New Delhi, Nov 21: In a close race to power in four states, a pre-poll survey released on Friday shows Congress and BJP tied in Rajasthan but the saffron party having an edge in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.

The opinion poll survey conducted by The Week/C Voter gives both the ruling BJP and the Congress between 94 and 106 seats in the desert state in a House of 200. The BJP at present has 120 seats. The survey provides for an average three percent margin of error.

In Madhya Pradesh, the survey puts the ruling BJP ahead with 118 to 128 seats compared to Congress' 100 to 110 seats. In the existing 228-member Assembly, the saffron party has 171 seats.

The survey said opposition BJP is expected to bag between 36 and 42 seats for the Delhi Assembly in a House of 70. The ruling Congress may get 28 to 34 seats, it added.

In BJP-ruled Chattisgarh, the survey said the saffron party may get 44 to 52 seats followed by Congress with 38 to 46 seats. The BJP has 50 seats in House strength of 90.

In the chief ministerial stakes, voters covered in the survey showed preference for Sheila Dikshit over BJP's V K Malhotra. 37 percent favoured the incumbent chief minister while Malhotra was preferred by 22 percent of those surveyed.

Bureau Report