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2002 Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election

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2002 Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election

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All 99 elected seats in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53%[1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mir Zulfiqar Ali Teegala Krishna Reddy
Party AIMIM TDP
Alliance None NDA
Seats won 34 22
Swing Decrease 4 Decrease 2

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Danam Nagender Bandaru Dattatreya
Party INC BJP
Alliance None NDA
Seats won 19 18
Swing Decrease 5 Increase 6

Mayor before election

Mir Zulfiqar Ali
AIMIM

Elected Mayor

Teegala Krishna Reddy
TDP

The 2002 Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election was conducted on 22 January 2002 to elect members to all 99 wards of the municipal corporation. These were the first elections to the corporation in 16 years. Direct elections were held for mayor along with wards. The Telugu Desam Party emerged as victor in the mayoral election with its candidate T. Krishna Reddy defeating runner-up Mir Zulfiqar Ali of AIMIM by 16,000 votes, whereas AIMIM became the single largest party in the corporation.[2]

Results

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A total of 1,158,913 votes were polled out of which 1,104,076 were valid and 54,837 were invalid. There were 57 candidates competing for mayor.[3]

Parties and Coalitions Seats
Won +/-
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 34 Decrease 4
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) 22 Decrease 2
Indian National Congress (INC) 19 Decrease 5
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 18 Increase 6
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) 2 Increase 2
Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) 2 Increase 2
Telangana Sadhana Samithi (TSS) 1 Increase 1
Others 1 Steady
Total 99
Valid votes 1,104,076
Invalid votes 54,837
Votes cast 1,158,913
Turnout 53%

References

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  1. ^ "Low turnout in city polls". The Times of India. 23 January 2002. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  2. ^ "TDP occupies Hyderabad Municipal Corporation". The Times of India. 25 January 2002. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ^ "MCH gets its numbers wrong". The Times of India. 27 February 2002. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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