Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023 updates | Congress swearing-in ceremony likely on December 4 or 9

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has officially announced the conclusive results for the Telangana assembly elections. 

Among the 119 seats, Congress emerged victorious in 64, BRS secured 39, BJP claimed 8, AIMIM attained 7, and the CPI triumphed in 1 seat.

The Congress staked claim to form the government in Telangana meeting Governor, Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday night.

A delegation of the Congress consisting of AICC observer and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka D.K. Shivakumar, AICC incharge for Telangana Manikrao Thakare, PCC president A. Revanth Reddy, Nalgonda MP, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and others met the Governor for over 30 minutes and discussed the formation of the government.

An IPS officer from the 1990 batch, Ravi Gupta assumed charge as Director General of Police (DGP) Telangana.

He was given Full Additional Charge of the post after Anjani Kumar, IPS was suspended. 

Thanking senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and AICC Chief Mallikarjun Kharge, TPCC chief Revanth Reddy on Sunday said it is the party’s responsibility to fulfil Telangana people’s aspirations after forming the government in the state.

Speaking to mediapersons, he said the Congress’s victory is dedicated to Telangana martyrs.

Former AICC president Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra gave impetus to the party in the state, Mr. Reddy said, adding that the “six guarantees” given by the Congress and the other promises made by leaders such as Rahul Gandhi would also be implemented, once the party forms the government. - PTI

The BJP vote share surged from 7% in 2018 to 13.88% in the present assembly polls even as its number of seats has gone up to 8. The party also won two by-polls, giving it three members in the outgoing assembly.

K. Venkata Ramana Reddy emerged as a giant killer by defeating Chief Minister and BRS supremo K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Telangana PCC chief Revanth Reddy in Kamareddy.

He vanquished his nearest rival KCR by a margin of 6,741 votes.

However, on the flip side, all the three saffron party Lok Sabha members were defeated.

Controversial legislator T. Raja Singh is the only BJP candidate from the city who won in 2018 assembly polls and has repeated his feat this time. He retained his Goshamahal seat for the third time in a row.

BJP’s firebrand MP and ex-state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar lost to BRS rival Gangula Kamalakar Reddy by 3,163 votes.

Nizamabad MP D. Arvind lost to his BRS rival Kalvakuntla Sanjay by over 10,000 votes.

Soyam Bapurao lost to BRS’ Anil Jadav.

The BJP’s promise of making a BC candidate as chief minister also didn’t seem to cut ice with the voters. - PTI

Hours after the suspension of Director General of Police (DGP) Anjani Kumar, the Telangana State government issued orders appointing Ravi Gupta, as the Director-General of Police for the State.

ACB DG Ravi Gupta is given Full Additional Charge of the post of DGP (Head of Police Force). 

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao submitted his resignation with the Governor following his party’s poor performance.

Telangana governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan accepted chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s resignation. The governor requested KCR to continue in office till the formation of a new government.

Health and Finance Minister Harish Rao wins from Siddipet with a margin of 82,308 votes out of the total votes of 1,05,514 (58.17%).

Pujala Hari Krishna of INC stands second with 23,206 (12.79%) votes

D. Srikanth Reddy of BJP comes third with 23,201 (12.79%) votes

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s T. Raja Singh wins Goshamahal seat with a margin of 21,457 votes. Total votes 80,182 (54.08%).

Nand Kishore Vyas of BRS stands second with 58,725 (39.61%) votes.

Mogili Sunitha of Congress comes third with 6209 (4.23%) votes.

Kalvakuntla Sanjay of BRS wins Koratla seat with a margin of 10,305 seats. Total votes were 72,115 (30.28%).

BJP’s Arvind Dharmapuri stands second with 61,810 (33.67%) votes.

Narasinga Rao Juvvadi from Congress comes third with 39,647 (21.6%) votes.

Communist Party of India gets their first win. Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao wins Kothagudem assembly seat with a margin of 26,547 votes (42.75%). Total votes were 80,336.

All India Forward Bloc’s Jalagam Venkat Rao stands second with 53,789 (28.62%) votes.

Vanama Venkateswara Rao of BRS comes third with 37,555 (19.98%) votes.

