The Congress party in Chhattisgarh failed to retain the lead it had achieved in the State’s last Assembly election in the lok Sabha polls counting of which was held on Friday.
As per the trend which available in the afternoon, the Congress was only leading in Mahasamund and Durg lok Sabha seats while the BJP was maintaining its lead in the remaining seats.
In the assembly polls, the Congress had recorded a lead in Surguja, Bastar, Kanker, Korba, and Janjgir-Champa assembly seats. It however failed to maintain it in the lok Sabha polls. In all these seats the Congress was seen lagging behind in the lok Sabha polls.
In the last election, the Congress had won only the Korba seat which it lost this time round to the BJP. The party had captured eight of the nine assembly seats in Sarguja but it failed to maintain the same lead in the lok Sabha election, the trend showed.