With the results of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections, the counting of votes has begun for 46 assembly and 2 Lok Sabha seats in 15 states. Priyanka Gandhi is leading by 4 lakh votes in the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. Here, CPI candidate Satyan Mokeri is in second place and BJP’s Navya Haridas is in third place. Forest Minister Ramniwas Rawat, who joined BJP from Congress, has lost in the Vijaypur seat of Madhya Pradesh. BJP candidate Ramakant Bhargava is ahead by more than 1800 votes in the Budhi assembly seat. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been an MLA from the Budhi seat 5 times. This seat fell vacant when he became an MP. In the by-election trends for 9 assembly seats in UP, the BJP alliance has got a lead in 7 seats and the SP in 2 seats. The SP has got a lead in the Karhal seat of Mainpuri, which is considered Akhilesh’s stronghold. The BJP had fielded Akhilesh’s cousin Anujesh Yadav here.