New Delhi: As the counting of Lok Sabha election polls underway, the Bharatiya Janata Party leads in most of the states. Counting of votes to decide the fate of 8,049 candidates is underway. BJP led in 292 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with 51, according to trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to polls.
Meanwhile, in Kerala, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is set to sweep the state in the Lok Sabha elections, trends from the Election Commission show. At 12:45 pm, the UDF was leading in 19 out of the 20 seats, with the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) leading in one seat (in Alappuzha constituency). While BJP won no seats.