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Kerala:
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Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 PTI: candidates of the
Congress(I)-led united democratic front (UDF) were ahead of
their CPI(M)-led \eft democratic front (LDF) rivals in 65 of
the 139 assembly constituencies and nine of the 20 Lok Sabha
seats at the end of the first round of counting.
The LDF candidates are leading in 40 assembly segments
and in two Lok Sabha constituencies while the BJP is ahead of
both the UDF and LDF candidates in two assembly seats.
The UDF candidates have established slender leads in
quilon, koshikode, ottappalam(sc), trichur, ponnani, manjeri,
kasargod, mukundapuram and adoor(sc) Lok Sabha seats. The \df
nominees are in the lead in idukki and alleppey.
Gujrat:
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Ahmedabad, June 16 (PTI) senior BJP leader Mr l k Advani
and ms Deepika Chikhalia (Sita) were among the BJP candidates
forging ahead in Gujarat
The poll partners--Congress-i and Janata Dal (Gujarat)--
were in the lead in three and one constituencies, respectively
at 1315 hrs.
Mr Advani had taken a lead of 13,580 votes over the
Congress-i candidate Mr G I patel in GandhiNagar at the end of
the first round. Mr Advani polled 35,889 votes and Mr patel
22,309 votes.
Mrs Chikhalia was involved in a see-saw battle in Baroda
against the Congress-i candidate, Mr Ranjitsinh Gaekwad of the
royal family. After yielding an initial lead, she forged ahead
and took a lead of 17,000 votes. She pollled 1.46 Lakh votes
as against 1.29 Lakh votes of Mr Gaekwad.
The former civil supply minister, Mr sanat mehta, was
among the Congress-i nominees trailing behind the BJP
candidates. In surendraNagar, he was behind by 4336 votes.
Karnataka:
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Bangalore, jun 16 PTI: the Congress-i is leading in 16
of the 27 parliamentary constituencies in Karnataka in the
third round of counting here today.
New Delhi, June 16 PTI: Congress (I) won the first four
Lok Sabha results and was leading in 64 seats while the BJP
was ahead in 23 according to reports received till 2.30 Pm.
The Congress i won the Rajapur seat in Maharashtra
defeating Mr Madhu Dandavate (JD) former finance rpt finance
minister. The party also bagged lakshadweep, Ratnagiri in
Maharashtra and kanara in Karnataka.
Congress i established an early lead in 16
constituencies in Karnataka and in all the four seats in
Himachal Pradesh.
The party has also forged ahead in 19 seats in Madhya
Pradesh and six in Rajasthan. The Congress (I) was leading in
at least six Lok Sabha seats in Kerala and also in the lone
Chandigarh seat.
The BJP was leading in 12 seats in Gujarat, six in
Karnataka and five in Rajasthan.
The slain Congress i leader Mr Rajiv Gandhi was leading
in amethi Lok Sabha seat while the BJP leaders Mr L K Advani
was leading in new Delhi and Gandhi Nagar and Mr a b Vajpayee
in lucknow.
The marxist Kerala chief minister Mr e k Nayanar was
trailing in trikkaripur assembly seat. In west bengal the CPM
was leading in durgapur and darjeeling but mamta banerjee of
the Congress i had established a lead in jadavpur.
The Congress I, AIADMK combine was leading in 180
assembly seats in Tamil Nadu while the AIADMK leader Ms
jayaLalitha was leading in both kangeyam and burgur assembly
seats.
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