Congress President Election 2022 Result: Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge was declared the new Congress president on Wednesday after securing a massive victory over Shashi Tharoor.
Kharge won the party presidential polls by a whopping 7,897 votes, while 1,072 votes were cast for Shashi Tharoor.
The counting of votes to choose between the two top leaders began at 10 am at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi. More than 9,500 votes were cast on Monday.
All the sealed ballot boxes from the 68 polling stations set up across the country were stored in a “fixed room” at the party office.