Mallikarjun Kharge has been elected new Congress president. The counting for the election held on october 17 was conducted today. Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry announced after the counting of votes that of the 9,385 votes polled in the Congress president poll, Kharge got 7,897 votes and Shashi Tharoor 1,072 votes, while 416 votes were declared invalid. Stay with TOI for the latest developments