Guwahati, June 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and the opposition INDIA bloc were ahead in more than 200 seats on Tuesday out of 533 seats for which trends were available, according to television reports.

India Today gave leads in 290 seats to the NDA, while the INDIA bloc was ahead in 216.

According to the Conduct of Election Rules, postal ballots were taken up for counting first and the process of counting of votes recorded in electronic voting machines (EVMs) began 30 minutes later.

The process of counting votes cast through postal ballots and EVMs will continue simultaneously.

While the Lok Sabha has 543 members, counting is being held for 542 seats after the BJP’s Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed.

The seats currently stands at:
Bharatiya Janata Party – BJP 3, 239, 242
Indian National Congress – INC 2, 98, 100