarian, hence will be good for the country : Pro-women; good for women s safety and security : Other answers : I like everything about him : I dislike everything about him CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 38

39 98: Can t say Q30: Which is the one thing that you dislike about Rahul Gandhi, the most? 01: Does not represent youth aspirations/not young : Too young : Not an inclusive leader/not a secular leader/divisive leader/communal 98.5 leader 04: Not a decisive leader, does not takes good and strong decisions : Not an experienced leader : Not an honest leader : Not a consensus builder : Not a good orator : Not a good administrator, has not provided good governance/ development 10: Does not have a vision for India/will not change India : Does not represent Hindu interests : Appeases the minorities : Represents dynasty politics/privilege : Does not provide hope : Role in Gujarat riots/could not prevent Gujarat riots : Linked to a party involved in past riots : Against minorities/muslims : Represents only Hindu interests : Authoritarian and dictatorial, hence will be bad for the country : Anti-women; not good for women s safety and security : Other answers : I like everything about him : I dislike everything about him : Can t say CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 39

40 Q31: Some people are of the opinion that if Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister it will be good for the country. While others believe that Modi becoming the Prime minister will be a bad thing for the country. What is your opinion? 1: Good for the country : Bad for the country : Does not matter if Modi becomes PM or not : Can't say Q32: Have you heard about allegations of illegal snooping on a woman by Gujarat government officials? 1: Not heard : Heard a: (If heard in Q32) Do you think these allegations are nothing but political vindictiveness against Narendra Modi by his opponents or do you think they are serious allegations and must be probed? 1: It s a case of political vindictiveness : It s serious and must be probed : Can't say : N.A CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 40

41 Q33: Now I will read out two statements. Please tell me whether you agree with the first statement or the second statement. 1. Some governments pay undue attention to the Muslim community only because they want to appease them for their votes. 2. Since the Muslim community is socio economically backward, there is a need for the government to pay special attention to them 1: Agree with (1) : Agree with (2) : Agree with both : Disagree with both : No opinion Q34: How regularly do you do the following for News daily, sometimes, rarely or never? a: Watch TV for News 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know b: Listen to the radio for News 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 41

42 c: Read newspaper for News 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know d: Use the internet/go online for News 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know Q35: Do you have the following accounts? a: Facebook accounts 1: No : Yes aa: (If yes) How frequently do you use this - daily, sometimes, rarely or never? 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 42

43 4: Never : Can't say/don't know : N.A b: Do you have the Twitter account accounts? 1: No : Yes ba: (If yes) How frequently do you use this - daily, sometimes, rarely or never? 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know : N.A c: Do you have the account accounts? 1: No : Yes ca: (If yes) How frequently do you use this - daily, sometimes, rarely or never? 1: Daily CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 43

44 2: Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know : N.A Q35b1: (If yes to Twitter or Facebook in Q35) How frequently do you do the following on Twitter or Facebook daily, sometimes, rarely or never? a: Express your personal views on politics 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know : N.A b: Share/forward any political material 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know : N.A CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 44

45 c: Read news related to politics 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know : N.A d: Use it for friendship and networking 1: Daily : Sometimes : Rarely : Never : Can't say/don't know : N.A Q36: To what extent do you think your community is being used by certain political parties as a vote-bank during elections to a large extent, to some extent or not being used as a vote-bank at all? 1: To a large extent : To some extent : Not at all : Can't say CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 45

46 aa: (If used to a large extent or some extent) Then which party is using your community as a vote bank? (1st response) Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) : Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) : Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) : All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) : ASDC : Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : Aam Admi Party (AAP) : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : Kerala Congress-M (KC-M) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress : Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) 2.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 46

47 Parties N (%) 48: Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) : AIADMK : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) : Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) : MDMK : Indigenous National Party of Tripura (INPT) : Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Peace Party (PP) : Quami Ekta Dal (QED) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response : N.A ab: (If used to a large extent or some extent) Then which party is using your community as a vote bank? (2nd response) Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 47

48 Parties N (%) 04: Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) : Communist Party of India (CPI) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) : Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) : YSR Congress : Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) : Loksatta Party : People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) : Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) : All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) : ASDC : Bodoland People's Front (BPF) : Janata Dal United (JD-U) : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) : CPI-ML (L) : Aam Admi Party (AAP) : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) : United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP) : Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) : Jammu Kashmir Panthers Party (JKPP) : All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : JVM-P (Marandi's party) : Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) : Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) : BSR (Congress) : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) : Kerala Congress 2.0 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 48

49 Parties N (%) 46: Shiv Sena (SS) : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) : Republican Party of India - A (RPI-A) : National People's Party (NPP) : Naga Peoples Front (NPF) : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) : People's Party of Punjab (PPP) : Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) : AIADMK : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) : Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) : Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) : Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) : Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) : Samajwadi Party (SP) : Peace Party (PP) : Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : Independent : Other parties : Don't know/can't say/no response : N.A Q37: If a non-congress non-bjp government comes to power after the 2014 Lok Sabha election, then who should become the Prime Minister? 01: Manmohan Singh : Sonia Gandhi : Rahul Gandhi : Narendra Modi CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 49

50 05: L K Advani : P Chidambaram : A K Antony : Sushil Kumar Shinde : Sharad Pawar : Sushma Swaraj : Arun Jaitley : Rajnath Singh : Nitin Gadkari : Priyanka Gandhi : Mayawati : Mulayam Singh Yadav : Jayalalithaa : M Karunanidhi : Naveen Patnaik : Mamata Banerjee : Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee : Prakash Karat : Nitish Kumar : Lalu Prasad Yadav : Ram Vilas Paswan : Akhilesh Yadav : Ajit Singh : Shivraj Singh Chouhan : Raman Singh : Raj Thackeray : Uddhav Thackeray : H D Deve Gowda : Siddaramaiah : H D Kumaraswamy : Y S Jaganmohan Reddy : N Chandrababu Naidu 27.1 CNNIBN-CSDS Survey Page 50

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