Television exit polls at the end of the second phase of polling covering over half the Lok Sabha constituencies predicted a hung Parliament, projecting a depleted strength for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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Based on the exit polls done at the end of the two phases, Aaj Tak channel gave NDA 266 seats, 36 less than in 1999, Cong and its allies 175 and "others" 102.

Star News-C Voter analysis projected 267-279 seats for NDA, 162-172 for Congress and its allies and 97-109 to others.

However, the surveys on Sahara-DRS and Zee-Taleem for the first two phases, involving a total 276 constituencies, which went to polls today and on April 20, gave 155 and 125 seats respectively to the NDA.

While Sahara-DRS gave 99 seats to Congress and its allies uptil the second phase and 24 to others, the Zee poll predicted 89 for Congress and 64 for others.

For the 276 seats where polling has already been held, the Aaj Tak survey gave BJP-led NDA 144, 28 less than the last elections, 100 seats to Congress, 31 more than earlier, and 32 to other parties, three less than the 1999 tally.

Star News also predicted a change of Government in TDP-ruled Andhra Pradesh and Congress-led Karnataka, where Assembly polls were held simultaneously.

Star News predicted 68-80 for NDA, 38-50 to Congress and allies and 12-24 to others, out of the 136 seats which went to polls today.

The Zee-Taleem survey showed Congress getting 46, BJP-led NDA getting 54 and others including Samajwadi Party, BSP, JMM and AGP bagging 36 seats.

The Zee-Taleem survey showed Congress getting 46, BJP-led NDA getting 54 and others including Samajwadi Party, BSP, JMM and AGP bagging 36 seats.

Sahara-DRS showed BJP combine getting 70, Congress and allies 49 and others 17.

According to Sahara, Congress is so far expected to gain 23 seats for which the polls have already been held, while NDA has lost on 19 and others four seats.