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)



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    • 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)