Ghaziabad, May 16: Former Indian Army chief V.K. Singh (BJP) Fri took a lead of over 20,000 votes over BSP’s Mukul Upadhyay in the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency, officers aforesaid.

Samajwadi Party’s Sudhan Rawat was within the third spot followed by Raj Babbar (Congress) and Shazia Ilmi (AAP) as officers counted the mass of votes polled within the election.