Top Congress leaders including its President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and BJP's Varun Gandhi were leading over their rivals by huge margins in their respective constituencies in Uttar Pradesh with BSP, SP and the Congress virtually running neck-to-neck in trends.
While Sonia is leading in Rae Bareli by a margin of over 1.42 lakh votes over her BSP rival R S Kushwaha, Rahul has established a lead of over 95,000 votes over Ashish Shukla of BSP in Amethi.
BJP candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi is ahead of Congress's V M Singh by over 1.48 lakh votes.Former BJP leader Kalyan Singh, who is contesting as an independent from Etah is leading over his BSP rival Devendra Singh Yadav by a margin of over 38,000 votes. In Mainpuri, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is leading by a margin of over 50,000 votes over Vinay Shakya of BSP.
Cricketer-turned-politician Mohd Azharuddin, who is contesting from Moradabad as Congress nominee, is ahead of BJP's Sarvesh Kumar by a margin of over 15,000 votes.
Former Union Minister and Congress nominee from Sultanpur Sanjay Singh is leading by a margin of over 45,000 votes over Mohd Tahir of BSP.
