1.   India has to prove it has institutions and systems which can efficiently and confidently deal with the phenomenon of hung legislatures, Sharma said.

2.   Bihar is expected to end up with a hung legislature.

3.   It has forecast a hung legislature in Maharashtra, which will go to the hustings Thursday and Sunday.

4.   The exit poll mirrored pre-election opinion polls which forecast a hung legislature in which the BJP would have the most seats but not enough for an outright majority.