Telangana Election Result 2023: Congress wins from Jukkal and Medak, BRS nets Quthbullapur constituency

Telangana Election Result 2023: The Congress party is heading for a simple majority mark in Telangana to form its first government in the southern state. The national party was leading in 65 Assembly segments on Sunday as counting of votes was underway.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Laxmi Kantha Rao Thota has the Jukkal Assembly constituency of Telangana He defeated BRS candidate Hanmant Shinde by a narrow margin of 1,152 seats. 

Also, Congress candidate Mynampally Rohith has the Medak Assembly constituency by defeating Bharat Rashtra Samithi candidate Padma Devender Reddy M by a margin of 10,157.

Meanwhile, KP Vivekanand of Bharat Rashtra Samithi has won the Quthbullapur Assembly constituency by a margin of 85,576. He defeated Kuna Srisailam Goud of BJP. 

The simple majority mark to form government in the southern state is 60 seats.

K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) has been in power since 2014, when Telangana was granted statehood and won the 2018 elections as well and is hopeful of a hattrick.

The Congress had mounted a spirited election campaign with a view to unseat the near decade-old incumbent, even as the BJP also launched a no holds-barred attack against the ruling dispensation.