New Delhi: The counting of votes for new AICC Chief election will held today at AICC Head Quarters in New Delhi. The senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are contesting for the prestigious post of AICC Chief, after more than 20 years as a non-Gandhi family contestants.

The counting begins at 10 am at the Congress headquarters in Delhi, where sealed ballot boxes have been brought from across the country. Around 96 per cent of the 9,915 eligible leaders had voted in the election held on Monday, the Congress had said.

Mr Kharge and Mr Tharoor have both maintained that the Gandhis are neutral about the election. The election comes three years after Sonia Gandhi agreed to temporarily lead the party when Rahul Gandhi stepped down, taking responsibility for the two consecutive routs of the party in 2014 and 2019 general elections. Congress central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry has expressed satisfaction with the polls, saying it was free, fair and transparent.