Ruling BSP was leading in 24 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh followed by its arch rival Samajwadi Party in 23 seats, Congress in 18 and BJP in eight, official sources said here.

Uttar Pradesh: BSP ahead in 24, SP in 23, Cong 18 and BJP in eight

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RJD supremo and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is locked in a keen contest in Saran parliamentary constituency of Bihar but is leading in Patliputra.

Lalu forges ahead of Rudy in Saran, leads in Patliputra

Congress is leading in 17 Assembly seats, TDP in 14, PRP 3, TRS in 2, Independents 2 and CPI 1 after two-and-half hours of counting in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh: Congress leading in 17 assembly seats

Ruling Congress party was leading in 20 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan while BJP was ahead in four constituencies at 1100 hrs.

Congress leads in 20 seats in Rajasthan at 1100 hrs

NCP president Sharad Pawar was leading over Subhash Deshmukh (BJP) over 64,000 votes while Supriya Sule (NCP) was leading over Kanta Nalwade (BJP) by over 17,000 votes in Baramati.

Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar ahead by 64,000 votes

Ruling BJD, which had established leads in at least 65 of the 147 assembly seats in Orissa, has also surged ahead in 14 of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies as the counting of votes progresses.

Orissa: BJD leads in 14 of 21 LS seats

A stable government was the need of the hour in these times of global recession and there should be no problem in formation of a stable government, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here today.

Only UPA can provide stable govt: Pawar

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi seems to have maintained his hold over the state with the BJP winning one Lok Sabha seat and leading in 18 others, while Congress is ahead in seven constituencies.

BJP wins one LS seat in Gujarat; leads in 18 others

The Congress-led UPA is all set to retain power at the Centre putting up an impressive performance in states like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to overwhelm the BJP-led NDA.

UPA all set to return to power

With election trends favouring UPA, Congress today said Manmohan Singh will be the Prime Minister now and Rahul Gandhi its future prime minister.

Congress says Manmohan will remain PM

With trends pointing to an impressive DMK victory in the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, celebrations broke out in party headquarters with jubilant cadres bursting crackers while the office of AIADMK wore a deserted look, reflecting moods in the rival camps.

Celebration in DMK headquarters; Guns fall silent in AIADMK HQ

Congress was leading in eight of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab while the ruling SAD-BJP alliance was ahead in the remaining five seats.

Punjab: Congress leads in eight LS seats

The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front led by Pawan Kumar Chamling, is heading for landslide victory in the assembly polls having won five seats and established sizeable leads in other constituencies.

SDF heading for a landslide victory in Sikkim

'Fourth Front' constituents, who fought independently despite being in the UPA, were leading in 33 Lok Sabha constituencies, as per trends available from all the 543 seats till mid-day.

Fourth Front leads in 33 seats

Vipin Kumar of Congress today defeated the BJP candidate by over 23,000 votes in the by-elections to Rohtas Nagar Assembly seat, which fell vacant after his father and MLA Ram Babu Sharma passed away.

Congress' Vipin Kumar wins Delhi bypolls

In a setback to the ruling BJP, Congress was leading in all the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand.

Cong appears to sweep Uttarakhand

Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor is all set to win in Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency, having established an irreversible lead of about 86,000 votes when 90 per cent of votes were counted.

Tharoor all set to win

After facing one of the worst defeats at the hustings, the Left parties today said they were ready to sit in the Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha and would not support the Congress in government formation.

Left says it is ready to sit in Opposition benches

Ruling Congress was leading in nine of the ten Lok Sabha seats in Haryana while the newly formed Haryana Janhit Congress-BL was ahead in Hissar from where former chief minister Bhajan Lal was in the fray.

Haryana: Congress leads in nine constituencies

As capital cities go, Delhi doesn't just lead the way in social and economic development, it also mirrors who is worthy of ruling the country.

Delhi shows the way for India

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Amid &quot;disappointing&quot; trends for BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, top party leaders, including Rajnath Singh, today rushed to the residence of their Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani to discuss the future course of action.

Top BJP leaders rush to Advani's residence

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