From correspondents in Delhi, India, 01:31 AM IST

The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) claims to have 266 MPs on its side Sunday and is banking on six others to abstain or vote for it in parliament Tuesday. The break-up:

(Total Lok Sabha seats 545, two seats vacant, one MP barred from voting, total effective strength 542, midway mark 271.)

Congress - 153

SP - 34

RJD - 24

DMK - 16

NCP - 11

PMK - 6

JMM - 5

LJP - 4

MDMK - 2 (Dissidents)

PDP - 1

Muslim League - 1

RPI - 1

SDF - 1

TRS (A. Narendra) - 1

NLP - 1

BNP - 1

KC - 1

AIMIM - 1

NC - 2

Total - 266

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

NPF - 1

MNF - 1

TMC - 1

Independents - 3

Total - 6

NDA

BJP - 130

Shiv Sena -12

BJD - 11

JD(U) - 8

SAD - 8

Independent- 1

Total - 170

Left

CPI-M - 42 (Excluding Speaker Somnath Chatterjee)

CPI - 10

AIFB - 3

RSP - 3

Independent - 1 (Sebastian Paul)

Total - 59

UNPA

TDP - 5

AGP - 2

Independent - 1

Total - 8

Others

MDMK - 2

BSP - 17

TRS - 2

SP - 5 (Dissidents)

RLD - 3

JD-S - 3

Total- 32

(Staff Writer, © IANS)