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Karnataka postal ballots

Congress leads in 2

BJP 6

JDS 2

Early leads: NDA: 52; INDIA: 39

Early leads: NDA: 45; INDIA: 38

Kerala postal ballots

LDF 5

UDF 6

NDA 0

Early leads - NDA: 39, INDIA: 35

Early leads - NDA: 10, INDIA: 30

Early leads - NDA: 6, INDIA: 17

Early leads - NDA: 5; INDIA: 7

Kerala: Rahul Gandhi leads in Wayanad; Shashi Tharoor leads in Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala: Tharoor leads

POSTAL BALLOTS: Tharoor leads from Thiruvananthapuram

Counting of votes begins

Will PM Narendra Modi score a hat-trick as predicted by exit polls?