BRS retains edge in Jubilee Hills: VOTA survey shows voter unease with Congress rule

A VOTA survey shows BRS leading the Jubilee Hills bypoll with 48% support, ahead of Congress at 42%. The poll reflects public dissatisfaction with the Congress government and stronger minority and women voter preference for BRS.

Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) continues to hold a comfortable and consistent lead in the Jubilee Hills byelection race, with 48 per cent of respondents backing the party. The Congress trails at 42 per cent, while the BJP lags at just nine per cent.

Conducted by Voice of Telangana and Andhra (VOTA) Media House between October 30 and November 4, using a simple random method with 1,050 participants across age groups, professions, and communities, the fresh survey reflected growing dissatisfaction with the two-year Congress rule in the State.

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The survey revealed widespread dissatisfaction with the Congress government’s performance.
Nearly 52 per cent of respondents rated the Revanth Reddy-led government as not good, while 67 per cent gave the Chief Minister’s performance just 25 marks out of 100.

Minority sentiment appears tilted towards BRS, with 49 per cent stating the party best represents their interests, compared to 45 per cent for Congress. A striking 71 per cent also felt that a Cabinet post for Mohammed Azharuddin would not benefit the community, and 52 per cent believed it would not strengthen the Congress’s position among Muslims. Around 16 per cent dismissed it as an election stunt.

Public sentiment on controversial urban agency HYDRAA was largely negative with 37 per cent called it unnecessary, 33 per cent said it hurt the poor, and just eight per cent saw it as beneficial to the city.

A majority of 61 per cent said governance under former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was better, and 57 per cent of voters said welfare schemes and development would guide their decision.

Interestingly, women’s support for BRS was marginally higher than men’s, while Muslim respondents indicated a five per cent stronger preference for BRS over Hindus. Labourers emerged as the party’s strongest base, with 57 per cent backing BRS and 62 per cent disapproving of the Congress regime.