Hyderabad: The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) won 17 seats and the Congress three as per results available till 2 pm Tuesday in the counting of votes polled in the 7 December Telangana Assembly elections.
The first two results went to the TRS with its candidates M Sanjay Kumar and Sunke Ravishankar winning with impressive margins.
Sanjay Kumar defeated his nearest Congress rival, T Jeevan Reddy, by a margin of 57,127 votes in Jagtial constituency, according to official information.
Ravishankar won from Choppadandi by a margin of 42,249 votes against his nearest Congress rival, Medipalli Satyam.
The TRS was also leading in at least 70 seats as it appeared set for a big win in the polls to the 119-member Assembly.
Congress was leading in 18 segments.
Caretaker Chief Minister and TRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao was leading in Gajwel by 27,329 votes over his nearest Congress rival after the ninth round of counting. In Siddipet segment, TRS candidate T Harish Rao, a nephew of the chief minister, established an unassailable lead of 1,19,622 votes after completion of 19 rounds of counting.
Telangana Assembly elections party position at 2 pm.
Total seats: 119
Results declared: 20
Trends available: 99
TRS won – 17
TRS leading – 70
Congress won – 3
Congress leading – 18
AIMIM leading – 6
BJP leading – 2
TDP leading – 2
Others leading – 1
AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi is leading in Chandrayangutta Assembly segment by over 67,000 votes against his nearest BJP rival, Syed Shehjadi, after the 19th round.