As per report rahul Gandhi leading in Wayanad, kerala. Karthi chidambaram leading in Tamilnadu, Gaurav Gogoi leading in assam. Meanwhile BJP candidates Tejasvi Surya leading in Bangalore south, PC Mohan leading in Bangalore Central. As per early trends Congress candidate urmila MATONDKAR' target='_blank' title='click here to read more about urmila MATONDKAR'>urmila matondkar trailing in mumbai North. Reportedly smriti irani campaigned aggressively in Amethi, where she had contested and lost to rahul Gandhi in 2014 but had managed to reduce his winning margin to one lakh.
smriti irani's narrative has been to highlight the Congress leader's "neglect" of the constituency. rahul Gandhi's decision to contest from Wayanad had bolstered the BJP's charge that he is "running away" because he is unsure of his prospects in Amethi. Furthermore rahul Gandhi is trailing in Amethi and leading in kerala's Wayanad. This is the first time that he contested from a second seat.
Moreover the BJP is leading in Bengaluru south and hence the seat is considered a BJP stronghold. The BJP's 28-year-old Tejaswi Surya is pitted against Congress Rajya Sabha member BK hari Prasad.
