Hyderabad: The ruling Congress and BJP won eight seats each out of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi also won in Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency. The BJP candidates secured victories in Adilabad (ST), Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Secunderabad, Malkajgiri, Chevella and Mahabubnagar LS seats. The Congress nominees won in Peddapalle (SC), Mahabubabad (ST), Warangal (SC), Bhongir, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nagarkurnool (SC) and Zaheerabad.

The candidates of both Congress and BJP won with comfortable margins against their respective rivals. Though final margins were not declared by the time going for print, Congress candidate K Raghuveer Reddy was leading by a massive 5.52 lakh votes against his nearest BJP S Saidi Reddy in Nalgonda.

The K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS has been decimated as the party did not win in any of the constituencies. The party had won nine seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The BRS had suffered a defeat in the Legislative Assembly polls held in November last year. The BJP had won four seats, while Congress bagged three constituencies in the 2019 general elections. The counting of votes for the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana began at 8 am on Tuesday. The polling was held in a single phase on May 13.