NDA to fall 36 short of majority, says survey

No alliance will get a majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections but NDA would come closest to the majority 272 mark, an ABP News-Nielsen survey has predicted. The NDA is likely to bag 236 seats, merely 36 short of 272, while the Congress may struggle to reach 73 seats. The poll says the BJP on its own will notch up an unprecedented 217 seats, giving it a realistic chance of forming the next government. The survey claims the Aam Aadmi Party would get a modest 10 seats but the real surprise could be from regional parties, with 186 seats. The BJP's highest-ever tally has been 189 seats in 1999