Lok Sabha polls: BJP ahead as counting begins
Other parties are ahead in 25 seats.
Counting of votes started at 8 am.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is ahead in both the Varanasi and Vadodara seats while Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi is leading in Rae Bareli.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is ahead in Amethi.
A staggered nine-phase Lok Sabha poll ended on May 12 in India with projections in all exit polls that BJP-led NDA will come to power.
A record 66.4 percent people had turned out to cast their votes across the nation.
The nine-phased voting was held from Apr 7 to May 12.
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