KCR powered his party to a remarkable victory, winning 88 seats in the 119-member Assembly, just two short of three-fourths majority.
KCR, known for his impeccable oratory skills only won from his home turf Gajwel by over 50,000 votes.
Rao, fondly known as KCR won from Gajwel constituency by over 50,000 votes.
The party looks set to secure almost three-fourths majority in the Assembly which proves that KCR's gamble of going for early polls in the state has paid TRS rich dividends.
The Congress appeared set to wrest Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the BJP, which was trailing marginally in Madhya Pradesh in a cliffhanger.
Celebrations erupted in TRS offices throughout the state as well as in the Telangana Bhavan, the party headquarters in Hyderabad. TRS activists dancing to drum-beats, burst firecrackers and distributed sweets.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Friday exuded confidence that his party would be successful in the Telangana assembly election.
The results of the crucial assembly polls in five states, seen as a semi-final to next year's Lok Sabha elections, are set to be declared on December 11.
The Maha Kootami (Maha Gathbandhan) of Congress, TDP, Relangana Jana Samiti and CPI, may win only 37 seats. Out of this, Congress may win 32 to 38 seats and TDP may win one to three seats.
A large number of people from Hyderabad have been leaving for various districts across the state since Thursday.
Owaisi cast his vote in Rajendranagar Assembly segment in the city on Friday.
Polling for the 199 seat out of 200 seat in Rajasthan and 119-member Telangana Assembly was underway amid tight security on Friday.
Chief Electoral Officer Rajath Kumar said barring sporadic incidents, the polling was peaceful and smooth in all 32,815 polling stations across 31 districts.
After high-voltage campaigns that saw war of words among contending parties, Telangana is all set for assembly polls on Friday.
In the 2014 Assembly elections which were held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls, TRS polled 33% votes bagging 63 seats while Congress secured 21 seats with 24% votes.
The community has been migrating to India as refugees since 2012 and the influx into Hyderabad started in 2013, a GHMC press release had stated. The community has been migrating to India as refugees since 2012 and the influx into Hyderabad started in 2013, a GHMC press release had stated.
According to Telangana's Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar, polling will be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 106 constituencies while in 13 Left Wing Extremism affected constituencies polling will conclude at 4 p.m.
Gandhi said that the 'Peoples Alliance', if voted to power in Telangana, would aim to transform farmers' lives by injecting farm technology and connecting agrarians to the world.
In Rajasthan, as many as 2,274 candidates including 189 women are in the fray for 199 out of the 200 assembly constituencies.
Amit Shah described AIMIM as a party of "Razakars," while Akbaruddin Owaisi, brother of AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi, kicked up a row by saying that whoever becomes chief minister of Telangana should "bow their head" to his party.
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