Regional Parties Set to DOUBLE their 2014 Lok Sabha Election Seats and Challenge UPA and NDA's Race for Power

'Third Front' parties - the Left plus the SP, AIADMK, DMK, Trinamool, BSP, RLD, JD(U), MMDK, RJD, BJD, YSR Congress, TRS, TDP, JVM, JD(S), AGP, INLD, LJP, PDP - are set to approximately double their present strength of 126 seats in the Lok Sabha, accounting for 40 per cent of all votes cast, an addition of two per cent over 2009

Within the Third Front shocker is another surprise. The three women among major regional leaders - West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati - will together account for 80 Lok Sabha seats

These three women leaders will thus make up a formidable bloc. 

Jayalalithaa is set to emerge as the strongest of the three, with the AIADMK projected to get 30 out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state, an increase of 21 more seats over its 2009 tally. 

Mayawati's BSP is set to gain six seats to take its number to 27 while the Trinamool Congress will bag 23, four more than its present score. 

Mulayam Singh remains a force to reckon with. 

The survey finds the Samajwadi Party in a strong position, taking its current tally of 23 to 34. 

The Left Front, too, stands to gain 8 more seats and take its count to 32. 

Laloo Prasad Yadav's RJD will get 14, up 10 from its current score of 4 seats