Fight for Andhra

TDP YSRCP Jana Sena India Today 37-40 130 - 135 1 INSS Media 118 52 5 People's Pulse 59 112 4 TV5 105 68 2

VIJAYAWADA: Exit polls are divided on the outcome of the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh with at least two pollsters predicting that the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will continue in office and two others forecasting that the opposition YSR Congress party (YSRCP) will get a majority in the 175-member assembly. All the surveys predict a poor performance by actor Pawan Kalyan ’s outfit, Jana Sena.While India Today-Axis has predicted that Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP would win between 130 and 135 seats, leaving 37-40 seats for TDP, People’s Pulse has predicted that the main opposition party will win 112 seats. TDP is predicted to get 59.However, INSS Media, a news agency based in Delhi, has predicted that TDP will win 118 seats, with YSRCP lagging far behind at 52. TV5, a Telugu news channel, has predicted that TDP will get 105 seats and YSRCP 68 seats.Pollsters are divided on the outcome of the Lok Sabha seats from the state as well, with at least two of them, India Today-Axis and Times Now-VMR, predicting a sweep by YSRCP.Two others, Today’s Chanakya and Republic-CVoter, have predicted that TDP will win a majority of the 25 seats.