Congress Presidential Election 2022: Voting ends, results to be declared on October 19

Congress President Election: Voting to pick Shashi Tharoor or Mallikarjun Kharge as the new Congress chief started at 10 am and concluded at 4 pm.

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Congress president election 2022: The Congress members voted today (October 17) to choose the All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief who will replace interim president Sonia Gandhi. The voting took place at the AICC headquarters as well as at more than 65 polling places throughout the nation. It started at 10 am and concluded at 4 pm. Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates from the electoral college will pick the new party chief -- Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor -- in a secret ballot. 

While party chief Sonia Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra voted at the AICC headquarters in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi cast his vote at the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' campsite in Karnataka's Sanganakallu in Ballari along with around 40 other 'Bharat Yatris' who are PCC delegates.

Tharoor cast his vote at the Kerala Congress headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram, while Kharge did so at the Karnataka Congress office in Bengaluru.

Kharge is considered the firm favourite for his perceived proximity to the Gandhis and backing by senior leaders, even as Tharoor has pitched himself as the candidate of change.

The polls are significant as Congress will elect a non-Gandhi president after more than 24 years. 

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17 October 2022

16:45 IST

16:44 IST

Congress presidential polls: Voting ends in Shashi Tharoor vs Mallikarjun Kharge contest

Voting ended at 4 pm in the Congress presidential poll as senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced off for the post of AICC chief. Voting began at 10 am at the AICC headquarters here and at the party's polling booths in state offices across the country.

The results will now be declared on October 19.