Y S Rajasekhara Reddy appeared all set to lead a second term as Congress inched towards the crucial 148 seats mark. At 2:30 pm, Congress had won 110 seats with TDP trailing behind with 82 seats. The TRS won nine seats, Left parties 3, PRP 11 and others 3.

The Congress was way ahead in the Lok Sabha seats leading in 33 seats with TDP trailing far behind with 6 seats. The TRS was leading in 2 while the PRP is yet to open its account.

Reddy won from Pulivendala constituency with a margin of 69,000 votes while TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu won with a margin of 49,000 votes from Kuppam constituency.

TRS President K Chandrasekhara Rao was trailing from Mahbubnagar LS constituency. In Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi of the AIMIM was also trailing behind TDP's Zahid Ali Khan after the second round of counting.

The Congress is likely to take the support of AIMIM and independents if required to form the government. At least half a dozen ministers of the YSR government were trailing and may lose. They include Energy and Minority Minister Shabbir Ali from Kamareddy and R&B Minister Jeevan Reddy from Jagitiyala

APCC president D Srinivas appears to be losing from Nizamabad (Urban) assembly constituency.