By IANS
Ahmedabad : Gujarat’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took early leads Sunday as counting of votes polled in the assembly elections began all across the state.
Election officials said the BJP was leading in nine of the 12 seats where counting trends were available. The Congress was ahead only in one seat while other political parties had forged ahead in the remaining two seats.
The counting started at 37 centres at 8.00 a.m. across the state amid tight security. A total of 7,700 officials were involved.
Among the seats the BJP was leading in was Kadi (North) constituency in north Gujarat, held by the Congress in the last assembly.
Both the BJP and the Congress party have said they hoped to win the electoral battle.
Exit polls conducted after the final round of polling Dec 16 had predicted a thin majority for Modi.
According to CNN-IBN, the BJP is tipped to win 92-100 seats to the Congress’ 77-85 while NDTV gave the ruling party 90-110 seats compared to 70-95 for the Congress.