Rahul Gandhi has been elected as the Congress president unopposed, announced Congress MP Mulapally Ramachandran on Monday.

“Eighty-nine nomination proposals were received. All were valid. Since there was only one candidate, I hereby declare Rahul Gandhi elected as the President of Indian National Congress,” Ramachandran said.

Gandhi will be officially handed over the certificate of his election as the party President on 16th December at the AICC headquarters, according to news agency ANI.