Telangana BSP chief R.S. Praveen Kumar (cop-turned-politician) loses Sirpur assembly seat. BJP and BRS combined were the main opposition. 

BJP’s Dr. Pallavi Harish Babu wins the seat with a margin of 3,088 votes. Total 63,702 votes (34.09%).

Koneru Konappa of BRS stands second with 60,614 (32.43%) votes.

R.S. Praveen comes third with 44,646 (23.89%) votes.

Telangana government suspended DGP Anjani Kumar following a recommendation from the ECI to initiate action against him. The DGP had violated model code of conduct by meeting Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy at latter’s house even as Assembly election results were being announced.

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TPCC chief Anumula Revanth Reddy wins Kodangal assembly seat with a margin of 32,532 votes out of total 1,07,429 votes (55.05%).

Patnam Narender Reddy from BRS comes second with 74,897 (38.38%) votes.

BJP’s Bantu Ramesh gets 3,988 (2.04%) votes. 

Revanth Reddy is trailing in third position from Kamareddy constituency.

Anumula Revanth Reddy, who led the Congress’ charge, finds himself on the brink of a potential chief ministership. The 56-year-old leader met top police officials of the state and discussed the security arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony, likely on December 4 or 9.

He welcomed the people’s mandate in favour of the national party. 

‘Aya Rams, Gaya Rams’ had the last laugh in over a dozen Assembly constituencies after the results of Telangana Assembly Elections were out on Sunday.

Notable among the leaders, who had defected to rival parties days before the filing of nominations, Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy (Munugode), Gaddam Vivekanand (Chennur – SC) won with convincing margins over their opponents.

Mr. Venkataramana Reddy, locals say, has been accessible and is quite popular among the electorate. He began his political journey as ZPTC member of Nizamabad Zilla Parishad, quit the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now BRS) and joined the YSR Congress Party of Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy for a brief period, being a die-hard fan of late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. His father K. Raji Reddy was a popular MLA of Kamareddy. For the last three years, he has been with the BJP.

The BJP candidate gained prominence after taking up the issue of delayed wages for Anganwadi workers and spearheaded the agitation against the Kamareddy Master Plan, which proposed merger of several fringe villagers into the municipality. An uproar by the local villagers and weeks of agitation prompted the government to drop the Master Plan altogether. This issue brought a lot of goodwill to Mr.Venkataramana Reddy.

INC’s Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy wins Munugode Assembly constituency with a margin of 40,590 votes, while his brother Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy is leading in Nalgonda with a margin of 54,332 votes.

Raj Gopal Reddy after quitting from Congress had contested in the Munugode byelections in November 2022 and lost. He rejoined congress, contested and won the seat again.

BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao secured a win in Sircilla by a margin of 29,687 votes. He received a total of 89,244 votes.

INC’s K.K. Mahender Reddy came in second with 59,557 votes. The third spot was taken by BJP’s Rani Rudrama Reddy with 18,328 votes.

The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief A. Revanth Reddy has asked Telangana State DGP Anjani Kumar to make security arrangements at all important places for the swearing-in ceremony of the new State Government. The swearing-in ceremony is likely to take place on either December 4 or December 9, according to the DGP.

In one of the biggest upsets in Telangana Assembly elections, BJP candidate from Kamareddy, Katipally Venkataramana Reddy defeated BRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and the TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy, who is also serious contender for the top post.

The real giant killer of the Assembly elections in Telangana undoubtedly is Mr. Venkataramana Reddy, who is making his political debut with such a stunning victory over two towering political personalities. 

Gratitude to Telangana’s people for encouraging support. Under PM’s leadership, BJP will continue to work for state’s development, said Amit Shah on Sunday as Congress emerged as clear winner in the Telangana Assembly elections.

In Secunderabad Assembly seat, Padma Rao T. of the BRS, was declared the winner by a margin of 45,240 votes. He received 78,223 votes in total. 

The second spot was taken by INC’s candidate Adam Santosh Kumar who got 32,983 votes. BJP’s Mekala Sarangapani got 25,202 votes.

First win for AIMIM was announced after the party’s candidate from Bahadurpura, Mohammed Mubeen, won by a margin of 67,025 votes on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked people of Telangana for their increasing support, says this trend will continue in times to come. “Our bond with Telangana is unbreakable, we will keep working for people,” said PM Modi on Assembly poll result.

