Mallikarjun Kharge becomes new Congress President with 90% votes

Mallikarjun Kharge is set to be the first non-Gandhi chief of the Congress in 24 years.

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Mr Kharge, widely seen to be the "Gandhi-approved" candidate, won 90 per cent of the votes cast on Monday.

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He scored 7,897 votes while Shashi Tharoor finished with 1,072.

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Even before the results were announced, Rahul Gandhi had declared Mr Kharge as the winner at a press conference in Karnataka.

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The counting of votes, which began at 10 am at the Congress headquarters in Delhi, ended around 1 pm.

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