Collectively, UPA will lose strength from 247 to 138 seats while NDA will gain strength from 157 to 196 seats. It means that UPA will lose a total of 109 seats but the NDA will gain only 39 seats. The remaining 70 seats, that the UPA would lose, will go to to other non-Congress and non-BJP fronts and smaller parties.
The opinion poll also throws light on expected results in different states.
In UP, both SP and BSP are expected to improve their tallies. While SP's tally is expected to go up from 23 to 26, BSP will also improve its tally from 20 to 28. BJP is also expected to improve its tally from 10 to 14. Ajit Singh's RLD is expected to lose two seats and their strength will go down from 5 to 3 seats.
In MP, BJP is expected to gain 2 seats while Congress is expected to gain 2 seats. It means BJP's tally will go up from 16 to 18 while Congress tally will go down from 12 to 10.
Similarly, In Maharashtra, Congress-NCP is expected to lose 5 seats while BJP-Shiv Sena combine is expected to gain 3 seats. MNS is expected to make its debut in parliament with 2 Lok Sabha seats.
In Bihar, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) is expected to retain its 20 seats while BJP is in danger of losing one seat from its existing tally of 12. Lalu Prasad's RJD is expected to improve its tally by 2 seats. They are expected to get 6 seats in place of the 4 seats they have in this parliament.