Congress leader Kamal Nath’s son and sitting MP Nakul Nath from Chhindwara is currently trailing in Madhya Pradesh, according to the latest trends available so far of vote counting on Tuesday.

In Chhindwara, BJP’s Vivek Bunty Sahu was leading over Mr Nath by more than 3,800 votes.

Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was also trailing in Rajgarh where incumbent BJP MP Rodmal Nagar was leading by a margin of over 10,000 votes, as per latest official figures.

Other prominent BJP candidates who were leading included Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Vidisha), Faggan Singh Kulaste (Mandla), Shankar Lalwani (Indore), Shivmangal Singh Tomar (Morena), Sandhya Rai (Bhind), Lata Wankhede (Sagar), Virendra Kumar (Tikamgarh), and Alok Sharma (Bhopal).

Counting of votes began at 8 am Tuesday for the 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, where the ruling BJP is aiming for a clean sweep.

Lok Sabha polls in the state were held in four phases on April 19, April 26, May 7 and May 13. The voter turnout was 66.87 per cent.

Earlier in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 28 of the 29 seats, with the exception of Chhindwara, a stronghold of Congress’ Kamal Nath.