After the declaration of result of Congress President Election, party leader Sachin Pilot on October 19 deemed the election as victory of democracy. ìMallikarjun Kharge won with a huge majority in the Congress President Election. This is a victory of democracy. I congratulated him. I have faith in his experience and that will benefit the party. 9000 people elected the President, this was never done before by any party. The Opposition must be nervous today,î Sachin Pilot said. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge was elected as new President of the Indian National Congress. He got 9,000 votes whereas his opponent Shashi Tharoor got over 1,000 votes.