With exit polls predicting a thumping victory for the BJP-led-NDA, political leaders took to social media to share their reactions. Here is a compilation of a few of the reactions.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted that she didn't trust exit polls and alleged that it was an attempt to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs.
Right after exit poll results started flooding in, Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to accuse the Election Commission of favouring PM Modi.
N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that despite what the exit polls were predicting, his party would form the government in Andhra Pradesh.
Shashi Tharoor gave the example of the recent Australian exit polls to emphasise that they do not always end up being correct.
Sanjay Nirupam, the Congress' candidate from Mumbai asked everyone to have faith.
Swaraj India President, Yogendra Yadav stated that the "Congress party should die" if it fails to stop the BJP in the election.
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy claimed that the impression of a Modi wave was being created across the country through the exit polls when there was none.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh even held hopes of the NDA gaining Two-thirds majority.
As most exit polls predicted that the NDA was going to win by a good margin in the centre, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah suggested that it was time to log out of social media and wait to see if the world is still spinning on its axis on the 23rd.
The controversial Pragya Singh Thakur spoke in favour of the exit polls and said that the predictions were a tight slap on the faces of all the so-called elitists who think anything remotely Indian ought to be loathed.
The exit polls on Sunday predicted that the NDA will retain power at the centre, while the Congress-led UPA may make some gains. The fate of NDA, UPA, and other political parties will be decided on 23rd May.