Veteran politician Mallikarjun Kharge won the internal vote to lead the Congress party, the biggest opposition force in India. Despite facing off against charismatic MP Shashi Tharoor, Kharge easily won the election with eight times the number of votes.
At the AICC headquarters, the counting of the votes cast on Oct. 17, 2022 started at 10 am. Kharge's victory is historic because he succeeds Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving party leader, who has been in office since 1998, with the exception of the two years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi presided.
