New congress President Mallikarjun Kharge

Veteran politician Mallikarjun Kharge of Karnataka won the election by defeating Shashi Tharoor to become the party's first non-Gandhi president in 24 years.

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Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Congress party with the longest tenure, is being replaced by Mallikarjun Kharge.

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Mallikarjun Kharrge is the Congress's second Dalit president in five decades, following Jagjivan Ram, who was elected in 1970.

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Kharge received 7897 of the 9385 votes cast, while Tharoor received only 1072. According to sources, 416 votes were illegitimate.

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