Telangana Election Results 2018: What We Know So Far

The TRS is on course to return to power with a thumping majority in Telangana if the initial trends hold.

• The The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is on course to return to power with a thumping majority in Telangana if the initial trends hold, with party candidates leading in over 85 out of the total 119 assembly constituencies. Congress was leading in 18 segments.
• Ruling TRS won 17 seats and the Congress three, as per results available till 1 pm.
• The Telangana Bhavan, the headquarters of ruling TRS, wore a festive look with a large number of TRS activists dancing to drum-beats, bursting crackers and distributing sweets, hailing the 'victory' of the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led outfit.
• The Congress, which forged an opposition alliance with the Telugu Desam Party, the Telangana Jana Samiti, and the CPI, was heading for a heavy defeat, according to initial trends.