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Congress leaves behind BRS by 11% vote gap and BJP by 25% gap in Municipal polls

February 14, 2026

Published - February 14, 2026 08:16 pm IST - HYDERABAD Congress supporters celebrate victory in the Municipal polls in Sangareddy on Saturday. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF The ruling Congress (INC) has emerged not only as the largest party in terms of vote share, securing 39.80% of the total votes polled, but it also left behind the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) with a massive gap of 11%. This gap is massive given that the difference between the BRS and the Congress in the Assembly polls in 2023 was just 2%.

Congress leaves behind BRS by 11% vote gap and BJP by 25% gap in Municipal polls

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Congress improved its share in the Parliament elections taking 40.1% while the BRS’s share dropped to mere 16.7%.
The BJP was the biggest gainer of the BRS loss.
In the Municipal polls, the results of which were declared on Friday (Feburary 13), Congress not only bagged the maximum seats but also the maximum share of votes.
The only solace of the BRS is that it improved its vote share with the BJP now losing massively to the BRS.
Out of the total 37,81,232 votes polled, the Congress garnered 15,05,006 votes, translating into a 39.80% vote share.

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Congress leaves behind BRS by 11% vote gap and BJP by 25% gap in Municipal polls

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Congress leaves behind BRS by 11% vote gap and BJP by 25% gap in Municipal polls

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