Telangana

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.

Praveen Kumar polled 44,151 votes, while his opponents Dr P Harish Rao and Koneru Konappa polled 63,302 votes and 60,379 votes respectively

The outspoken BJP MP from Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay, suffered a defeat in the elections at the hands of his arch-rival Gangula Kamalakar.

BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao scored a hat-trick in Gajwel by winning the seat with a majority of 45,174 votes by defeating his nearest rival and BJP candidate Etala Rajendar

Following the directives from the Centre, the CRPF assumed control of the security for the Nagarjuna Sagar dam on Sunday.

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

The former Medak district, which is the birthplace of K Chandrashekhar Rao and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), has been unwavering in its support for the BRS leader since the inception of the Statehood movement.

The congress nominee Kokkirala Premsagar Rao won against BJP candidate V Raghunath Rao from Mancherial segment by a margin of 66,116 votes.

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

The CPI, which contested the lone constituency of Kothagudem, the headquarters of Singareni Collieries, as part of the electoral alliance with the Congress, won the seat after two terms

The Congress managed to capture the Nizamabad Rural and Bodhan seats, whereas BJP registered victory from Armoor and Nizamabad Urban constituencies