All major exit polls published after the seventh and the last phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls ended, predicted a third term for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The polls indicated that the NDA may end up winning close to 360 seats. On the other hand, the INDIA bloc is projected to win about 150 seats. Parties that are not attached to either side, including the Biju Janata Dal and the Trinamool Congress, may end up securing the rest of the 30-odd seats.
The actual results will be out on June 4.
Many polls indicated that while the NDA is holding on to many of its strongholds in the north and the west, they are also getting overwhelming support from the east, while making significant gains in the southern States.
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Polls indicated that the NDA will win more seats than the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal and more seats than the BJD in Odisha. In Bihar too, the ruling party and its partners are expected to cross the 30-seat mark out of the 40 seats. The polls also showed a minor setback in Maharashtra for the NDA, where it won 41 seats out of 48 in 2019. The break-up of the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party, may end up increasing the seat-share of the INDIA bloc in the State, the polls showed, though the degree of rise varied widely among the pollsters.
In Karnataka, the NDA is expected to repeat its massive win in 2019. In Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party-BJP alliance is expected to cross 20 seats out of the possible 25, while in Telangana, the Congress is expected to put up a tough fight with many polls predicting a close election.
