LIVE: BJP leads in 24 seats in Rajasthan

Counting of votes for Rajasthan's 25 Lok Sabha seats began amid tight security. In the first phase of polling held on April 29 for 13 seats, 68.22 % voting was recorded while in the second phase on May 6, 63.78 %  voting was registered on 12 seats.

Live updates:

• Celebrations have started outside BJP's party office in Jaipur
• BJP is leading with 24 seats
• RLTP-NDA alliance is ahead on 1 seat
• BJP candidate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat with a margin of 18,874 votes in Jodhpur Lok Sabha seat
• Congress candidate and Rajput leader Manvendra Singh, the son of former BJP leader Jaswant Singh, is also trailing in Barmer
• BJP's Arjun Ram Meghwal (Bikaner), Rajyavardhan Rathore (Jaipur rural), PP Chaudhary (Pali) are leading with a margin of 47442, 44082 and 80587 votes respectively
• The margin in the initial trends is highest in Bhilwara, where BJP candidate Subhas Chand Baheria is leading by 1,18,896 votes and the lowest margin is in Bharatpur, where the BJP is leading by a margin of 2,496 votes

Jaipur:Counting of votes for Rajasthan's 25 Lok Sabha seats began on Thursday amid tight security.

The parliamentary elections in the state were held in two phases on April 29 and May 6.

The votes will decide the fate of many renowned candidates in the fray including Union Minister Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore.

In the 2014 polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party won all the seats.

In the first phase of polling held on April 29 for 13 seats, 68.22 % voting was recorded while in the second phase on May 6, 63.78 % voting was registered on 12 seats.

Overall 66.12 % voting was recorded which was the highest voter turnout in the last 67 years.

In 2014, 63.10 % voting was recorded.