Telangana Chief Minister KCR leaves Pragati Bhavan to meet Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan at Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation.

TPCC c.hief Revanth Reddy on Sunday said it is the party’s responsibility to fulfil Telangana people’s aspirations after forming the government in the State. He said the Pragati Bhavan, the official residence of the chief minister will be renamed ‘Praja Bhavan’ once the Congress forms the government.

Dedicating the Congress victory to the Telangana martyrs and assuring to revive democracy in Telangana, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president, A. Revanth Reddy said Congress would give full space to the Opposition in the governance.

In his first press conference after the party’s impressive performance, he termed the verdict as a vote against the KCR government. “People wanted to remove Mr. KCR,” was his cryptic reply to a question. 

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A. Revanth Reddy stated that along with six guarantees, the Congress party has promised to provide democratic governance as the seventh guarantee.

In a post on X (Formerly twitter), he assured that they will not compromise on the protection of democratic values. Mr. Revanth said that they will coordinate with Opposition parties and keep the State at the forefront of development.

BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao on Sunday said the assembly poll results were “disappointing” though he was not “saddened”.

In a post on ‘X’, Rama Rao congratulated the Congress party which is clearly heading to form the government in Telangana.

“Grateful to the people of Telangana for giving @BRSparty two consecutive terms of Government. Not saddened over the result today, but surely disappointed as it was not in expected lines for us. But we will take this in our stride as a learning and will bounce back,” he said. 

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that the party will overcome “temporary setbacks and prepare fully for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections along with the INDIA parties.”

He thanked the people of Telangana, where the party is on course to dislodge the BRS from power and form the government.

In Armur constituency, Paidi Rakesh Reddy of BJP won by a margin of 29,669 votes. Mr. Reddy received a total vote of 44.9%.

The second in position was Congress candidate P. Vinay Kumar Reddy, who received 42,989 votes.

As of 4 p.m. on Sunday, Congress has secured victory in 11 Assembly constituencies in Telangana — Chennur, Bellampalli, Jukkal, Ramagundam, Medak, Andole, Wanaparthy, Nagarjuna Sagar, Huzurnagar and Thungathurthi.

After the 12th round of counting votes in Kamareddy constituency, BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been pushed to the third place in the race and Congress’s chief A. Revanth Reddy took the lead. 

The Telangana State police have stepped up the security provided to Indian National Congress-Telangana president Revanth Reddy on Sunday afternoon as election results began trickling in. Officials from the State Intelligence confirmed that as per the routine process, Mr. Reddy will be given additional security as per the post he holds.

Officials also said that the ‘outgoing’ chief minister will still get Z+ category security.

An analysis of the candidates of major parties in Telangana shows that the Congress had fielded six, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) had fielded three and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) fielded eight contestants who were identified as Muslims in the 2023 Telangana State elections. There are in total 119 seats in Telangana.

All Muslim candidates from BRS and Congress were trailing as of 2.30 pm. Among Muslim candidates fielded by the AIMIM, except two - M.D. Rashed Farazuddin from Jubilee Hills and Kausar Mohiuddin from Karwan - all others were winning/leading from their seats.

In his political career spanning 15 years, Dr. Gaddam Vivekanand has moved from the Congress to BRS (earlier TRS) and then to BJP and now back in the Congress. A strong votary of the separate statehood movement and leading personality behind the Congress MPs in acting as a pressure group to demand bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Vivek minced no words in taking on the ruling Governments.

Carrying on the legacy of his late father, former Union Minister and CWC member G. Venkataswamy, the former MP was one of the strong critic of the state of affairs in the BJP, when he was sailing with the party since 2019. Protesting the lack of recognition and the domination of a few leaders, he chose to part ways and join the Congress in this November first week. After re-joining the latter, he was named as the Congress candidate from Chennur.

Congress candidate Gaddam Vivekanand wins Chennur Assembly constituency with a margin of 37,515 votes.

Mr. Vivekanand received 87,541 votes, while his nearest rival BRS’ Balka Suman got 50,026 votes.

