Telangana Assembly election results 2023: Congress wins clear majority; new CM to take oath on Monday

Congress won a clear majority in the November 30 election to the 119-member Telangana Assembly. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao resigned and TPCC president Revanth Reddy, who won in the Kodangal segment, credits his victory to the inspiration provided by Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra. Congress won 64 seats, BRS 39 segments, BJP 8, MIM 7 and no independents. Security was beefed at Revanth Reddy's residence as he took out a massive rally to Gandhi Bhavan.

Hyderabad (Telangana): The Congress party won a clear majority continuing by securing 64 seats in Telangana assembly polls, the results of which were announced on Sunday. Congress Telangana President Revanth Reddy, billed as the frontrunner for the Congress CM's post, is declared as elected in the Kodangal assembly segment.

As most exit polls predicted, the Congress showed its upper hand all through in today's results. The grand old party crossed the magic figure of 60 in the early leads itself and reached a final tally of 64 in the evening. BRS bagged 39. BJP and AIMIM ended up with 8 and 7 seats respectively and others one. In this multi-cornered high-stakes electoral battle, no independent won in any of the total 119 seats.

• 9.38 pm
  TPCC chief Revanth Reddy led by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Manikrao Thakare, Uttam Kumar Reddy and Mallu Ravi met Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and handed over a letter urging her to invite the party to form the government.
• 7.48 pm
  Governor Tamilsai Soundararajan accepted the resignation of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
• 6.42 pm
  The swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Minister of Telangana will be held at the LB Stadium on Monday.
• 5. 56 pm
  KCR wins from the Gajwel Assembly constituency.
• 5.20 pm
  Election Commission suspended Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar for meeting Congress State President Revanth Reddy at his residence before the official announcement of the final election result which amounted to a violation of the model code of conduct.
• 5 pm
  In the Kamareddy segment, both CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and Congress state president Revanth Reddy are defeated. BJP nominee K Venkata Raman Reddy was declared as the winner. KCR stood in second place and Revanth third.
• 4.50 pm
  Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao submits his resignation to Governor Tamilisai Sounder Rajan. BRS chief concedes defeat after the Congress party won a clear majority in the elections.
• 4.27 pm
  Congress Telangana president Revanth Reddy, addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, dedicated Congress victory to Telangana martyrs. He said Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra had filled inspiration in the party cadres.
• 4.10 pm
  CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and Congress state president Revanth Reddy are trailing in the Kamareddy segment where BJP nominee K Venkata Raman Reddy is leading after the 15th round with four rounds remaining. Congress Legislature Party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka won in the Madhira segment.
• 3.30 pm
  BRS candidate and Minister K T Rama Rao, in a post on X, thanked Telangana people for giving BRS two consecutive terms in 2014 and 2018. Not saddened over the result today, but surely disappointed as it was not in expected lines and will bounce back, he said.
• 3.20 pm
  Congress Telangana president Revanth Reddy, in a post on X, said he bows to Kodangal for raising the flag of self-respect as high as the sky. Revanth has been declared as the winner from Kodangal. He assured to development of Kodangal as a model for the country.
• 2.20 pm
  BRS candidate and Minister K T Rama Rao won in the Sircilla assembly segment. BJP candidate Raja Singh was declared elected in the Ghoshamahal segment in Hyderabad Old City.
• 2.20 pm
  Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav was declared elected from the Sanathnagar segment. In Maheshwaram, BRS candidate and Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy was declared as the winner.
• 1.20 pm
  In the Kodangal segment, Congress Telangana president Revanth Reddy won over BRS candidate Patnam Narender Reddy with a majority of about 30,000 votes. Congress candidate Uttamkumar Reddy won in the Huzurnagar segment.
• 12.40 pm
  Congress Telangana president Revanth Reddy is going in a huge rally from his residence to Gandhi Bhavan, the Congress state headquarters, in Hyderabad. Revanth Reddy's followers raised slogans 'CM, CM' slogans in favour of their leader.
• 12.35 pm
  Congress senior leader Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said all the elected MLAs together will elect the CM candidate. He further said that DGP visited Revanth Reddy's as he was the Congress state president. Karnataka Deputy CM Shivakumar said that the party's high command will decide the future course of action.
• 12.25 pm
  As Congress is racing towards a clear majority, security is beefed at Congress Telangana President Revanth Reddy. DGP Anjani Kumar accompanied by senior IPS officers went to Revanth Reddy's house.
