The third pre-poll survey conducted by pollster C-Voter for ABP Ananda has indicated that the Trinamul Congress and the BJP could be engaged in a direct battle in the coming Assembly polls and Mamata Banerjee could retain power by bagging 43 per cent votes and 150-166 seats.

The BJP is predicted to get 38 percent votes (see chart) and 98-114 seats, while the survey forecast that the Left Front-Congress-ISF combine would corner 13 per cent votes and emerge winners in 23-31 constituencies. The latest survey was conducted between February 28 and March 13 and telecast on Monday. A total of 19,314 people took part in the survey.