The ruling BJP in Gujarat is leading in all the eight seats while the Congress is trailing behind as counting of votes polled for the Assembly bypolls progressed on Tuesday.
The gap between the margin of votes polled by candidates of the Congress and the BJP is significant in at least five constituencies–Limbdi, Abdasa, Kaprada, Dang and Karjan.
Jayantilal Patel of Congress, who was leading from Morbi earlier in the day, has fallen behind his BJP rival Brijesh Merja who has taken a lead of over 1,000 votes, as per the Election Commission data.
In seven other seats, the BJP has been maintaining a consistent lead since this morning.
After four hours of counting, former BJP minister Kiritsinh Rana is leading by over 22,000 votes in Limbdi. In Abdasa, Pradhumansinh Jadeja of BJP is leading over 16,000 votes.
Jitu Chaudhari and Vijay Patel (both from BJP) have also taken a comfortable lead of…