As per the ABP News-Nielsen poll, Arvind Kejriwal is the most suitable candidate for the position of Chief Minister with 39 per cent of the respondents preferring him.
BJP's Harsh Vardhan is a close second with 38 per cent while Sheila Dikshit has got support of 7 per cent respondents followed by Jagdish Mukhi who was preferred by 5 per cent.
The poll said BJP will have a vote share of 38 per cent as against AAP's 26 per cent.
AAP had bagged 28 seats in the polls last year. The opinion poll said the Kejriwal-led party will get 10 seats less this time. The half-way mark in the 70-member Assembly is 36.
About two-third of the respondents said that they were satisfied with the work done by Kejriwal in his 49-day tenure.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the most popular leader amongst the respondents surveyed, leading with a huge margin of 63 per cent.
The opinion poll was conducted among 6,528 respondents in 35 Assembly constituencies between November 5 and 7.
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