Mr. Vivekanand’s brother Gaddam Vinod is leading from Bellampally with a margin of 36,878 votes

The Congress seems headed for the simple majority mark in Telangana to form its first government in the southern State as the national party was leading in 64 Assembly segments on Sunday as counting of votes was underway.

“Not saddened over the result today, but surely disappointed as it was not in expected lines for us. But we will take this in our stride as a learning and will bounce back,” said KT Rama Rao on ‘X’.

The BJP, which has 3 members in the outgoing 119-member House, was leading in 8 seats as counting of votes in Telangana Assembly elections was underway.

All three BJP Lok Sabha members who contested in the Assembly polls were trailing behind their nearest rivals.

BJP’s firebrand MP and ex-state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar was trailing behind his nearest BRS rival Gangula Kamalakar Reddy by 6349 votes after the tenth round.

Nizamabad MP D. Arvind was trailing behind his BRS rival Kalvakuntla Sanjay by 7,190 votes after the 11th round.

Soyam Bapurao was trailing behind BRS’ Anil Jadav by 15330 votes after the 13th round.

In Medak, Congress candidate Mynampally Rohith secured win by a margin of 10,157 votes over nearest rival BRS’s Padma Devender Reddy, who got 76,969 votes.

In the third position was BJP’s Vijay Kumar Panja who received 13,657 votes.

Jubilant mood prevailed at the residence of Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy and the party’s state headquarters in Hyderabad as it appeared to be heading towards clear majority to form the government.

Celebrations broke out at Gandhi Bhavan, the party office, where overjoyed workers were seen setting off crackers and raising “Jai Congress” and “Revanth Anna Zindabad” slogans.

The Congress is on it’s way to victory in Telangana defeating its closest rival, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), in the Assembly elections on Sunday.

According to the latest update of the Election Commission, Congress is leading in 64 segments, the ruling BRS in 40 while BJP and AIMIM in eight and six respectively.

The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is leading in six of the nine Assembly constituencies it contested in the Telangana Assembly elections, as per the latest counting trends on Sunday.

Akbaruddin Owaisi, younger brother of AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, is leading from his Chandrayangutta segment with 39,884 votes over his nearest rival BJP’s K. Mahender after the eighth round of counting.

Congress’ Mynampally Hanumanth Rao, who quit the BRS to join the party after his son Mynampally Rohit was denied a ticket from Medak, was trailing in Malkajgiri, where after the 6th round he received 21,794 votes.

Meanwhile, his son was leading in Medak constituency with 77,899 votes after the 18th round. BRS’ Padma Devender Reddy was in the second position securing 69,626 votes.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the Congress was expecting a victory in the Assembly polls in Telangana and Chhattisgarh and a close fight in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, based on internal assessment.

He maintained that it was too early to predict the election results based on the trends. 

“We are in the leading position in Telangana and there are some variations in Chhattisgarh,” the Chief Minister told reporters. - PTI

In Kothagudem Assembly constituency of Telangana’s coal belt, the Congress backed CPI candidate Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao was leading with 42,693 votes. Whereas, sitting BRS MLA Vanama Venkateshwara Rao was trailing in the third place. He secured only 13,753 votes.

Mr. Sambasiva Rao is the State secretary of CPI.

Telangana Congress president A. Revanth Reddy is leading in the two constituencies he is contesting from — Kodangal and Kamareddy.

In Kondangal, the Telangana Congress chief received 35,590 votes while, BRS’ Patnam Narender Reddy got 27,373 votes.

Revanth Reddy, president of the Telangana Congress, secured 26,437 votes in Kamareddy after the 8th round of counting.

While the BRS chief and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was behind with 24,091 votes.

Chief Minister and BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is leading in Gajwel and trailing in Kamareddy.

After the 5th round of counting, the BRS chief secured 23,280 votes, while BJP’s Eatala Rajender got 16,252 in Gajewal.

In Kothagudem Assembly constituency of Telangana’s coal belt, the Congress-backed CPI candidate Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao was leading by a margin of 16,449 after 5th round of vote counting, over nearest contender All India Forward Bloc party’s nominee Jalagam Venkat Rao.

The sitting MLA of the ruling BRS Vanama Venkateshwara Rao was trailing in the third place.

Following is the status as on round sever. 

While Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy secured 22515 votes, BRS chief K. Chandrashekar Rao got 20554 votes and BJP Candidate Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy got 20079.

KCR is leading in Gajwel which has been his bastion.

Revanth is also leading in Kodangal, his stronghold.

Congress may rise to power for the first time in Telangana since the formation of the State in 2014, according to several exit polls and the latest polling trends. While announcing the poll promises, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president, Mallikarjun Kharge said the manifesto was like the Gita, Bible, and Quran for the people of Telangana. Their surplus State, under the leadership of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao, had succumbed to debt and corruption, Mr. Kharge said.

Tight contest is witnessed in Kamareddy constituency, where presidents of two major parties in Telangana are contesting. 

Following is the status as on round 6. 

While Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy secured 19767 votes, BRS chief K, Chandrashekar Rao got 17684 votes and BJP Candidate Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy got 16763. 

KCR is leading in Gajwel which has been his bastion and Revanth is also leading in Kodangal, his stronghold.

Congress has managed to comfortably cross the halfway mark according to current trends, while the BRS has been trailing in the ​Telangana Assembly elections​. After four rounds of counting votes in Kamareddy constituency, BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been pushed to the third place in the race and Congress’s chief A. Revanth Reddy takes lead. 

According to the ECI website, as of 12. 35 p.m. congress has been leading in 65 seats followed by BRS with leads in 38 and then BJP with 10 seats. The CPI and leads in 1 and AIMIM in 4 seats. 

AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi leads in Chandrayangutta constituency. Status as on round 5 of counting: AIMIM secures 22,139 voties, followed by BJP with 4353 and BRS with 3815 votes. 

Akbaruddin was first elected in 1999 from Chandrayangutta. He defeated MBT Amanullah Khan in that year, who was a stalwart of MIM and later broke away from the party.

Mr. Akbaruddin is AIMIM’s floor leader and worked extensively in the assembly constituency.

Eatala Rajender has been trailing in third place at his stronghold Huzurabad constituency. BRS candidate Padi Kaushik Reddy is leading after four rounds of counting. 

Mr. Rajender is trailing in Gajwel constituency too, where he is contesting against BRS chief K. Chandrashekar Rao. Eatala Rajender was a prominent leader in Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now BRS). Mr. Rajender was the Health Minister during COVID-19 wave. He has quit the party and the Ministry. He contested from the BJP banner in the Huzurabad by-election and won. 

After five rounds of counting, AIMIM has been leading in the Yakutpura constituency, followed by MBT and BJP. 

The turnout was especially poor in the city south of Musi river, with Yakutpura recording the lowest percentage in the whole State at 39.69%.

As the latest trends show that Congress is leading on 58 seats in 119-member Telangana Assembly, party leader Renuka Chowdhury said that Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leaders are in touch with the grand old party.

Congress workers celebrating at A. Revathi Reddy house in Hyderabad on Sunday as he leads in Kamaraddy constituency. 

While BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been trailing in Kamareddy constituency, he is leading in Gajwel. BJP leader Eatala Rajender is trailing. KCR led BRS is facing a tough competition from Congress in the Telangana Assembly Elections 2023 results. 

KCR is trailing in Kamareddy, another constituency he is contesting from. 

The BJP has been leading in 11 seats across the State as of 11:41 a.m. 

Though the Congress has been leading overall in the state with 61 seats so far; the BRS follows with leads in 38 seats. AIMIM has 2 seats in lead so far and CPI one. 

(Source: ECI website)

BRS candidate Nand Kishore Vyas is leading and BJP’s T. Raja Singh is trailing. Raja Singh, a controversial leader was suspended from the party in August 2022 for making provocative statements against a particular religion. 

He won twice in 2014 & 2018, Mr. Raja Singh was the lone BJP MLA before two more leaders from the party won in bypolls. 

The suspension was lifted just before distribution of tickets for the Telangana Assembly Elections 2023.

Congress cadre begin celebrations at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad.

The Congress has been leading in the Telangana Assembly elections. As of 11:30 a.m. the BRS has taken the second place with 37 seats followed by BJP with leads in 9 seats. The AIMIM and CPI has been leading in one seat each. 

