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BJP ahead in 28 seats in Rajasthan

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Opposition BJP is leading in 28 seats while ruling Congress was ahead in three constituencies in Rajasthan as per early trends of counting in the Assembly elections.

BJP candidates are leading in 28 seats, Congress on 3, NPP 1, and Independents in two seats in Rajasthan, according to the trends.

Some of the constituencies in which BJP candidates are leading are Aspur, Bhilwara, Mandal, Pindwara-Abu, and Udaipur district against their nearest rivals of Congress.

BJP candidate Narpat Singh Rajvi is leading by 663 votes from Vidhyadhar Nagar constituency of Jaipur district against his nearest rival of Congress Vikram Singh Shekhawat.
 

Gulab Chand Kataria of BJP is leading by 1091 votes from Udaipur against his nearest rival of Congress.

Congress candidate Mewaram Jain is leading by a margin of 1025 votes against his BJP rival in Barmer constituency.

Independent Ritu Banawat is leading by 346 votes from Bayana seat against her rivals of BJP and Congress.

Rajasthan witnesses a keen fight between Congress led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and BJP's Vasundhara Raje with both the parties facing each other in all the 200 constituencies.

As many as 2,087 candidates are in the fray in the desert state.

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First Published: Dec 08 2013 | 9:35 AM IST

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