Telangana

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.

From father and son, to brothers and even a son-in-law and father-in-law, the relationship equations were varied, but the results were the same for most, well, except for one one father-son duo

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

Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) have also been forecasted for some districts including in Hyderabad

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

Out of the five, the party candidates from three assembly constituencies - Ch Malla Reddy from Medchal, KP Vivekanand Goud and Madhavaram Krishna Rao are sitting MLAs

In a message after the results were declared on Sunday, Modi said that over the last few years, the support for BJP had only been increasing and that the trend would continue in the times to come

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

Telangana government issued orders posting Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ravi Gupta as Director General of Police with full additional charge, with immediate effect

He won the seat securing a substantial lead of over 17,000 votes against his close rival Mohammed Azharuddin.

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

Contesting as a Congress party candidate, Nagaraju secured a resounding win by defeating two-time incumbent MLA and BRS candidate, Aroori Ramesh

Veteran politician Errabelli Dayakar Rao, a six-time MLA and seasoned Minister affiliated with the BRS, experienced an unforeseen loss against a political newcomer.

BRS has secured 39 of the 119 seats it contested in the election

Though the counting was smooth up to 18th round, tension began mounting from the 19th round when the majority of Kamalakar started declining.

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

We respect the people’s mandate. The result is not what we desired and I appeal to the BRS leaders and cadre not to get disheartened. We will bounce back stronger, said KT Rama Rao

Etala Rajender, who contested from Huzurabad and Gajwel, lost both the seats

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 Telangana electorate has emphatically opposed the prospect of any by-election resulting from the resignation of candidates who ran in two assembly segments.