Kharge vs Tharoor: Congress votes to elect next president

The Congress voted on Monday to elect its next president — its first non-Gandhi chief in close to 25 years (PTI photo)

Rahul Gandhi cast his vote at the Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Karnataka’s Sanganakallu in Ballari (Twitter/@INCIndia)

The leaders voted to elect a party president between Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge (IE Malayalam)

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrive to cast their votes for the party's Presidential election at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi (PTI photo)

Congress leaders stand in a queue outside Sadaqat Ashram to cast their votes for party's Presidential election, in Patna (PTI)

This will be the sixth time in its nearly 137-year-old history that an electoral contest would decide who would take up the mantle of the party’s president. (Photo: Twitter)

Voters queue up to vote in Thiruvananthapuram (IE Malayalam)

The polling process that began around 10 am will end at 4 pm. (PTI)

The fate of the Congress party will be decided by over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates who comprise the electoral college for electing the party chief. (IE Malayalam)

The results are likely to be declared on October 19. (Sourced)

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot after voting (Twitter/@ashokgehlot51)

Former Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh casts his vote to elect new President (Twitter/@INCIndia)

The last non-Gandhi Congress president was Sitaram Kesri, from whom Sonia Gandhi took over in March 1998. (Twitter/@nsui)