Exit polls predict...

the India Today/ Axis poll have Congress 119- 141 seats and BJP 55- 72, the Republic/ C- Voter gave the Congress 137 and the BJP 60.

Chhattisgarh which has 90 seats seems to be close contest with different exit polls making varying predictions. The India Today/ Axis poll gave 55- 65 to the Congress, 21- 31 to the BJP, the Republic C– Voter survey gave 40- 50 to the Congress, 35- 43 to the BJP and 3- 7 to the BSP. On the contrary, the ABP/ CSDS poll gave 52 to the BJP, 35 to the Congress and 3 to the BSP and the Times Now/ CNX poll gave 46 to the BJP and 35 to the Congress and 7 to the BSP. Today’s Chanakya gave Congress 50 seats, BJP 36 seats and others 4- 3 seats.

Almost all the exit polls gave Telangana to the TRS led by K. Chandrasekar Rao. The Times Now/ CNX gave TRS 66 seats and the Congress TDP 37, the BJP 7. The India Today/ Axis gave 85 to the TRS and 27 to the TDP- Congress and 1- 3 BJP, the C- Voter survey gave 54 to the TRS and 53 to the Congress- TDP alliance and 5 to the BJP. The state has a 119- member Assembly.

The small state of Mizoram is set to go to the Mizo National Front with the ruling Congress losing out with a very small margin. The Republic C- Voter exit poll gave the Congress 14- 18, the MNF 16- 20 while the Times Now- CNX gave the Congress 16 and MNF 18. On similar lines, India Today/ Axis gave the Congress 8- 12 seats and the MNF 16- 22 seats.