Telangana Panchayat Elections Results 2025 Live Updates: Counting of votes underway, over 12,600 candidates in fray

Claiming that the Congress party's dominance continued in the results of the third phase of the gram panchayat elections, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B Mahesh Kumar Goud said the villages had once again crowned the grand old party with victory.

He said the verdict delivered by the people stood as clear evidence of the performance of the Congress government, according to a release.

Goud said Congress-backed candidates' sweeping victories in Sarpanch posts across the state reflect rural voters' confidence in the party's governance.

He added that the third-phase panchayat results serve as a "slap" to the opposition and indicate a clear shift in Telangana's rural politics. (PTI)

Significantly, the panchayat polls in the state are not held on party symbols, which has facilitated the key contenders in this regard.

In the final phase of voting for the Panchayat elections, 4,159 gram panchayats and 36,452 wards were notified for elections and out of these as many as 394 sarpanches and 7,908 ward members were elected unanimously.

Heavy security arrangements were put in place to ensure peaceful elections. The first phase of elections on December 11 witnessed a turnout of 84.28 per cent, while the second phase of elections on December 14 recorded a turnout of 85.86 per cent.