From correspondents in Delhi, India, 08:30 PM IST

Number of MPs in the lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, Friday - 543. Effective Strength - 542 (Excluding P.C Thomas, Kerala Congress-J barred from voting by the Kerala High Court.)

Total UPA - 264

Congress - 153

SP - 35

RJD - 24

DMK - 15*

NCP - 11

PMK - 6

JMM - 5**

LJP - 4

RLD - 3**

PDP - 1

Muslim League - 1

RPI - 1

SDF - 1

TRS (A. Narendra) - 1

NLP - 1

BNP - 1

KC - 1

Total - 264

* Minus Dayanidhi Maran

** Not in the UPA bag yet but likely to stay

What the UPA is banking on (to either abstain or switch in its favour)

JD-S - 3

NC - 2

AIMIM - 1

NPF - 1

MNF - 1

TMC - 1

Independents - 3

Dayanidhi Maran - 1

Total - 13

Total NDA - 170

BJP - 130

Shiv Sena -12

BJD - 11

JD(U) - 8

SAD - 8

Independent- 1

Total - 170

Left parties

CPI-M - 42 (Excluding Speaker Somnath Chatterjee)

CPI - 10

AIFB - 3

RSP - 3

Independent - 1 (Sebastian Paul)

Total -59

Total UNPA

TDP - 5

AGP - 2

Independent - 1

Others - MDMK, BSP, TRS SP

MDMK -4

BSP -17

TRS - 3

SP - 4 (Not known)

(Staff Writer, © IANS)