Chandrababu Naidu, Nitish Kumar Hold Key, NDA Meeting Tomorrow: Sources

Contrary to nearly all exit poll predictions, the BJP is set to fall short of the majority mark of 272 Lok Sabha seats and will have to depend on its NDA allies, primarily Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United.

Election Results 2024: Defying the predictions of the exit polls, the opposition INDIA Bloc performed way over the modest expectations.

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has crossed the halfway mark in the Lok Sabha elections, but the lead is narrower than what exit polls had predicted.

With the Congress putting up a surprisingly good show in the Lok Sabha polls, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has cemented her position as her party's talisman.

The counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, conducted over seven polls from April 19 to June 1, is currently underway.

When the exit polls came out after the last phase of polling on Saturday, an overwhelming majority of them spoke in one voice and also gave the BJP and the NDA an overwhelming majority.