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Maharashtra leads
Congress: 11
Shiv Sena (UBT: 11
BJP: 10
NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar): 8
Shiv Sena (SHS): 6
Others: 2
Congress's Shafi Parambil increases lead in Vadakara constituency
Congress's young MLA Shafi Parambil is leading by 12,639 votes in volatile Vadakara constituency in north Kerala against his nearest rival candidate CPI (M)'s K K Shailja as some rounds of votes were counted on Tuesday.
Parambil gained an initial lead of over 80 votes over Shailja when the postal votes were started counting.
Both Shailja and Parambil switched their leads at various phases of counting.
Final results will be in over favour: Omar Abdullah
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah said he is hopeful of winning the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, even as he was trailing behind Independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid by 25,000 votes in initial trends.
"There will be ups and downs but the final results will be in our favour," Abdullah said.
Asked about his take on the exit polls, the NC leader said, "Exit polls have been wrong in the past as well but right also sometimes. While we are hopeful, we have apprehensions also that all the exit polls cannot be wrong." "There can be minor differences but all exit polls are saying one thing only. It will be something extraordinary to hope that all of them are wrong. Everything will be clear by 1 or 2 pm," he said.