Most exit polls have predicted an edge to the Congress in Telangana where it is pitted against the ruling BRS led by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
For the southern state, while India TV-CNX forecast 63-79 seats for the Congress, 31-47 for the BRS, 2-4 for the BJP and 5-7 for the AIMIM in the 116-member assembly where 60 seats are needed to form the government.
Jan Ki Baat forecast that the Congress would get 48-64 seats, the BRS would fall short of majority with 40-55, and the BJP 7-13 and AIMIM 4-7.
While the Republic TV-Matrize predicted that the Congress would get 58-68 seats, BRS 46-56, BJP 4-9 and AIMIM 5-9, the TV9 Bharatvarsh Polstrat stated that the Congress would get 49-59 seats and the BRS would get 48-58.