Rahul Gandhi has been elected unopposed as Congress president, party's central election authority head Mullappally Ramachandran announced in New Delhi on Monday. Rahul Gandhi will collect the certificate formally declaring his ascension to the post on December 16, he told reporters here.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi waves at supporters during a rally in Aravali district on Sunday. Pic/PTI

The 47-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family was the lone candidate in the fray. Rahul Gandhi succeeds his mother Sonia Gandhi, who remained in the post for 19 years. The CEA received a total of 89 nomination papers proposing Rahul Gandhi's name for the top post. All the nomination papers were found to be valid, Ramachandran said.