2020 Telangana local elections

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2020 Telangana urban local bodies elections
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  • 535 wards/divisions across 11 municipal corporations
  • 2,727 wards across 120 municipalities[1][2][lower-alpha 1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Akbaruddin_Owaisi_Picture.jpg
N Uttam kumar Reddy.jpg
Leader K. Chandrashekar Rao Akbaruddin Owaisi N. Uttam Kumar Reddy
Party TRS AIMIM INC
Wards 1,686 87 569
Wards ± TBC TBC TBC
ULBs 114 5 5
ULBs ± Increase89 Increase15 Decrease14
  Fourth party
 
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Leader K. Laxman
Party BJP
Wards 293
Wards ± TBC
ULBs 4
ULBs ± Increase1

Local elections in the Indian state of Telangana were held in 2020 for 11 municipal corporations and 120 municipalities. Elections for 9 municipal corporations and 120 municipalities were held on 22 January 2020.[3] Elections for Karimnagar Municipal Corporation were held on 24 January 2020 whereas elections for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation were held on 1 December 2020.[4][5][6]

Background

Most previous elections for the urban local bodies were held from 2014-2016. In 2014, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi won 3 municipal corporations and 22 municipalities, followed by the Indian National Congress with 19 municipalities, the Telugu Desam Party with 4 municipalities, the Bharatiya Janata Party with 3 municipalities, and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen with 1 municipality.[7] In 2016, the TRS had swept the GHMC bagging 99 out of 150 wards, a clear two-third majority.[8]

Results

By municipal corporation

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

PartySeats
Telangana Rashtra Samithi56
Bharatiya Janata Party48
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen44
Indian National Congress2
Others0
Total150
Source: The Financial Express[9]

Karimnagar Municipal Corporation

PartySeats
Telangana Rashtra Samithi33
Bharatiya Janata Party13
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen6
Others8
Total60
Source: The Financial Express[9]

Ramagundam Municipal Corporation

PartySeats
Telangana Rashtra Samithi19
Indian National Congress11
All India Forward Bloc9
Bharatiya Janata Party5
Others6
Total50
Source: The Hans India[10]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Total number of wards in municipal corporations where elections were held is the added number of the wards of 9 municipal corporations which held election on 22 January 2020, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation which held election on 24 January 2020, and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation which held election on 1 December 2020.

References

  1. ↑ Bhandari, Shashwat (2020-01-26). "Telangana Municipal Election 2020: TRS wins 109 out of 120 municipalities, bags 7 out of 9 corporations | India News – India TV". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Telangana Rashtra Samithi sweeps municipal elections". The Hindu. 2020-01-25. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  3. ↑ "Telangana Municipal Election Results 2020 Highlights: 'Respect mandate given to TRS, otherwise democracy will lose its value', KCR warns Opposition". The Indian Express. 2020-01-25. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  4. ↑ "TRS wins majority in Karimnagar set to retain Mayor post". The Hindu. 2020-01-27. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  5. ↑ "Telangana Municipal Election Results 2020 Highlights: 'Respect mandate given to TRS, otherwise democracy will lose its value', KCR warns Opposition". The Indian Express. 2020-01-25. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  6. ↑ Pavan (2020-11-17). "Telangana: SEC announces GHMC elections schedule in Hyderabad, polling on December 1". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  7. ↑ "TRS wins 3 corporations, 22 municipalities". The Hindu. 2014-07-03. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  8. ↑ "GHMC elections: TRS makes clean sweep, TDP, BJP, Cong wiped out". The Indian Express. 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "GHMC Election 2020 Winners List: BJP wins 48; TRS bags 56, AIMIM 44". The Financial Express. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Municipal poll results: Bhongir and Ramagundam municipalities heading towards hung". The Hans India. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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