Corruption Issue to Resonate Among Indians In The Elections: U.S. Poll

Regionally, the East gives the Congress party-led government the most credit for fighting corruption; 50 percent say the government is doing enough to fight corruption, while 26 percent say it is not. In the North, 80 percent say the government is not doing enough.

These differences could reflect the efforts of local governments in fighting corruption and may not necessarily represent views of the national government, even though the survey question wording specifies "the government of your country," Gallup said.

Young Indians are currently divided in their perceptions of the honesty of elections, with 46 percent saying they are confident in the process and 43 percent saying they are not, Gallup said.

Older Indians are more likely to say they are confident in the honesty of elections than not. Confidence in the honesty of elections also varies by region, with the North leading the country in terms of electoral pessimism.

Less than a fifth of residents in the North say the electoral system is honest, while majorities in the South (52 percent), West (64 percent), East (63 percent) and central part of India (67 percent) are more confident.

Gallup said survey results are based on face-to-face interviews with 3,000 adults, aged 15 and older, conducted September-October 2013 in India. Before 2013, results are based on face-to-face interviews with approximately 2,000 to 5,000 adults, aged 15 and older, conducted 2008-2012 in India. The margin of sampling error is ±2.2 percentage points, according to Gallup.

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