Telangana Lok Sabha Elections Results 2024 Highlights: Congress, BJP win 8 seats each in state

While the BJP clinched Adilabad, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Medak, Malkajgiri,Secunderabad, Chevella and Mehbubnagar Congress won Pedapalle, Zahirabad, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mehbubabad and Khammam. Only one remaining seat of Hyderbad was clinched by Asaduddin Owaisi, which he retained fifth consecutive term.

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 7 seats in Telangana while it is leading on 1 seat. On the other hand, Congress won 5 seats and is leading on 3. AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi clinched Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat for the fifth time.

The ruling Congress and BJP continued their lead in eight seats each out of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana as per the latest trends. The Congress nominees were leading in Peddapalle (SC), Mahabubabad (ST), Warangal (SC), Bhongir, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nagarkurnool (SC) and Zaheerabad, according to Election Commission website. The BJP candidates were leading in Adilabad (ST), Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Secunderabad, Malkajgiri, Chevella and Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha seats. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi maintained his lead over his nearest BJP rival K Madhavi Latha with a margin of over 1.89 lakh votes.

Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy was leading by over 11,500 votes against his nearest Congress rival Danam Nagender after the completion of first round of counting of votes in Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency. BJP National General Secretary and sitting MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar was leading in Karimnagar by more than 12,400 votes after the first round.

As per the early trends, Congress is leading on 12 seats, BJP on 3 while BRS and AIMIM on one seat each. The counting is underway in the state. 

As per the initial trends, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate Asaduddin Owaisi is leading in Hyderabad. He is pitted against BJP's Madhavi Latha. 

The counting of votes for all 17 constituencies has begun in the state. The counting of postal ballots has been taken up first following by the EVMs.

The counting of votes for all 17 constituencies will begin shortly in the state. The counting of postal ballots will be taken up first following by the EVMs.

Asaduddin Owaisi, who has represented Hyderabad since 2004 and previously served as an MLA twice in undivided Andhra Pradesh, faces new challengers in the current election. The BJP has fielded Madhavi Latha, their first female contender for the Hyderabad constituency, and a newcomer to politics but a passionate candidate. Gaddam Srinivas Yadav from the BRS also joins the race. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Owaisi secured a decisive victory with a margin of 282,186 votes. He received 517,471 votes, translating to a 58.9% vote share, while his closest competitor, Bhagavanth Rao of the BJP, garnered 235,285 votes, or 26.80%.

Necessary arrangements have been made for the counting of votes polled in the election to the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana, with about 10,000 personnel geared up to take part in the exercise today, officials said. The counting of votes will begin at 8 am on Tuesday at 34 centres.  The counting of postal ballots and votes cast in EVMs would start at 8 am in all constituencies. Postal ballots would be counted in separate halls. A three-layer security cordon has been put in place and 12 companies of central forces have been deployed for strongroom security.

Ahead of the counting of votes, Madhavi Latha, BJP candidate from Hyderabad, said that she is excited and all of them who have voted for BJP in the entire country are looking forward for especially this particular seat that we win and bring justice to Hyderabad. 

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has expressed confidence that the Congress will win at least 10 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state and that the INDIA bloc would form a government at the Centre. Speaking to the media, he cited a post by BJP on 'X', where the saffron party has said that it would get four-five Lok Sabha seats in Telangana. While the BJP is claiming to win four-five seats, the BRS may not get more than one and the AIMIM would retain the Hyderabad LS constituency. The remaining seats, at least 10, would go to the Congress, said Revanth Reddy, who is also Telangana Congress president. Reddy said that the INDIA bloc would win big in the southern states, including Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) (now known as the BRS) won 9 seats, the BJP secured 4 seats, the Congress won 3 seats, and the AIMIM emerged victorious in 1 seat. The state had witnessed 66.40 per cent of voting. The state comprises 17 Lok Sabha constituencies, namely Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, and Khammam.

Telangana witnessed a fierce three-way contest in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Asaduddin Owaisi of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen vying to enter the Lok Sabha from the Hyderabad seat for the fifth consecutive time. The result of this seat is highly anticipated as the Bharatiya Janata Party pitted Madhavi Latha, a Hindu face and  triple talaq campaign activist, against the veteran leader Owaisi.  BJP's Bandi Sanjay Kumar, G Kishan Reddy, Etela Rajender, Dharmapuri Arvind, Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, DK Aruna and Kompella Madhavi Latha were some key candidates in the state. T Jeevan Reddy, Danam Nagender, G Ranjith Reddy, Mallu Ravi, Balram Naik, Suresh Kumar Shetkar of Congress and Nama Nageswara Rao, T Padma Rao Goud, Ragidi Laxma Reddy, B Vinod Kumar and Manne Srinivas Reddy of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) were also in the fray.

The counting of votes for all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana will commence at 8 am today. Stay connected with us for the latest trends on who is winning and who is losing.