Mallikarjun Kharge won the Congress presidential elections by landslide margin over Shashi Tharoor. Kharge got 7,897 votes while Tharoor got 1,072 votes. 416 votes were invalid.
Sources said a number of leaders, including state chiefs and MPs, backed Rahul Gandhi to continue on the post despite his refusal to reconsider his resignation
The CWC unanimously appealed to Gandhi to lead the party, saying he was the best person for the top post at the time when the government was "assaulting democracy and undermining people's rights"