New Delhi: Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Orissa S M Krishna and Naveen Patnaik are most likely to retain power but their counterpart in Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu is in trouble, an NDTV poll survey for the State Assemblies said today (Apr 21, 2004).

Voters appear to upset the applecart of Naidu, seeking a third term, with his Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-combine likely to remain "slightly below" the halfway mark of 147 getting 120-140 seats in the 294-member Assembly, the survey said.

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The Congress is seen to be doing well and is likely to cross the halfway mark with 140-160 seats, the survey said observing it is doing well in the Telangana and other regions with a positive swing of six per cent.

The survey portends good news for Congress in Karnataka where Krishna "is most likely" to emerge triumphant with 110-120 out of 194 seats.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would get between 60 and 70 seats. The Janata Dal (Secular) of former premier H D Deve Gowda has a swing in its favour of four per cent but is unlikely to make a major dent in the fortunes of Krishna in terms of seats, the survey said giving 25 to 30 seats to others.