The Lok Sabha Elections 2019 are in their last leg with just two more phases of voting left to go on May 12 and May 19. All eyes after that would be on May 23, the General Elections result day. One of the major campaign points that have come out in this election and is being discussed online is whether the country needs a "Maha milawat" alliance government or a strong decisive one. However, with the surveys, poll predictions and Satta bazaar trends coming in after five phases of the Lok Sabha polls, it seems like it ultimately is going to head towards a "grand alliance", a "maha milawat", with no single political party getting a clear majority or even close to majority mark. Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019 Predictions by Satta Bazar: NDA May Win 185-220 Seats, UPA 160-180, Says Matka.

Pollsters, since the beginning, have been giving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) the edge in the 2019 National Elections. However, the number predicted for the party has been going down every passing phase even as the party still remain the favourite to emerge as single largest this election. But the latest predictions point towards an even bigger twist. As per the latest predictions by bookies who play Matka, the NDA led by BJP is likely to get 185-220 seats, the UPA led by the Congress may be restricted to 160 to 180 seats. But the highlight of the satta bazaar prediction is that those who are neither part of the NDA nor UPA may together win 225 to 250 seats.

If these parties who win 225 to 250 collectively decide to join each other, India may well be moving towards having a third front non-BJP, non-Congress "maha milawat" government. If the BJP manages to negotiate with non-committal allies for outside support, the result would be a 'maha milawat' NDA government. If the Congress manages to seal the deal with the same non-committal allies, the result in such a case would be a 'maha milawat' UPA government. The only common scenario that emerges out of these situations is that ultimately, India seems to be headed towards electing an alliance government.

An opinion poll conducted in April this year by ABP-Nielsen had said that the BJP is likely to suffer its biggest defeat in the biggest state of Uttar Pradesh. The opinion poll had predicted 42 out of the 80 seats in the state for the SP-BSP alliance.

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On Tuesday, May 7, BJP ally Shiv Sena, too, admitted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party may fail to get majority in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and would need allies to form the government, unlike what happened in 2014 when the BJP got a single party majority. On Monday, May 6, BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav, too, said that even if the BJP doesn't perform better than it did in 2014, the party would form an NDA government. His recent statements differ from statements made by BJP chief Amit Shah and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who have maintained that the party would get a majority in the 2019 polls. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP May Fall Short of Majority But NDA Will Retain Power, Says Shiv Sena.

Meanwhile, in his interviews, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, confidently, said that the BJP would not return to power and that a Congress-led UPA government this election. On the other hand, speculation is rife over a non-Congress, non-BJP third front. These speculations have grown stronger with Telangana acting Chief Minister KCR recently calling on Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

Regional parties including the BJD and the YSR CP as well as the SP-BSP gathbandhan and Mamata Banerjee's TMC have chosen to remain non-committal to either the Congress or the BJP. With most pre-poll surveys and predictions indicating at no single-party majority, is India headed to a 'maha milawat' government, one way or the other? If that happens, who will be the next Prime Minister of India? May 23 is going to be a big day to look forward to and find answers to these big questions.

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