One would expect candidates to be harrowed on a counting day morning. But Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was found playing it cool with a game of badminton, while the counting was on. (NDTV Photo)
In Maharashtra, Congress' Kripa Shankar took a more spiritual route to calm his nerves. NDTV caught up with him outside Mumbai's Babulnath Temple. (NDTV Photo)
Maharashtra's candidates were seen lining up at the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on Thursday morning - counting day. Here we see Saba Sarbankar who recently shifted to the Congress from Shiv Sena.
Poonam Mahajan was also at the temple. (NDTV Photo)
Thackeray by surname and North Indian by birth, yet with a party that's at the forefront of the 'anti-North' campaign. MNS' Shalini Thackeray stayed in at home, saying Raj Sahib is the party's "good luck charm". (NDTV Photo)
