Lok Sabha Election Result: Know which VIP candidate is leading or trailing

While the final outcome of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi seat will be watched globally where he is leading, other seats like Amethi and Raebareli of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi respectively are of equal interest to many.

NEW DELHI: VIP seats are keenly watched by political pundits and the masses. The results of these very seats have great political repercussions. While the final outcome of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi seat is being watched globally where he is comfortably leading, other seats like Amethi and Raebareli of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi respectively are also of equal interest to many. Apart from the Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi, there are many stalwarts whose fate is being decided today. Prominent among them are Shatrughan Sinha, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ravi Kishan, Upendra Kushwaha, Kirron Kher, Sunny Deol, Jaya Prada, Manish Tewari, Sukhbir Singh Badal, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Dimple Yadav, and Nitin Gadkari. Here are the top candidates in the fray for Lok Sabha Phase seven elections:

• • Uttar PradeshVaranasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (leading) Gorakhpur: Ravi Kishan -BJP (leading) Gazipur: Manoj Sinha- BJP (trailing) Azamgarh: Akhilesh Yadav- SP (leading) Kannauj: Dimple Yadav- SP ( trailing) Sultanpur: Maneka Gandhi- BJP (leading) Amethi: Rahul Gandhi- Congress (trailing) Rae Bareli: Sonia Gandhi- Congress (leading) Lucknow: Rajnath Singh- BJP (leading) Unnao: Sakshi Maharaj- BJP (leading) Pilibhit: Varun Gandhi- BJP (leading) Mainpuri: Mulayam Singh- SP (leading) Fatehpur Sikri: Raj Babbar- Congress (trailing) Mathura: Hema Malini- BJP (leading) Ghaziabad: VK Singh- BJP (leading) Rampur: Azam Khan- SP (leading) Muzaffarnagar: Ajit Singh- RLD (trailing) Baghpat: Jayant Chaudhary- RLD (trailing)
  • Bihar Madhepura: Sharad Yadav- RJD (trailing) Begusarai: Giriraj Singh- BJP (leading) Patna Sahib: Shatrughan Sinha-Congress (trailing)
• • Maharashtra Nagpur: Nitin Gadkari- BJP (leading) Mumbai North: Urmila Matondkar - Conress (trailing) Mumbai North West: Sanjay Nirupam- Congress (trailing) Mumbai North Central: Priya Dutt- Congress (trailing)
  • Madhya Pradesh Bhopal: Pragya Singh Thakur- BJP (leading)
  • Delhi Chandni Chowk: Harsh Vardhan- BJP (leading) East Delhi: Gautam Gambhir- BJP (leading) North West Delhi: Hans Raj Hans- BJP (leading)
  • Gujarat Gandhinagar: Amit Shah- BJP (leading)
  • Haryana Sonipat: Bhupinder Singh Hooda- Congress (trailing)
  • Kerala Wayanad: Rahul Gandhi- Congress (leading) Thiruvananthapuram: Shashi Tharoor- Congress (leading)
  • Punjab Bhatinda: Harsimrat Kaur Badal- SAD (leading) Patiala: Parnit Kaur- Congress (leading)
  • Rajasthan Jodhpur: Vaibhav Gehlot- Congress (trailing) Badmer: Manvendra Singh- Congress (Locked trailing)