As the early counting trends emerge on Tuesday, the Congress has extended a clear lead against the ruling BJP in Rajasthan assembly elections. The Congress is leading 90 seats as opposed to the BJP in 76.
All the major leaders, including incumbent Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot are leading from their respective constituencies.
Counting is underway for 199 seats out of 200 assembly constituencies, election for which were held on December 7.
As many as 35 centres have been set up in the state. Except Jaipur and Jodhpur where there are two counting centres and each district has one centre.
Polling took place in 15,687 polling centres across the 199 constituencies on December 7 and the state recorded a turnout of 74.21 per cent, a tally just short of the 75.23 per cent registered in the previous assembly election.
