Karti Chidambaram, a counting agent for Tharoor, declared after the counting process was over that Kharge had won the polls and the Kerala MP had got 1,072 votes. Pic/PTI
Supporters celebrate after senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge won the party president's election, at the AICC headquarters, in New Delhi Pic/PTI
Supporters celebrate Kharge's win. He would be the first non-Gandhi president in 24 years Pic/PTI
Shashi Tharoor greets newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at the latter's residence, in New Delhi Pic/PTI
Newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge being greeted by supporters at his residence, in New Delhi Pic/PTI
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