A historic third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- that's what exit polls are predicting as the seventh and the last phase of Lok Sabha election concluded this evening. Only one, though, has carried the NDA across its dream score of 400 of 543 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP, too, has been placed far short of its 370-seat target. The INDIA bloc, five exit polls predicted, will fall massively short of the 285 seats predicted by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge this evening.
An aggregate of seven exit polls indicates that the NDA will get 361 seats, the INDIA bloc will get 145 seats. The BJP's individual score will be 311 seats and the Congress 63, up from the 52 seats it won in the last general election.
Health warning: Exit polls often get it wrong.
The maximum number of seats predicted for the NDA was 371-401, in the exit poll by India TV-CNX. It predicts the Opposition bloc will get 109-139 seats. It is followed by Jan ki Baat, which is predicting that the NDA will get 362-392 seats and INDIA 141-161 seats.
The lowest score for the NDA comes from Dainik Bhaskar -- 281-350, and a corresponding higher score for the INDIA bloc, 145-201 seats.