Telangana

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

Harish Rao, who won with a thumping majority of 83,025 votes over his nearest rival, Congress candidate Pujala Harikrishna, however had to end up with a lesser majority than the previous three assembly elections

Kotha Prabhakar Reddy credited his victory to the party cadre and party president K Chandrashekhar Rao

The visit had raised quite a few eyebrows as the counting was still continuing though the Congress had established a clear lead by then.

Traditionally in the past, Assembly Speakers who sought reelection have faced defeat, creating an unwritten convention that seemed unbreakable

BRS tasted victory in 11 of the 14 constituencies where it had replaced its candidates with fresh faces

The loss in Kamareddy is Rao's first loss after his first electoral battle in 1983, when he contested from Siddipet on a Telugu Desam Party ticket and lost by just 887 votes against Ananthula Madan Mohan of the Congress.

Congress government would strive to restore democratic values and safeguard the rights of citizens, said Revanth Reddy

Earlier in the day, DGP Anjani Kumar, along with a few senior police officers, met TPCC president Revanth Reddy at his residence.