New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS): The BJP, which has been riding high on last year's Lok Sabha election victory, may have something to worry about in the states. According to the IANS-CVoter's 'State of the Nation' Republic Day survey, four of the five most under-performing state governments are ruled by the BJP and its allies.

The Goa government, led by the BJP, has been the worst-performing among all. As many as 62.8 per cent respondents from the state said that they were not at all satisfied with the performance of their government and only four per cent thought the government performance was "very much satisfactory".

Following in terms of under-performing were states of the northeast where none of the respondents were fully satisfied with their respective governments' work and only 41.2 per cent of respondents claimed the government work was "satisfactory to some extent". As many as 58.8 per cent of respondents said they were not satisfied at all with the government's work.

Among other most under-performing states, Haryana and Tamil Nadu, led by BJP and ally AIADMK, respectively, ranked below Punjab which is ruled by Congress.

While 17.1 per cent respondents were not satisfied with the Punjab government's work, 9.1 percent in Haryana and 1 percent of respondents in Tamil Nadu thought their state government was not good at all.

On the contrary, respondents from states like Odisha, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand appreciated the performance of their state governments.

Odisha, which is led by Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal, topped the list of most well-performing states as 80 per cent of the respondents felt their government was working well.

Himachal Pradesh, which is ruled by BJP, followed the list with 77.1 per cent respondents appreciating their government's performance.

Jharkhand, which recently chose the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal to lead the state, also found its government's work appreciable as 69.2 per cent respondents said they were very much satisfied by the Hemant Soren government's work.

The IANS-CVoter Republic Day survey findings were collated on the basis of data compiled over the previous 12 weeks running up to January 25. The sample size comprises of 30,240 people spread across 543 Lok Sabha seats. The margin of error is +/- 3 percent at the macro level and +/- 5 percent at the micro level.

56.4% 'very satisfied' with BJP, 70% will re-elect Modi PM

New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS): In what will be music to the current dispemnsation's ears, 56.4 per cent of respondents in the IANS-CVoter 'State of the Nation' Republic Day survey said they are "very much satisfied" with the BJP-led Central government, while an emphatic 62.3 per cent say the same about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

As per the survey, released on Sunday, 70 per cent respondents said they are ready to re-elect him if they can do so directly. These findings come out at a time when the nation is facing intermittent protests against legislations like Citizenship Amendment Act, which, at certain places, took a violent turn.

Not only 56.4 per cent Indian said they are "very much satisfied" with the Modi-led Central government, 23.8 per cent said they are "satisfied to some extent" and only 19.8 per cent said they are "not at all satisfied".

Interestingly, the northeast continues to remain the BJP's domain with a massive 82.1 per cent, saying they are 'very satisfied' with the BJP-led central government while its national average is 56.4 per cent. Even non BJP states like Chhattisgarh gives a 60.1 per cent approval rating for BJP. But states like Tamil Nadu and Puducherry remains averse to BJP at Centre with the the latter championing the anti-BJP stance and only 3.9 per cent said they are "very much satisfied" with it.

The IANS-CVoter State of the Nation survey findings reinstate a fact that brand Modi outshines brand BJP. While just 56.4 per cent say they are "very much satisfied" with the BJP, a whopping 62.3% say the same about Modi and 20.9 per cent Indians say they are "satisfied to some extent".

Only 16.8 per cent Indians have registered their disaffection towards him, according to the survey.

The northeast threw its maximum weight behind Modi with 83.7 per cent approval ratings. But surprisingly, the next in line is a non-BJP-ruled state Odisha where 79.5 per cent of the respondents from the state said they are "very much satisfied" with Modi as PM. Though Puducherry was averse towards the BJP, 53 per cent of the state said they are pretty happy with PM Modi. But it was Tamil Nadu where he got minimum backing from with just 24.1 per cent respondents from the state backing him.

To a question on "If you are given a chance to directly elect the Prime Minister of India; whom would you prefer to elect between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi as the PM of India?", 70 per cent chose Modi with again the highest backing came from a non-BJP state -- Odisha, with 88.9 per cent of respondents giving a thumbs up to that question.

In what can be a good news for the BJP, 82.2 per cent of respondents from Bihar, which goes to the polls later this year, said they would elect Modi as PM. But only 13.7 per cent in Puducherry will exercise this option.

Meanwhile, just 25.4 per cent across India said they would elect Rahul Gandhi as PM and 4.7 per cent said none.

Conducted with a sample size of 30,240 people spread across all 543 Lok Sabha seats, the survey was conducted in 12 weeks till January 25.

Oppn-ruled states, CMs fare better than BJP in peoples' view

New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS): Chief Ministers and governments in non-BJP ruled states are more popular than BJP-led governments in their respective states, as per as the findings of the IANS-CVoter State of the Nation (SOTN) Republic Day survey released on Sunday.

The most popular Chief Minister is Arvind Kejriwal, who has topped the survey, in the midst of an electoral battle for the Delhi Assembly.

As per the survey, 58.8 per cent respondents are very satisfied with the performance of the Delhi Chief Minister indicating a net positive trend of 67.7 per cent. In comparison, only 16.6 percent of respondents are not satisfied with his performance.

While 52.3 per cent of people are "very much satisfied" with the work of the state government, 22.5 per cent people are "satisfied to some extent", pointing to a net positive trend of 15 per cent. On the other hand, 25.2 percent of people are not satisfied with the state government's performance.

Ranking behind Kejriwal is Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel with 37.4 per cent of people stating that they are "very much satisfied" with the Chief Minister.

Others in the list of top 5 Chief Ministers, in order of popularity, are Hemant Soren of Jharkhand, Naveen Patnaik of Odisha and Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy of Andhra Pradesh.

As far as states are concerned, the list of top five is headed by Odisha, followed by Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh.

The least popular government is of Goa where 62.5 per cent of respondents are unhappy with the state government.

In what could be a cause of concern to the BJP, only party-ruled Himachal Pradesh is in the top five, followed by Assam at number 8 and NDA-ruled Bihar at number 9.

The IANS-CVoter Republic Day SOTN survey findings were collated on the basis of data compiled over the previous 12 weeks running up to January 25. The sample size comprises of 30,240 people spread across 543 Lok Sabha seats. The margin of error is +/- 3 percent at the macro level and +/- 5 percent at the micro level.