(Image source from: Rahul Gandhi trailing in Amethi Sonia Gandhi leading in Rae Bareli})

The counting of votes has begun across the country. The leads are trickling in. And from the initial results, BJP seems to be consolidating its lead at breakneck speed. It is leading in 100 seats, while Congress is yet to hit 50. Meanwhile, AAP has bagged a seat in Punjab. As per the current resuylts, NDA is leading at 143, UPA at 54 and Others at 67.

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi seems to be trailing in Amethi while Nandan Nilekani is trailing in South Bangalore. This is a terrible news for the Gandhi scion. If poll pundits are to be believed, then Rahul might lose his Amethi seat by a huge margin this time.

Meanwhile Congress president Sonia Gandhi is leading in Rae Bareli. BJP's Sushma Swaraj is leading by a margin of 3,552 votes against Laxman Singh of Congress from the Vidisha seat in Madhya Pradesh. Dileep Singh Bhuria is ahead of his Congress rival and sitting MP Kantilal Bhuria by 909 votes from the Ratlam seat. Latest leads are out in 330 seats: BJP ahead in 182, Congress in 67.

Here is a quick statewise breakdown of the leads gathered hitherto:

Uttar Pradesh: BJP 23, Congress 6, SP 4, BSP 2
Andhra Pradesh: TDP 3, YSR Congress 3
Bihar: BJP 6, RJD 1
Delhi: BJP 2
Gujarat: BJP 17, Congress 3
Haryana: BJP 4, Congress 3
Tamil Nadu: AIADMK 6
Kerala: UDF 13, LDF 7
Karnataka: BJP 18, Congress 9, JDS 1
Maharashtra: BJP 8, Congress 7
Odisha: BJD 2, BJP 1, Congress 1 

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