As on round 2 of counting, Congress candidate Mynampally Hanumanth Rao trails. BRS candidate takes the lead and BJP has been pushed to the third spot. 

After publicly criticising BRS leader Harish Rao, he shifted to Congress. His son is contesting as Congress candidate from Medak constituency. He is a strong critic of both KTR and Hairsh Rao. Mr. Hanumanth Rao is a strong candidate from the constituency. However, he is currently trailing. 

BJP nominee and sitting MLA from Huzurabad Eatala Rajender was trailing in the third place in the high stakes contest. BRS Kaushik Reddy is leading by a margin of 2379 votes over Congress party’s nominee Voditala Pranav at the end of third round.

Eatala Rajender, once a close aide of Chandrashekar Rao, switched to the BJP giving the saffron party a much-needed boost in the State. However, his entry created ripples in the State BJP unit as some leaders felt new entrants were getting higher ranks in the party. The Central leadership stepped in to create unity in the party before the elections.

Eatala Rajender was a prominent leader in BRS. Mr. Rajender was the Health Minister during the pandemic. He has quit the party and the Ministry. He contested from the BJP banner in the Huzurabad by-election and won. 

Apart from Huzurabad, he is also contesting against BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao from Gajwel constituency in this elections.

After four rounds of counting votes in Kamareddy constituency, BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been pushed to the third place in the race and Congress’s chief A. Revanth Reddy takes lead by winning 13565 votes. The Congress has been leading overall followed by the BRS party in the Telangana Assembly elections, according to the ECI site.

BRS senior leader T. Harish Rao is leading in the Siddipet constituency. As of round 1 T. Harish Rao has secured 6294 votes followed by Congress with 666 votes and the BJP’s Dudi Srikanth Reddy gets 615 votes. Mr. Rao is known as a troubleshooter in the party. He is the State’s Finance and Health Minister.

Gangula Kamalakar of the BRS takes lead by 2405 votes over his nearest rival BJP’s Bandi Sanjay at the end of the third round in Karimnagar Assembly constituency. 

Bandi Sanjay Kumar is Karimnagar MP and former State chief of BJP. Ahead of polls, BJP central leadership removed him and appointed Kishan Reddy as the State party chief.

BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been trailing in the Kamareddy constituency. Congress’s chief A. Revanth Reddy is ahead of KCR. The Congress has been leading in the early trends followed by the BRS party in the Telangana Assembly elections, according to the ECI site. 

BRS’s K.T. Rama Rao maintains lead over Congress party’s K.K. Mahender Reddy with a slender margin at the end of the second round in Sircilla constituency. 

All eyes are on the key Assembly constituency of Sircilla, the textile hub of Telangana, formerly known as “Sirishala” meaning wealth hub, in the bygone era.

Situated on the banks of the Manair river, Sircilla earned the dubious distinction as the “epicentre” of weavers’ suicides” due to crisis in power loom sector in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh.

The Congress has been leading in the early trends followed by the BRS party in the Telangana Assembly elections, according to the ECI site. 

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner and District Election Officer Ronald Rose inspected several counting centres in the city to monitor arrangements for the counting. Speaking to the media, Mr. Rose said that the postal ballot was counted first at 8 a.m., followed by the electronic voting machines counting at 9 a.m. 

A pre-poll survey by Aaraa Poll Strategies Private Limited says the Congress is set to emerge as the single largest party with its least predicted number of seats very close to the magic figure. It predicted defeat of the Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao in the hands of his rival from Bharatiya Janata Party K. Venkata Ramana Reddy in Kamareddy, though he could win Gajwel.

As of 9:55 a.m., the Congress party has been leading in 31 seats followed by the BRS in 21 seats. 

Earlier today, the BRS took lead, however the congress went ahead the party, that has been ruling the State since its formation. 

(Source: ECI website)

An LED monitor has been installed at the counting centre in Karimnagar. 

Counting of votes is underway across the State with high security and the early trends show that the Congress has been leading followed by BRS. 

The Congress party has been leading in 15 seats so far in the Telangana Assembly elections. 

BRS party follows Congress by leading in 9 seats and the BJP has been leading in one seat so far. 

