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Other candidate
Shashi Tharoor - bestselling author and former UN Diplomat
MP for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Previous Presidents
Sonia Gandhi, elected unopposed served as the President of the party until 2017
Her son, Rahul Gandhi took over the reign later
Historic election
Only the sixth election in the 137-year-long history of the party
A non-Gandhi President after 24 years
Election process
Party leaders have been demanding to make electoral rolls public
But the efforts have gone in vain