• 12.10 pm
  Reports emerged that Congress arranged two special flights, four helicopters and two buses to move its candidates to Karnataka. Already, it appointed one special observer each to keep a close vigil on all its contesting candidates in the State amidst reports of possible poaching by rival parties.
• 11.50 am
  The first result was announced in Telangana counting. Congress candidate Adinarayana Rao won over BRS nominee Mechcha Nageswara Rao in the Aswaraopet assembly segment.
• 11.30 am
  Congress raced towards a clear majority and it has established a clear lead over BRS in early leads. BRS Ministers were trailing in many places. Erraballi Dayakar Rao and Puvvada Ajay were trailing in the Palakurthy and Khammam segments respectively.
• 10.30 am
  Minister Sabita Indra Reddy is trailing in Maheshwaram. Congress state president Revanth Reddy is leading with 5,687 votes after the fourth round in Kodangal. In Sircilla, Minister KT Rama Rao is leading with 2,621 votes after the third round.
• 10 am
  BRS candidate KTR racing ahead in the Sircilla assembly segment. In the Uppal segment, BRS nominee Lakshma Reddy is leading with 7,000 votes. In Ghoshamahal in the Old City of Hyderabad, BJP candidate Raja Singh lost his lead and BRS nominee Nandkishore is leading with 2,800 votes after three rounds.
• 9.50 am
  CM KCR is leading with 8,827 votes in the Gazwel assembly segment after the first round. BRS candidates Talasani Srinivas Yadav and T Padma Rao are leading in the Sanathnagar and Secunderabad segments respectively.
• 9.45 am
  Congress is leading in 50+ segments in initial rounds of counting, BRS in 34, BJP in 8 and others in two. In Charminar, the BJP candidate was leading in the first round but the AIMIM nominee gained the lead later.
• 9.30 am
  CM KCR is trailing behind Congress nominee Revanth Reddy in the Kamareddy segment in the first rounds of counting. Here, KCR trailed in the postal ballot as well. Congress is leading over ruling BRS in early counting trends.
• 9.20 am
  Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is leading in Gazwel assembly segment. Congress leader Revanth Reddy gained the upper hand in Kamareddy, one of the two seats from where CM Chandrasekhar Rao is contesting.
• 9 am
  Congress continued its lead in a postal ballot. BRS is leading in the Uppal, Malkajgiri, Medchal and Quthbullapur segments. Congress nominee Azharuddin is leading in Jubilee Hills. BJP's Raja Singh is leading in the Ghoshamahal segment in the Old City of Hyderabad.
• 8.30 am
  Congress leading in postal ballot counting. In Khammam district, Congress is leading in nine segments and CPI in one. Congress Telangana President Revanth Reddy leading in Kodangal in postal ballot counting.
• 7.30 am
  Counting trends are to be expected by 10 am itself. The final results of small segments like Charminar, Bhadrachalam and Aswaraopet may be announced by 1 pm if there are no objections from contesting candidates. Just 94,830 voters exercised their franchise in Charminar.
• 7 am
  Most of the 119 assembly segments in Telangana will have 14 counting tables. There are six constituencies, which will have 28 tables because they have a higher number of polling centres. These are Serilingampalli, Quthbullapur, Rajendranagar, Maheswharam, LB Nagar and Medchal.
• 6.45 am
  First, the counting of postal ballots will be taken up at 8 am. There are about 2.2 lakh postal ballot voters including government employees on election duty, those in central services, disabled persons and elders above 80 years of age. Later, the counting of votes in EVMs (electronic voting machines) will begin at 8.30 am.
• 6.30 am
  Most exit polls gave an advantage to Congress, some predicted a keen contest. Jan Ki Baat gave Congress 48-64, BRS 40-55, BJP 7-13 and AIMIM 4-7. On the other hand, Polstrat gave Congress 49-59, BRS 48-58, BJP 5-10 and AIMIM 6-8. As the results will be announced tomorrow, political circles are agog with speculation about whether these exit polls will prove right.
• 6 am
  Only 39.64 per cent of voters exercised their right to vote in the Yakutpura segment, which is the lowest. About 41.32 per cent in polling was recorded in Malakpet, 43.27 per cent in Charminar and 45.26 per cent in Chandrayanagutta, 45.50 per cent in Bahadurpura, 47.49 per cent in Jubilee Hills, 48.75 per cent in Serilingampally, 49.07 per cent in LB Nagar and 49.36 per cent in Cantonment. District-wise, Yadadri recorded the highest polling of 90.36 per cent, 56.17 per cent voting in Medchal - Malkajgiri, 59.94 per cent in Ranga Reddy and 68.81 per cent in Hanmakonda.
• 5.30 am
  In the Telangana election, there were 3,26,02,793 voters in the state. Of them, 2,32,59,256 people exercised their right to vote. Among them 1,15,84,728 were male, 1,16,73,722 were female and 806 others. Constituency-wise, the highest turnout was 91.89 per cent in Munugodu followed by 90.89 per cent polling in Paleru and 90.77 per cent in Alair.
• 5 am
  As counting is going to begin for the Telangana poll 2023, the fate of over 2,290 candidates from over 100 parties along with 900 independents is sealed in the EVMs. Polling was held on November 30 at 35,655 polling stations in the single-phase poll across the state.

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