TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, his son K T Rama Rao and nephew T Harish Rao have gained leads, as the party's gamble to go in for early elections seems to be paying off

At 11:05 hours, the BSE SENSEX was trading at 34686.83, down by 272.89 points or by 0.78 per cent, reversing its early morning losses. In a similar trend, the NSE Nifty also pared early losses to trade at 10399.8, down by 88.65 points or by 0.85 per cent.

According to India Today-Axis My India exit poll, the Congress is projected to win 119-141 seats, comfortably above the halfway mark required to form government

The election results to be announced today will signal the mood of the voters as the country goes to Lok Sabha polls within a span of next six months.

In the Assembly Elections 2018, the BJP has been battling out the anti-incumbency factor in three out of five states, while the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, has tried every trick in the book to woo voters.