Rajasthan polls: BJP leading in 17 seats

NEW DELHI: Opposition BJP is leading in 17 seats while ruling Congress was ahead in five constituencies in Rajasthan as per early trends of counting in the Assembly elections.

Some of the constituencies in which BJP candidates are leading are Aspur, Bhilwara, Mandal, Pindwara-Abu, and Udaipur district against their nearest rivals of Congress.

Rajasthan witnesses a keen fight between Congress led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and BJP's Vasundhara Raje with both the parties facing each other in all the 200 constituencies.

As many as 2,087 candidates are in the fray in the desert state.