After a tough battle, the Congress managed to grab eight of 17 seats in Telangana, retaining two of the three seats the party won in 2019. On the other hand, the the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) managed to double its presence in Telangana winning eight seats, while the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) was left disappointed with a duck.
The All India Majlis e Ittehad Ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) retained its Hyderabad parliamentary constituency seat with 661981 and a winning margin of 338087, which was larger than the margin in 2019.
In 2019, Owaisi managed to garner 517,471 in the last election and was followed by BJP candidate Bhagavanth Rao who received 235,285 votes, resulting in a margin of 2,82,186 votes.
The counting of votes polled in the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections began at 8 am at 34 centres. The counting of postal ballots and votes cast in EVMs began at 8 am in all constituencies. Postal ballots were counted in separate halls.
LIVE result
| Congress | BJP | BRS | AIMIM |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
LIVE Updates
03:05 pm: Congress candidate Narayan Sri Ganesh close to winning Secunderabad cantonment Assembly bypoll
2:48 pm: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s lead over BJP’s Madhavi Latha crosses 3 lakh votes
1:49 pm: Congress leads in 9 seats, BJP at 8 as well. AIMIM at 1
1:39 pm: Congress leads in 9 seats, BJP at 7 and AIMIM-1
1:32 pm: Congress’ Sri Narayan Ganesh leading over BRS’ Niveditha Sayanna by over 9600 votes
1:29 pm: Dr Mallu Ravi of the Congress leading in Nagarkurnool by over 67000 votes, followed by BJP’s P Bharat Prasad, BRS candidate Dr RS Praveen Kumar stands third, trailing by over 1 lakh votes
1:20 pm: BJP’s Bandi Sanjay Kumar leads by 141189 votes in Karminagar
12:32 pm: Congress candidate Sri Narayan Ganesh leading in Secunderabad cantonment Assembly bypoll election by 7663 votes over BRS candidate Niveditha Sayanna
12:14 pm: Congress’ Raghuveer Reddy’s majority crosses 3.3 lakh votes
11:46 am: Congress’ Suresh Shetkar leading by over 18000 votes by the end of the 21st round in Zahirabad
11:37 am: Congress leading in Bhongir by over 84000 votes by the end of the 11th round
11:21 am: BJP’s Eatala Rajender crosses 1 lakh majority in Malkajgiri
11:17 am: BRS leading in Medak by a mere 679 votes by the end of the 4th round
11:08 am: Congress Nalgonda candidate Raghuveer Reddy leads by a record 197000 votes
11:04 am: BRS back on lead in Medak
10:57 am: By the end of the third round, BJP’s Bandi Sanjay Kumar leading by over 39000 votes
10:42 am: Counting of votes for #LokSabhaElections2024 is underway across the country. Visuals from earlier this morning when AIMIM chief and candidate from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi arrived at his party office.
10:19 am: Congress leading in Nalgonda by over 1.2 lakh votes by end of the sixth round
10:06 am: Congress’ Danam Nagender leads over BJP’s G Kishan Reddy
10:05 am: BRS’ Venkatrami Reddy leading in Medak
09:59 am: BJP’s Dharmapuri Arvind leading in Nizamabad by 19300 votes
09:57 am: Congress’ lead crosses 1 lakh votes in Nalgonda
09:39 am: Congress leading in Nalgonda by 26188 votes
09:36 am: Congress’ Raghuram Reddy leading by 26000 votes in Khammam by the end of the second round
09:30 am: BJP Medak candidate Raghunandan Rao leading by around 800 votes by the end of the first round
09:17 am: BJP’s Madhavi Latha leading over AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi in Yakutpura
09:10 am: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi leading over BJP’s Madhavi Latha in Hyderabad seat
09:05 am: By the end of the first round, Congress’ Vamshi Krishna leading in Peddapalli by 816 votes
09:04 am: Visuals from a counting centre in Hyderabad. Counting of votes through EVM to begin shortly here.
09:03 am: Congress leading in Khammam by 19935 votes
09:00 am: By the end of the first round, BJP leading in Adilabad by 605 votes
08:59 am: BJP leading in Zahirabad by 217 votes
08:58 am: BJP leading in Bhongir by 127 votes
08:54 am: By the end of the first round, BJP’s Eatala Rajender leading by 6330 votes in Malkajgiri
08:47 am: Congress’ Kadiyam Kavya leading in Warangal
08:46 am: Congress’ Vamshi Krishna leading in Peddapalli by 816 votes
08:38 am: BJP’s DK Aruna leading in Mahabubnagar, BJP’s Eatala Rajender leading in Malkajgiri
08:37 am: BJP’s Bandi Sanjay Kumar leading in Karimnagar, Congress’ Raghuram Reddy leading in Khammam
08:28 am: Union Minister & BJP’s Telangana President G Kishan Reddy says, “PM Narendra Modi will take oath in the second week of this month with the blessings of the people…” He says, “People from all over the world are watching our Lok Sabha elections. I have full faith that with the blessings of 140 crore people of India, Narendra Modi ji will become the Prime Minister for the third time…We will win double-digit seats in Telangana…”
08:11 am: The counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls 2024 begins. The fate of candidates on 542 of the 543 Parliamentary seats is being decided today. BJP won the Surat seat unopposed.
07:50 am: “Inspite of all discrepancies, Hindus and Muslims (voters) have been fantastic. They have come to support BJP, Modi and me,” says BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha Madhavi Latha said ahead of counting of votes.
