Hyderabad, Feb. 14 -- The recently concluded Telangana municipal polls saw high-stakes battle between the ruling Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), with the former securing a dominant victory with 1,537 seats (51.3 per cent) and the latter managing 781 seats (26 per cent).

The civic elections were among the most closely contested polls in Telangana's recent history, with 89 wards decided by a single-digit victory margin.

Out of these, the Indian National Congress won 35 seats, followed by the BRS at 26, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at 18, five seats by Independent candidates, three by the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) and one each by Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and the Bahujan Samaj Part...