About 9,200 Congress party delegates cast their vote on Monday to choose between Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge for the Congress party’s top post.
The results will be declared on October 19.
Party leaders including current president Sonia Gandhi, former president Rahul Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra, Mallikarjun Kharge, former finance minister P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh were among the top leaders to cast their votes.
IMAGE: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi casts her vote at the AICC headquarters, New Delhi, October 17, 2022. Photograph: Manvender Vashist Lav/PTI Photo
IMAGE: Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh casts his vote. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Congress presidential election candidate Mallikarjun Kharge casts his vote in Bengaluru. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor casts his vote at the party office, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Photograph: PTI Photo/Image via @ShashiTharoor
IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi casts his vote in Bellary, Karnataka. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Congress party's central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry conducts final checks before voting begins at the AICC office, New Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist Lav/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra casts her vote at the AICC headquarters, New Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist Lav/PTI Photo
IMAGE: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot cast his vote in Jaipur. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Congress delegates wait to cast their vote in Ranchi. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Congress MP P Chidambaram casts his vote at the AICC office, New Delhi. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh casts his vote at the AICC office in New Delhi. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath casts his vote in Bhopal. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Congress leaders stand in a queue outside the Sadaqat Ashram in Patna to cast their vote. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Congress leader Salman Khurshid casts his vote. Photograph: Manvender Vashist Lav/PTI Photo
IMAGE: Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal casts his vote in Chandigarh. Photograph: PTI Photo