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A party or a coalition needs to win at least 272 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats to be in power at the centre.
Overall, the BJP-led NDA was leading in about 285 seats while the INDIA bloc's lead crossed 239 seats as counting was underway across 542 seats on June 4.
Based on the trends after two hours of counting, the NDA might end up at below 300 seats. The BJP on its own was leading on 238 seats. This number is way short of majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha.
Under these circumstances, Janata Dal United chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu would be key. The BJP government, if it comes to power, will be at the mercy of these two leaders. Clearly Kumar and Nitish can also play kingmakers for both of them have a history switching sides between between the BJP and the Congress.
The JD-U was leading at 15 of the 40 seats of Bihar while the TDP was leading on 16 of 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh. Both the parties are currently with the NDA but who knows if they switch sides, as they have done in the past.
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