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While two of them got elected on BRS tickets, one was from the Congress

In the Telangana elections 2023, familial ties played a prominent role, spanning relationships from father-son pairs to brothers and even father-in-law and son-in-law alliances

About nine BRS leaders, who quit the party and contested on a Congress ticket emerged victorious, whereas three leaders, who joined Congress from BJP, also managed to win

Even as the Congress secured a clear majority of 64 seats and is set to form the government, many leaders within the party want Muslim minority candidates to be inducted into the new cabinet

BJP was the most benefited party in Telangana polls as it managed to not only increase its tally from one to eight seats, but also managed to increased its vote share from 7 to 14 percent, said Kishan Reddy

While BRS MLA from Andole Chanti Kranthi Kiran lost to Congress veteran Damodara Raja Narasimha, BJP MLA from Dubbak M Raghunandan Rao lost to BRS candidate Kotha Prabhakar Reddy

Most of the Congress MLA-elects reached the city last night with the rest too arriving this morning.

After clinching 64 seats in the 119-seat assembly, a delegation of Congress leaders on Sunday met Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and staked claim to form the government in the state.

The State had gone to polls on November 30, and registered a polling percentage of 71.34. Counting began in 49 counting centres at 8 am on Sunday.

The Congress won 9 out of the 12 seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and 15 out of the 19 seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes.

Out of ten Assembly seats in erstwhile Khammam district, BRS has won one seat as the party candidate Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao won in the Bhadrachalam assembly seat

Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar was defeated by the former minister Tummala Nageswara Rao with a margin of 50, 130 votes

A formal swearing in ceremony with a couple of leaders is likely to take place at Raj Bhavan on Monday

The Congress won a decisive mandate in the country’s youngest State of Telangana, wresting power from the BRS with its ‘maarpu kaavali’ slogan after counting was completed for the 119 constituencies in the State on Sunday

Senior leaders Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy, N Uttam Kumar Reddy and K Jana Reddy (for his son Jayaveer Reddy) handled the campaigns in their constituencies

The saving grace for the BRS was the victory in the Alampur and Gadwal constituencies

The lone female nominee of the BRS in the erstwhile district emerged victorious even as her party candidates from eight Assembly constituencies were defeated by the opponents

While four-time MLA and BRS working president KT Rama Rao retained his Sircilla seat, BC welfare and Civil Supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar also got re-elected for the fourth time from the Karimnagar segment

The party's candidates could not register victory from any constituency till 2018.

In the composite Warangal district, the Congress party has achieved a significant victory, securing ten out of twelve assembly constituencies.