Chennai, June 4 (Reporter) True to the exit poll predictions, the ruling DMK-led Front has established early leads in Tamil Nadu as counting of the votes polled in the April 19 elections to the 18th Lok Sabha began on Tuesday morning, amid tight security. As per the trends available an hour after the counting began, the DMK led alliance was leading in 26 of the total 39 seats in the State, while the BJP, heading another front, was leading in one seat. The main Opposition AIADMK, which managed to forge a small front after severing ties with the BJP, was lying third as per the available trends. Almost all the leading candidates of DMK and its allies, including the Congress, MDMK, VCK, CPI, CPI(M), have established early leads. Almost all the sitting MPs of the DMK, Congress, VCK and the Left parties are leading in their respective constituencies. Counting also began for the lone seat in the adjoining Union Territory of Puducherry, where sitting MP and Congress candidate V.Vaithilingam is leading against BJP's A.Namasivayam. AIADMK is in the third spot. It may be noted that of the total 40 seats (39 in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry) , the DMK Front won a total of 39 seats and the AIADMK one seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. And the DMK, going by the trends and the exit poll predictions, is all set for an encore this time also, by winning a majority of the seats...////...