Nail-Biter in Maharashtra: BJP Trails in Crucial Seats

BJP candidates in Maharashtra's Chandrapur and Amravati Lok Sabha seats are trailing after the first round of counting. Sudhir Mungantiwar is behind by 9,489 votes in Chandrapur, while in Amravati, Navneet Rana is trailing with 17,795 votes compared to Congress's Balwant Wankhede, who has secured 20,690 votes.

BJP candidate from the Chandrapur Lok Sabha seat, Sudhir Mungantiwar, is trailing by 9,489 votes after the first round of counting, an official said on Tuesday.

The Maharashtra forest minister has bagged 17,559 so far, while the Congress's Pratibha Dhanorkar has secured 27,048 votes.

In the Amravati Lok Sabha seat, the BJP's Navneet Rana has received 17,795 votes, and the Congress's Balwant Wankhede is leading with 20,690 votes after the first round of counting, the official reported.