BJP, Congress Appear to Share Honours in LS Polls in Telangana
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2024-06-04 07:44 GMT
Hyderabad: The ruling Congress and BJP appeared to be sharing the honors in Telangana as they were leading in eight seats each out of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state at noon on Tuesday, with BRS ceding ground.
According to the latest trends from the counting of votes polled for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi maintained his lead against his nearest BJP rival K Madhavi Latha by over 70,000 votes.
The BJP candidates were leading in the Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Secunderabad, Malkajgiri, Chevella, and Mahabubnagar LS seats.
The Congress nominees were leading in Peddapalle (SC), Mahabubabad (ST), Warangal (SC), Bhongir, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nagarkurnool (SC) and Zaheerabad.
The K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS appeared to be the biggest loser as the party was not leading in any of the constituencies. The party had won nine seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The BRS had suffered a defeat in the Legislative Assembly polls held in November last year.
The BJP had won four seats, while Congress bagged three constituencies in the 2019 general elections.
The counting of votes in Telangana began at 8 am.
The polling was held in a single phase on May 13.