Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress seems to be heading for a landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh with all the 25 lawmakers from the southern state expected to be from his party. TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, who had been visiting key opposition leaders in Delhi, Lucknow and West Bengal in order to stitch a non-BJP front at the Centre, is expected to draw a blank in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, poll trends showed. The DMK-led front in Tamil Nadu can play a key role in the parliament as it expected to win over 30 seats out of 38 seats in Tamil Nadu, as per trends.
Neighbouring Karnataka seems to have largely voted for the BJP despite a JDS-Congress alliance, as it is expected to win state's 24 seats, poll trends show. The coastal state of Kerala seems to have voted for the Congress-led UDF front as it is projected to win 19 seats of Kerala's 20 Lok Sabha seats. This is the worst defeat for the ruling LDF government in the state since the 1977 election. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, meanwhile, is leading by over one lakh votes in Wayanad, his second seat along with Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. 
The southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana are expected to play a crucial role in deciding the next government at the centre as they together account for 129 seats of the 543 seats in the lower house. A favourable performance in the Lok Sabha elections will also boost the chances of these leaders to play role of king makers if the BJP or Congress fails to win adequate seats. The BJP The BJP has crossed the halfway mark on its own steam and leads showed a NDA sweep in the national elections within two hours of counting of votes. The BJP is doing well in most states, including the three heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, wrested by the Congress in December.