The exit polls have predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance will return to power after Lok Sabha election 2019. The poll of polls puts NDA safely above the majority mark at 312, while UPA is likely to score 110 seats and others will have to do with 98.

The poll of polls is an average of various exit polls. In this case, the numbers predicted by India Today-Axis My India Exit Poll, Today's Chanakya Exit Poll, Times Now-VMR Exit Poll, Republic CVoter Exit Poll and ABP Nielsen Exit Poll have been factored in.

The Today’s Chanakya Exit Poll result has predicted a landslide victory for the NDA in the Lok Sabha election 2019. The BJP is projected to win a total of 340 out of 542 Lok Sabha seats, as per the Today’s Chanakya Exit Poll results. The UPA, it predicted, may manage to win only 70 seats.

Others parties may collectively bag a total of 133 Lok Sabha seats.

Times Now-VMR has predicted 306 Lok Sabha seats in NDA’s kitty and 132 for the UPA. The others may bag 104 seats, according to the Times Now VMR Exit Poll results.

Meanwhile, the Republic CVoter has predicted an increase in the vote share of the NDA in the Lok Sabha Election 2019 results. The BJP-led NDA, it has predicted, will grab a total of 287 seats, while the UPA will likely have to manage with 128 Lok Sabha seats.

The ABP Nielsen Exit Poll result has projected lesser numbers for the NDA as compared to other exit poll results. It has given 277 seats to the NDA and 130 to the UPA. The regional parties are projected to win 135 seats.

In 2014, the NDA had won 336 seats and the Congress 44. The BJP had notched up its maiden majority by bagging 282 seats.

Elections to 542 seats of the 543-member Lok Sabha ended Sunday. The Election Commission has deferred election for Vellore in Tamil Nadu over allegations of misuse of money power.

The counting of votes is slated for May 23.

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee dismissed the exit polls as a "gossip" and a gameplan to "replace" EVMs.

"I don't trust Exit Poll gossip. The game plan is to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs through this gossip. I appeal to all Opposition parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this battle together," she tweeted.

News channel ABP said the BJP may win nine seats in Odisha. It had won only one in 2014.

Exit polls in the country have had mixed record on accuracy.

However, Congress ally and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, said every single exit poll cannot be wrong. "Time to switch off the TV, log out of social media & wait to see if the world is still spinning on its axis on the 23rd (May)," he tweeted.

Some social media users pointed out that election results in Australia proved most psephologists and news polls wrong.

BJP spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal said people have given their approval to the Modi government's work and asserted that the NDA will win more than 300 seats when votes are counted.

Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha slammed the exit polls as ridiculous and claimed that silent voters will be kind on May 23. The UPA will do better than the NDA, he claimed.