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Published on November 17, 2013
According to the poll conducted by MRC-Mode Ltd., Jatiya Party and Jamaat e Islami have nominal grip over voters with 2.4 per cent and 1.4 per cent support respectively.
The survey covered 2,520 people selected randomly from the age group of 18 years and above. Sampling procedures were done carefully following modern methods and techniques. The error rate is plus or minus 2.4 per cent. This means that for Awami League, there is a 95 per cent chance that the true support for the party is between 37.2 per cent and 42.0 per cent. Similarly, there is a 95 per cent chance that the true support for the BNP is between 31.8 per cent and 36.8 per cent. With the error rates for the survey, the Awami League is definitely in the lead.
The survey results shows that, for the present government, the three key achievements are improvements in the education sector, increased generation of electricity and holding the war crimes trial. On the other hand, the most reported failures of the past BNP-led government were prevalence of corruption, political instability and shortage of electricity.
The survey addressed the issue of the overall condition of Bangladesh and whether it was moving in the right direction. The adults of the nation are split 50-50 on this issue. The three most important reasons expressed for the nation moving in the right direction are improvements in the education system, the good performance of the economy, and improvements in the health sector.
Source: The Independent (November 16, 2013)
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