So will a rout for the UPA result in a cake-walk for the BJP-led NDA in 2014? Not quite, says the results of a survey by the Delhi-based Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA), as reported by Liz Mathew in the Mint:

"Delhi-based Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA), which studied its own by-monthly sample surveys and other recent surveys across the country, said as of July 2012, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would decline to 130-140 seats if there was an election now to the Lok Sabha, losing 120-130 seats from its present tally of 266 that excludes outside supporters.

"Similarly, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would see an erosion in its strength by about 25-35 seats, reducing the number to anywhere between 115 seats and 125 seats...

"MDRA also agreed with senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, who has recently written in his blog that the next Lok Sabha elections can throw up a non-Congress, non-BJP prime minister.

Read on at the Mint: Survey warns of an electoral rout of UPA, NDA in 2014