All eyes in the Congress on May 13

With polling for the Assembly elections to Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal over, all eyes in the Congress are now on May 13, the day the results will be out.Publicly, the party's spokespersons have been saying that they don't think that the outcome of this set of elections should be seen as a referendum on the United Progressive Alliance government's functioning. Privately, a senior party functionary said, “It is the Congress that has a major stake in these elections, not the Bharatiya Janata Party. So the results will have an impact on the party and politics in the country in the months to come.”

CNN-IBN survey gives LDF the edge in Kerala but the worst in Bengal

In Kerala, the CNN-IBN survey says the Left Democratic Front (LDF) is placed marginally ahead, but the verdict is too close to call, while Headlines Today gave the Congress-led UDF a clear majority.

Assam is likely to give the Congress a third term in power, according to CNN-IBN, while it could be a hung verdict in the prediction made by Headlines Today.

In West Bengal, according to CNN-IBN, the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance is set to sweep the elections, while it will be a mixed verdict in other States.

A CNN-IBN-CSDS survey has projected an edge for the AIADMK-led alliance in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, while Headlines Today predicted a close race between the AIADMK and DMK-led combinations.