The NDA has got support from eight major political parties till now for its presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind. The BJP had around 40% votes, and needed 20% more to have a clear majority. The supporting parties are TDP (with around 3% votes), Shiv Sena (2%), AIADMK (5%), BJD (3%), TRS (2%), YSRCP (2%), JD(U) (2%) and SP (2%).