New Delhi: Early leads in 24 of the 32 assembly seats in eight state where votes of by election are being counted show that ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is loosing ground.

Tends were available from all 11 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Samajvadi Party (SP) is leading in 7 seats while BJP was able to secure lead in 4 seats only.

In Rajasthan both BJP and Congress were leading on 2 seats each. Polling was held for 4 seats in Rajasthan.

Trends from Gujrat state show that BJP is on lead at 6 seats, while it’s candidates are trailing to Congress candidates on 3 seats.