While two polls — one by CNX and the other by AC Nielsen — predicted a majority for the JD(U)-RJD grand alliance with 132 and 130 seats respectively, two others — the C-Voter and News Nation polls — saw the alliance exactly at the majority mark of 122.

In the last of these, the NDA was very close behind at 117. The Chanakya poll, however, predicted a comfortable win for the BJP-led NDA with 155 out of 243 seats.

The Cicero poll showed the NDA three seats ahead of the grand alliance with 120 seats, without a majority for anyone.

CNX gave the NDA its lowest tally of 93 while Chanakya gave the grand alliance the lowest tally of 83.

With no clear trends coming out as a whole, the exit polls only ended up increasing the suspense around the high-profile polls. The counting will take place on Sunday.