Congress leading in Puducherry constituency

The ruling Congress has taken animpressive lead of over 70,000 votes in the lone Lok Sabhaconstituency in the Union Territory

Congress candidate V Vaithilingam has secured 1,74, 718votes while his nearest rival Narayanasamy Kesavan of AINRChas polled 90,814 votes, according to the latestinformation made available by the Election Commission

Congress is part of the DMK led alliance while AINRC isan ally of the BJP.