(Source: ECI website)

Contesting candidates along with their agents from Suryapet district assemble at the counting hall. Congress candidate Ramreddy Damodar Reddy and BJP’s Sankineni Venkateswara Rao were also present.

People in Hyderabad settle down to watch the election counting live. 

The first round of results are expected to be declared soon. 

CEO Vikas Raj said, “Postal ballot counting has started everywhere. Counting of votes from EVMs will follow. All arrangements are in place.”

On the irregularity in Ibrahimpatnam Returning Office 

“Complaints were received regarding Ibrahimpatnam issue. The District Election Officer has visited the place and inquired. The total postal ballot account was shown to all the candidates and they were satisfied.”

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner and District Election Officer Ronald Rose inspected several counting centres in the city to monitor arrangements for the ​Telangana Assembly elections​ counting. 

Speaking to the media, Mr. Rose said that the postal ballot will be counted first at from 8 a.m., followed by the electronic voting machines counting at 9 a.m. The first round of results is likely to be out by 9: 30 a.m.

It would have been a routine contest in Kamareddy Assembly constituency but for the presence of two leaders in the fray — BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and State Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy. The political battlefield in Kamareddy has suddenly electrified with the two political heavyweights ready to take on each other on November 30 and with a first-timer — Katipally Venkataramana Reddy of BJP — also entering the fray

An increase of 454% was seen in overall seizures during this election season in Telangana.

Official figures revealed that cash, freebies, narcotics and metals worth ₹469.63 crore were seized this year, as opposed to ₹103 crore in 2018. Sharing the comparative report on seizures, State DGP Anjani Kumar said that from October 9 to December 1, officials registered 11,859 FIRs.

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana Vikas Raj assured that all arrangements have been made in order to conduct the counting smoothly.

At the counting centre, the inner layer of the security will be taken care of by the Central forces while the outer layer will see the reserved police of the State. 

The State police will control the third layer of security at the centres, including the vehicular traffic around it. As many as 40 companies of Central Armed Police Forces have been deployed to guard the strong rooms. Vikas Raj said that the EVMs were sealed and kept in total security with CCTV surveillance in the presence of the candidates or their party representatives.

The CEO said there will be 1,766 counting tables with 14 counting tables each for every constituency. Six constituencies with more than 500 polling stations will be covered with 28 tables.

Each table will have one counting supervisor, one micro-observer and two counting assistants. For counting postal ballots 131 returning officers will be deployed. This time, more postal ballots have been polled in some constituencies, and with many candidates, the process may stretch a bit.

In the wake of exit polls predicting an edge to the Congress in the Telangana Assembly elections, the Congress high command has sent Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar along with three other Ministers — B. Nagendra, N.S. Boseraju and B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan — to Hyderabad as a precautionary measure to monitor the situation on Sunday. 

Mr. Shivakumar has been asked to keep all party leaders together and on the same page to prevent poaching of party legislators by the BRS.

Police cordon off a portion of road near the JNTU College of Fine Arts which is the counting centre for the Nampally Constituency on Sunday morning. 

Watch as election officials bring the postal ballots to the counting centre in Warangal as the counting of votes in Telangana Assembly elections is set to begin soon. 

ANI

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asks all candidates, who contested in the polls, to visit the counting booths today. 

Mr. Gandhi also held a virtual meeting with senior party leaders on Saturday and asked them to be vigilant, party sources said.

PTI

The Congress party on Saturday had appointed observers to coordinate meetings of its legislature party in Telangana as the results are set to be declared today.

The party chief had appointed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Deepa Das Munshi, Ajoy Kumar, K. Muraleedharan and K.J. George as the observers.

PTI

On Telangana elections verdict day, Congress leader Mallu Ravi in Hyderabad confidently says, ”Congress will win 75-95 seats in the state. BRS might get 15-20 seats. BJP might get 6-7 seats.”

In the previous Assembly elections, the party had won 19 seats while the BRS won the polls with 88 seats. 

View | ​Vote sharing in Telangana Assembly in 2018​. 

Back in 2018, the Telangana Assembly was dominated by the BRS with 88 seats, followed by Congress with 19 seats, AIMIM with 9 and TDP bagged 2 seats. Meanwhile, the BJP, AIFB and an independent candidate won 1 seat each.