Lok Sabha election results 2024: Kishori bhaiya, I never had doubts, says Priyanka Gandhi as Congress takes lead in Amethi

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra congratulated Kishori Lal Sharma for his robust performance against Smriti Irani in AmethiKishori bhaiya I never had any doubts I was sure from the beginning that you will win Hearty congratulations to you and my dear brothers and sisters of Amethi she said in a post on XFollowing the latest trends which showed Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma leading against Bharatiya Janata Party BJPs candidate Smriti Irani in Uttar Pradeshs Amethi the former said that he would like to thank the people of the constituency and the Gandhi family reported news agency ANILok Sabha election results 2024 Let the counting concludeSpeaking to reporters in Uttar Pradeshs Amethi Sharma said I would like to thank the people of Amethi and the Gandhi family reported ANIHowever let the counting conclude We will talk after that he added reported ANIAs per the latest trends by the ECI Sharma is leading with 88908 votes while BJPs Irani was trailing behind at the time of writing this reportAmethi is one of the mostwatched seats of all the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies The exit polls forecasted a tough fight between BJPs Irani and Gandhi family loyalist KL SharmaLok Sabha election results 2024 Irani defeated Congress candidate Rahul Gandhi in 2019In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls Irani defeated Congress candidate Rahul Gandhi from Amethi which had been a Congress bastion for several years However in the 2024 LS polls Gandhi contested from Keralas Waynad and Uttar Paradeshs Raebareli which has been being represented by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi since 2004In Uttar Pradesh the state with the highest number of constituencies the Samajwadi Party SP is ahead on 35 seats while the BJP is leading on 34 seats a significant decline from the 2019 Lok Sabha pollsLok Sabha election results 2024 Congress leading in 7 statesThe grand old party is currently leading on seven seats as per the latest trends by the Election CommissionMeanwhile the Bharatiya Janata Partyled NDA crossed the majority mark in early leads and the INDIA bloc above 200 defying all exit poll predictionsThe Bharatiya Janata Party is eyeing a third straight term in power while the Opposition under the umbrella of the INDIA bloc is seeking to wrest power from the ruling partyMost exit polls predicted a straight term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi with quite a few of them projecting a twothirds majority for the ruling BJPled National Democratic Alliance NDAThe Congress party and its allies dismissed the exit polls as orchestrated and a work of fantasy asserting that the opposition INDIA bloc will form the next government at the CentreStrict security has been put in place for the smooth conduct of counting of votes for over 8000 candidates in this general electionTwo polls predicted the BJP would also improve its numbers from the 303 seats it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls In the 2019 elections NDA wrested 353 seats of which the BJP won 303 alone The Oppositions UPA got only 93 seats of which the Congress got 52Even before the counting of the votes the Bharatiya Janata Party won one seat of Surat Lok SabhaThe Lok Sabha elections were held across the country in seven phases from April 19 to June 1With inputs from ANI