In the battle for the top post, Bhagwant Singh Mann, largely riding on the strong anti–incumbency sentiments in the State against both the traditional parties and the massive desire to change the government, emerged as the most preferred choice among voters, comfortably ahead of Charanjit Singh Channi, the first Dalit Chief Minister of Punjab.
As the Lokniti-CSDS survey indicates, nearly two in every five voters spontaneously (i.e. without being prompted or given any names) backed Mr. Mann on being asked about who would they like to see as the next CM. Also, among the supporters of Mr. Mann, 91% were AAP voters while the rest were non-AAP voters. Whereas, among all the AAP voters, 81% wanted Mr. Mann as CM.
