Shillong, April 12 -- The fate of the candidates from 91 seats, spread across 20 states and Union Territories, is sealed for over 40 days in the ballot boxes, being the first to go to poll on April 11, in the seven-phase election to elect the 17th Lok Sabha session. As the rest of the states are still filing nomination, seeking votes, the prediction for the 91 seats polled are now doing the round. The second phase will be held on April 18 next. The polls will conclude on May 19, and counting will be held on May 23, 2019.

While the National Parties like Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party are most prominent, in all a total of 2,293 political parties are in the fray according to the Election Commission of India's latest data o...