New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress president and top leader Sonia Gandhi is "hopeful" of the success of the INDIA alliance, which is predicted in the exit polls to be defeated by the mighty BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, media reports said.

Sonia, a Rajya Sabha MP, told media, "Just wait and watch. We are very hopeful that our results are completely the opposite to what the exit polls are showing."

On Sunday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called the exit polls a "Modi media poll" and a "fantasy poll" exuding confidence in winning 295 seats.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to return for a record-equalling third term in office with the BJP-led NDA alliance set to get a thumping majority defeating the combined opposition's INDIA Bloc, according to the exit poll results after the seventh and final phase of polling in the country on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) can garner around 350 or more seats while the  INDIA bloc led by the united opposition is likely to get 125 to 150 seats, the exit polls indicate.

Amid a slogan to win over 400 seats in the 543-member Parliament, the exit polls give a massive mandate for a third Modi term.

As per India Today-Axis My India survey, NDA is likely to get 361-401, INDIA 131-166 and Others 8-10.

According to the Republic-PMARQ poll, NDA will win 359 seats and INDIA bloc around 154 followed by 30 by others, while Republic-Matrize poll projects upto 368 seats for the saffron bloc.

Matrize project said the NDA is likely to get 353-368 seats while the INDIA bloc will get 118-133 seats. Others will get 43-48 seats.

Exit poll by India News-D-Dynamics projected 371 seats for the Modi-led BJP and NDA alliance.

NDTV India-Jan Ki Baat has suggested 362-392 seats for the BJP-led NDA and between 141 and 161 seats for the INDIA bloc.