Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) may score a clear majority with 318 Lok Sabha seats in a House of 543, if general elections are held now, says a India TV-CNX opinion poll projection.

The results were telecast on the news channel yesterday in its special show ‘Desh Ki Awaaz’, India TV said in a press release.

The Congress-led opposition combine INDIA may get 175 LS seats, and ‘Others’, including regional parties and independents, may get 50 seats, according to the projections. 

Prime Minister Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s strength in Lok Sabha may get reduced from 303 to 290 this time, says the India TV-CNX opinion poll. On the other hand, the main opposition party Congress, which has 52 seats, may increase its tally this time to 66, according to the projections.

Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress may emerge as the third largest party in Lok Sabha with 29 seats this time, up by seven from 22 seats. The ruling YSR Congress party from Andhra Pradesh may emerge as the fourth largest party with 18 seats, four less than the 22 seats it won last time. 

Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) may increase its tally from six at present to eleven, while Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party may raise its tally from one seat at present to 10 LS seats, if elections are held now. 

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal may increase its tally from 12 to 13, say the projections. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena (Shinde) may find its strength reduced from 12 to two. 

The biggest win for Modi will be from Uttar Pradesh, where NDA may win 73 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats, if elections are held now. Opposition alliance INDIA may win the remaining seven seats in UP, says the poll projection.  

BJP is going to sweep all 26 LS seats from Gujarat and all five seats from Uttarakhand, while it may win 20 out of 28 LS seats from Karnataka, leaving seven seats for INDIA alliance and one for Janata Dal(S), according to the projections.  

On the other hand, Congress-led INDIA alliance may sweep all 20 LS seats in Kerala, while in West Bengal, TMC-led INDIA alliance may win 30 out of a total of 42 seats, leaving the remaining 12 seats for NDA.