UP trends: PM Modi, Rahul, Akhilesh in lead

According to early trends, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were leading in the Varanasi, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, and Kannauj Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, respectively.

 

Out of the 80 seats in the state, the BJP was leading in 51, while the INDIA bloc was ahead in 23, according to trends for 74 seats.

 

According to postal ballot counting trends at 8:40 a.m., Modi was ahead of his nearest rival, Congress's Ajay Rai from Varanasi, while Singh was ahead of SP's Ravidas Mehrotra. Gandhi was ahead of BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh in Rae Bareli, and Yadav was ahead of BJP's Subrat Pathak in Kannauj.