New Delhi, May 23 (KNN) Within 2 hours  after counting of votes began, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has crossed half way mark and seems to be sweeping away the Lok Sabha 2019 Polls with good majority.

The fate of 8,049 candidates is underway, however, going by the early leads, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP has crossed the halfway mark on its own.

The NDA is ahead in more than 300 seats. The BJP is doing well in most states, including the three heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Congress had won the Assembly elections in these states in December last year.

According to reports, Congress president Rahul Gandhi is trailing in Amethi and Sonia Gandhi was also trailing in Congress bastion Rae Bareilly.

Elections were held on 542 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats and a party or alliance needs 272 seats to form government.