51.   Analysts have widely predicted a hung parliament after the hotly-contested electoral battle.

52.   Analysts are predicting the general elections will result in a hung parliament with neither the Congress nor the BJP able to win a majority.

53.   Analysts have widely predicted a hung parliament, but party leaders have remained vague about the possibility of a coalition government.

54.   Both developments are expected to cast a shadow on the prospects of the ruling party in the staggered election which is widely expected to result in a hung parliament.

55.   Both the CDU and the CDS-PP were hoping for a hung parliament, with no party enjoying an absolute majority, thereby boosting their role.

56.   Both parties, determined to keep Hindu nationalists out of power, were enthusiastic backers of the coalition after the April-May elections threw up a hung parliament.

57.   Both the ruling Congress party and the opposition stepped up their verbal jousting across the country amid persistent predictions of a hung parliament.

58.   But most opinion polls predict a hung parliament.

59.   But their MPs will play a crucial rule if the ballot leads to a hung parliament.

60.   But party sources said Rao may favour teaming up with smaller parties to stay on in power in the event of a hung parliament.