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Telangana election results HIGHLIGHTS: KCR to enter Andhra politics as 'return gift' to Chandrababu Naidu

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has swept back to power with a bigger tally than in 2014. Among Congress' big losers is Revanth Reddy.
TRS party workers paint the town pink in Hyderabad as TRS heads for a massive win in the Telangana assembly election. (Photo | Vinay Madapu/ EPS)
TRS party workers paint the town pink in Hyderabad as TRS heads for a massive win in the Telangana assembly election. (Photo | Vinay Madapu/ EPS)
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The gamble for early polls appears to have paid rich dividends as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Tuesday appeared to be advancing towards a two-third majority in the 119-member Assembly.

The TRS this time has improved its vote share to 47 per cent, an increase of almost 14 per cent from 2014.

The 'Maha Kutami' or grand alliance of the Congress, TDP, CPI and Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS), have been dealt a harsh blow, ending with 21 seats.

The TRS had won 63 seats in the 2014 Assembly polls, followed by the Congress with 21, TDP with 15, AIMIM with 7 and BJP with 5.

TRS leaders register more victories

Quthbullapur: KP Vivekananda beats Prajakutami candidate Kuna Srisailam Goud

Warangal West: Vinay Bhaskar wins Dharmapuri: Eshwar Koppula wins

Rajnath Singh says Mahakutami led by Congress has failed terribly

KCR's son KT Rama Rao wins from Sircilla with 87, 565 votes

TPCC chief calls for VVPAT verification

Telangana Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy: "I am having doubts on results we're getting in Telangana ballot paper counting. We're doubting that tampering could have been done in EVMs. Slips should be counted in VVPAT. All the Congress leaders will complaint to RO officers. We will also complaint to ECI on this matter. How can TRS leaders say before counting that who will lose in elections."

T Harish Rao wins for the 6th time in 14 years

KCR's nephew and former minister Thanneeru Harish Rao wins from Siddipet with 1,18,699 votes.

TRS leader Challa Dharma Reddy wins Parakala seat

TRS candidate Challa Dharma Reddy wins in Parakala, beats Congress party candidate Konda Surekha

Kukatpally TRS party candidate Madhavaram Krishna Rao wins with margin of 23,000 votes over his nearest candidate Nandamuri Suhasini, grand-daughter of late NT Rama Rao.

Challa Dharma Reddy of TRS wins Parakala

TRS candidate Challa Dharma Reddy wins in Parakala, beats Congress party candidate Konda Surekha.

MLA A Ramesh wins from Wardhannapet

Wardhannapet TRS candidate Aroori Ramesh wins seat.

Vote margins of KCR, KTR and Harish Rao

We spoke to the junta of Telangana on their poll predictions

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KCR and KTR leading

KCR's son KTR now leading with 39,647 votes in Siricilla while KCR ahead by 20,000 votes in Gajwel

BJP's Laxman leads

State BJP chief K Laxman leads in Musheerabad by 2710 votes

TRS leader M Sanjay Kumar wins in Jagtial

TRS candidate M Sanjay Kumar has won from Jagtial with 57, 127 vote majority, beating senior Congress leader Jeevan Reddy.

Uttam Kumar set to win from constituency

TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy leads in Huzurnagar with 1852 votes.

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TRS party workers begin celebrating outside party office in Hyderabad. (Photo | R Satish Babu/ EPS)

KCR's nephew Harish Rao hopes to retain Siddipet seat

In Siddipet, T Harish Rao is leading with 45,000 votes after 7th round

KTR leading

KT Rama Rao leading by over 15,000 votes in Siricilla

Raja Singh leads

BJPs T Raja Singh leading in Goshamahal AC with 2737 votes after first round

KCR ahead

After 3rd round of voting, KCR leading with 5,757 votes

Akbaruddin Owaisi wins from his constituency

Chandrayangutta assembly results declared: Akbaruddin Owaisi declared winner

Congress' K Jana Reddy in trouble

In Nagarjuna Sagar, Congress leader K Jana Reddy who is seeking his seventh consecutive term as MLA, trails with 3,468 while TRS man N Narsingaiah leads with 4,429.

