Thiruvananthapuram, May 23: The vote count for the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala began on Thursday morning, with initial trends showing that the Congress was ahead in 12 and the Left in seven seats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kummanem Rajasekheran was ahead of Congress’ Shashi Tharoor, the sitting member, in Thiruvananthapuram.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is leading in Wayanad constituency in Kerala by 10,910 votes against CPI’s C P Suneer, according to the Election Commission and had taken a slight edge in Amethi, official sources said.
Earlier, Smriti Irani was leading in Amethi.
The Left candidates were leading in seven places including Palakkad, Attingal, Kozhikode, Vadakara and Kannur.
In all there will be 14 rounds of counting.
Over 22,000 police officials are providing security across the state. IANS
