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1900 hours, March 2, 1998
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ELECTIONS '96
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Early trends have Congress, allies ahead in Maharashtra
The Congress and its allies have improved their lead in 12 of the 17 constituencies of Maharashtra where the trends are available till now.
The Shiv Sena is leading in three while the Bharatiya Janata Party has established a lead in two constituencies. The Congress started with an early lead. The Samajwadi Party, an ally of the Congress in Maharashtra, is leading in Bombay South Central over Shiv Sena's Mohan Rawle. The SP's Sohail Lokhandwala was earlier trailing; now he leads by more 1400 votes over Rawle.
In Bombay south, Bombay Regional Congress Committee president Murli Deora improved his lead over Jaywantiben Mehta, a BJP member of the dissolved Lok Sabha by about 15,000 votes at the end of the second round of counting.
Madhukar Sarpotdar, Shiv Sena leader in the dissolved Lok Sabha, maintained his lead over his nearest SP rival Tushar Gandhi by 7,873 votes. In Bombay north, the BJP's Ram Naik is leading over his Congress rival Ram Pandagle by 22,000 votes.
In Rajapur, Shiv Sena candidate Suresh Prabhu is leading by 36,000 votes over Congress candidate Machindra Kambli.
In Sholapur, former AICC general secretary Sushil Kumar Shinde is leading by 11,000 votes over the BJP's Lingaraj Valayal. In Karad, Prithviraj Chauhan of the Congress is leading by 18,340 votes over Shiv Sena candidate Jaywantrao Bhosale.
In Ratnagiri, Shiv Sena candidate Anant Geete is leading by 14,000 votes over Shashikant Joshi of the Congress.
The Congress is leading in Sangli, Jalgaon, Osmanabad, Satara, Dhule, Hingoli, Aurangabad and Kopargaon.
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