Congress senior and former Home minister Sabita Indra Reddy is also trailing

Congress' Jeevan Reddy in trouble

Congress senior leader T Jeevan Reddy trailing in Jagtial

After fourth round of vote counting, T Harish Rao leading with 26,000 votes in Siddipet

KCR leads in Gajwel

K Chadrasekhar Rao leading in the 2nd round with 5,450 votes in Gajwel over Congress rival Vanteru Pratap Reddy

Telangana Congress' Komatireddy trails

Komatireddy Venkat Reddy is trailing in Nalgonda

Congress trails

Congress leaders K Jana Reddy, A Revanth Reddy and Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka are trailing.

TRS racing away to another huge win in Telangana?

One hour and a bit into the counting, it does seem like the TRS' gamble of calling for early elections is paying off. They are sweeping the state if the early trends are to relied upon. Chandrababu Naidu's attempt to turn the elections into a theatre where simple arithmetic could trump all other considerations hasn't yielded the result he was hoping for. KCR and his party at the moment are the only ruling party who look likely to retain power on Super Tuesday.

Harish Rao leads in Siddipet

TRS leader T Harish Rao leading in Siddipet by 19,000 votes over his nearest TJS rival Bhavani Reddy after the completion of the third round.

TRS leads in Hyderabad

TRS is leading in Hyderabad's Khairatabad, Jubilee Hills, Seringapally and Sanathnagar. Congress in LB Nagar.

TRS leader Kavita confident of win

Early trends as on 8:40 am

TRS: 35

CONGRESS:18

BJP: 3

OTHERS: 3

T Harish Rao of TRS leading in Siddipet by 6,338

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Telangana CEO clarifies on voter name ommissions, invites them to apply if they want their names to be included

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana Rajat Kumar said: Deletions and inclusions of a voter are made during enrolment and revision of the electoral rolls. Objections under Form No.7 are invariably invited from citizens to raise objections within seven days before carrying out deletions. Similarly, voters are required to apply in Form 6 if they want their names to be included. 

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Telangana CEO clarifies on voter name ommissions, invites them to apply if they want their names to be included

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana Rajat Kumar said: Deletions and inclusions of a voter are made during enrolment and revision of the electoral rolls. Objections under Form No.7 are invariably invited from citizens to raise objections within seven days before carrying out deletions. Similarly, voters are required to apply in Form 6 if they want their names to be included

 Vote counting is underway. Initial trends to emerge soon.

Calculators out in Telangana as three scenarios emerge

Our Resident Editor Ch V M Krishna Rao predicts three likely scenarios today. READ HERE

WATCH our video explainer on the Telangana elections

The People's Front requested the Governor that in case no party gets a clear majority then he should first invite their alliance.

Telangana Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy and TJS leader Prof Kodandaram addressing the media with other Prajakutami leaders after meeting Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad a day before the election results. (Photo | Sathya Keerthi/ EPS)

What Governor should do in case of a hung house?

Several past judgements make it clear that a pre-poll alliance must be considered as the single-largest party, and must get the first invitation to form the government. READ FULL REPORT HERE

Who are the main contestants?

TRS: K Chandrashekar Rao (Gajwel)

KT Rama Rao (Sirsilla)

Congress: Uttam Kumar Reddy (Telangana Congress chief, seeking re-election from Huzurnagar); Revanth Reddy (Kodangal)

AIMIM: Akbaruddin Owaisi (Chandrayangutta)

What did the exit polls predict for Telangana?

In its pre-poll survey, Times Now-CNX projected a victory for the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti with 66 seats in the 119-seat Assembly. It gave 37 seats to Congress and 7 to BJP while others were given 9.

Republic TV-Jan Ki baat gave TRS 50-65 seats and 38-52 to Congress, 4-7 to BJP and 8-14 to others. The majority mark is 60.

Visuals from Congress office in Hyderabad ahead of counting

This is the first assembly election after the state of Telangana was formed

 The counting of votes for the Telangana assembly elections will start today at 8 am.

KCR says TRS will join the people of India to make the country BJP-mukt and Congress-mukt READ FULL REPORT OF HIS SPEECH HERE.

Owaisi backs a non-Congress, non-BJP govt with KCR

KCR slams Naidu

KCR said at his meeting: We will give return gift to Chandrababu Naidu for entering Telangana politics by entering Andhra politics.

Congress wins Asifabad with slim majority

With a mere majority of 276 votes, Congress candidate Attram Sakku won against TRS candidate Kova Lakshmi in Asifabad constituency. This is also the lowest margin for any victory in this assembly election results in state.

Adilabad

In erstwhile Adilabad district, 8 out of 10 constituencies have been won by TRS and one is won by Congress. In Mancheriyal constituency, counting is still going on. In 2014, Congress had won one seat, BSP had won 2 and TRS had won 7 constituencies.

Owaisi brothers to reach AIMIM office soon

Asaduddin Owaisi is expected to address AIMIM workers at party HQ. He had promised support to KCR's government as the 'first step towards the larger goal of nation building'.

KCR at the TRS meeting: I spoke to other political parties, we are going to play a crucial role in national politics.

Medak

Out of 10 constituencies in erstwhile Medak, TRS won 9 constituencies whereas Congress candidate T Jayaprakash Reddy won from Sangareddy.

In 2014, TRS had 8 seats and Congress had 2 seats.

In 2016 by-election, TRS won Narayankhed segment pushing Congress to only one seat in the erstwhile Medak district.

Khammam

In erstwhile Khammam district, TRS won only 1 seat out of 10 seats. People Front(Congress won 6 seats, TDP two seats) Independent 1 seat. Even in 2014, TRS had won only one seat.

Warangal

In erstwhile Warangal district, TRS won 10 seats where as Congress won two. TRS improved its tally by 2 seats compared to 2014.

Nalgonda

In erstwhile Nalgonda district, out of 12 constituencies, TRS won 8 and Congress won 4.

In 2014, TRS had won 6 seats and Congress-CPI alliance had won 6 seats.

KCR at party HQ

Out of 14 assembly constituencies in erstwhile Mahbubnagar district, TRS won 13 constituencies.

T Harish Rao celebrating his victory. (Photo | EPS)
T Harish Rao celebrating his victory. (Photo | EPS)

KCR to address media at party headquarters Telangana Bhavan shortly.

KCR to address media at party headquarters Telangana Bhavan shortly.

TRS wins Khairatabad

Congress turncoat and TRS candidate from Khairatabad assembly segment Danam Nagender wins with a majority of 28,219 votes against BJP's Chinthala Ramachandra Reddy. Reddy represented Khairatabad as MLA in last assembly.

Naidu chooses to focus on BJP loss over alliance failure

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu congratulates KCR

TDP to analyse results, failure of Mahakutami

"We have to analyse the factors that contributed to the success of TRS and failure of our alliance," said Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy, senior leader of TDP, led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. "We were expecting to get more number of seats. The results are not to our expectations," Reddy told PTI.

TDP wins Sattupalli

TDP candidate Sandra Venkata Veeraiah won Sattupalli segment with a majority of 5,000 votes.

Congress campaign committee chairman Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka wins Madhira with a majority of 3,500 votes

Transport minister Patnam Mahendar Reddy loses Tandur seat

He becomes the fourth minister in the list of losers today.

Third TRS minister loses seat

Tourism and Culture Minister Azmeera Chandulal has lost by a margin of 12,955 votes in Mulugu assembly to Congress candidate Dansari Anasuya (Seethakka).

Third minister from TRS govt loses seat

Telangana Congress working president Revanth Reddy loses Kodangal seat by 9500 votes to TRS candidate Patnam Narender Reddy

Party workers celebrate with 50 kg cake at TRS headquarters

B Sanjay of BJP wins Karimnagar segment against Gangula Kamalakar of TRS

AIMIM second-in-command Akbaruddin Owaisi was probably the first one to leave behind his opponents as early as 10 in the morning, prompting experts to declare him as winner. As the day ended, Asad's younger brother Akbaruddin won by a massive margin of over 80,000 votes against his nearest candidate BJP's Syed Shehzadi's 15,000 votes. Congress candidate Esa Obaid bin Misri languished at the fourth spot with 10.7k votes.

KCR wins Gajwel

Caretaker CM KCR wins Gajwel seat with 51,515 votes. KCR improved his majority from 19,366 votes in 2014.

Jupally Krishna Rao loses Kollapur AC seat

Another TRS minister Jupally Krishna Rao has lost from Kollapur AC to Congress candidate B Harshavardhan Reddy with a margin of over 10,000 votes. Jupally was Panchayat Raj and Rural Development minister in the last TRS government.

Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao loses in Palair

Tummala Nageswara Rao has lost to Congress leader Kandala Upender Reddy with 1920 votes from Palair constituency. He was the Minister for Roads and Buildings, Women and Child welfare ministries in the last TRS government. Tummala had won 2016 by-elections with a majority of over 65,000 votes.

Congress wins Yellareddy seat

Congress candidate Jajala Surender wins in Yellareddy constituency against TRS candidate A Ravinder Reddy.
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