The ruling TRS in Telangana on Friday emerged as the single largest party in the 150-ward Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election, winning 55 wards.
While the election was held for 150 wards, the results of 149 were announced as counting of votes had to be stopped in a ward as per a High Court order.
BJP bagged 48 wards and the AIMIM of Asaduddin Owaisi secured 44. Congress could win only two wards.
Counting had to be stopped in Neredmet ward as marks other than the standard Swastik symbol (crossed arrow mark) were in majority.
Despite the high-pitched and polarising campaigns by most parties that seemed to focus more on Pakistan and Mohammad Ali Jinnah than sanitation, roads and water supply, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls reported an unimpressive 46.55 per cent voter turnout on Tuesday. Elaborate arrangements had been made for the counting that took place at 30 places with the help of over 8,000 personnel. The counting was recorded with security cameras installed at every table, officials said.
Here are the Live Updates of the counting for Hyderabad Civic Polls:
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has expressed confidence that the people of Telangana will stop the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from expanding its footprints in the state.
"We will fight the BJP in a democratic way. We are confident that the people of Telangana will stop BJP from expanding its footprints in the state," said Owaisi.
"We have won on 44 seats in Hyderabad GHMC elections. I have spoken to all newly elected corporators and asked them to begin their work from tomorrow itself," he added.
The ruling TRS in Telangana on Friday emerged as the single largest party in the 150-ward
Even though the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) seems to be all set to to retain control of the city civic body in Hyderabad after winning 55 divisions out of 150, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday said the party was expecting to win more seats.
He expressed his gratitude to the people of Hyderabad who chose his party Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and made it the single largest party to represent them in Greater Hyderabad Muncipal Corporation (GHMC).
"I thank people of Hyderabad who chose TRS as the single largest party to represent them in Council. Result is certainly not what we expected. We are short of 20-25 seats. We lost about 10-12 divisions with extremely narrow margin," Mr Rao told media.
With BJP winning 48 seats in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Friday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as a strong party in Telangana and party workers have blessings of people in their efforts to bring the party to power in the state in the 2023 assembly elections.
Reddy, who is MP from Secunderabad, said Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) tally has come down to 55 seats.
"We had four seats and we have won 48 as of now. The number of seats of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has also gone down, the same goes for TRS. BJP has today emerged as a strong party," Mr Reddy told ANI.
"Today's results indicate that we have blessings of the people in our efforts to bring BJP government in Telangana in 2023 elections. TRS has failed, people are against their dynasty rule and corruption. People have paved the way for a BJP government in Telangana in the days to come," Mr Reddy added.
As the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election vote counting is underway, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Friday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) number will further decline and heavy support for TRS will surface in Hyderabad.
"TRS is winning in most seats. As voting was by paper ballot we have to wait 3-4 hours to get exact numbers. I believe BJP numbers will further decline and heavy support for TRS will surface. We will have our mayor and do public works uninterrupted," said Kavitha, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's daughter, while speaking to ANI.
TRS is winning in most seats. As voting was by paper ballot we have to wait 3-4 hours to get exact numbers. I believe BJP numbers will further decline & heavy support for TRS will surface. We'll have our mayor & do public works uninterrupted: TRS leader K Kavitha on #GHMCElection pic.twitter.com/ySceGWnMVc
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2020
GHMC Election Results 2020: No Matter Who Wins In Hyderabad Local Polls, BJP Will CelebrateLong before any results emerged today from the counting of ballot papers in the Hyderabad municipal election, leaders of the BJP started posting congratulatory tweets.
Former Hyderabad Mayor and AIMIM candidate Mohammad Majid Hussain wins from Mehdipatnam, reported news agency ANI.
The victory of Dubbaka by-election will be repeated in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election as well, Telangana BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri said on Friday, reported news agency ANI. "The initial trends show BJP leading and it was expected. The transformation has started in the state of Telangana. You have seen Lok Sabha election results then Dubbaka by-election and now the same will be repeated in GHMC. Let us wait till the evening, but it is a clear message to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) that people want change," the BJP MP from Nizamabad told ANI.
Early trends emerging from Hyderabad indicate a change in popular mood & shape of things to come.
- Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) December 4, 2020
Policies of transformative development are hard to beat & always triumph over hollow populism & fake narrative.#GHMCElectionresults #GHMCwithBJP
Today Hyderabad changes its destiny into '𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗴𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿'
- Amar Prasad Reddy🇮🇳 (@amarprasadreddy) December 4, 2020
BJP leads in 83 out of 150. #GHMCResultsWithBJP
Congratulations to karyakarta's and Supporters who worked tirelessly for a long.
Kudos to @JPNadda Ji & @AmitShah Ji for their leadership. pic.twitter.com/4pzVczGnZw
Bhagyanagar/Hyderabad#BhagyanagarWithBJP#GHMCElections#GHMC #GHMCPolls #GHMCElections2020
- R.P. Singh: ਆਰ ਪੀ ਸਿੰਘ National Spokesperson BJP (@rpsinghkhalsa) December 4, 2020
The transformation has started in the state of Telangana. You have seen Lok Sabha election results then Dubbaka by-election & now GHMC. Let us wait till the evening, but it is clear message to TRS that people want change: Telangana BJP MP D Arvind #GHMCPolls pic.twitter.com/cNNROl9bFy
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2020
Telangana: Counting for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections underway; visuals from LB Stadium counting centre. #GHMCPolls pic.twitter.com/RP486Dw7xy
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2020
"We are expecting to win over 100 seats. Although many big leaders from BJP came to campaign and made many false claims, I'm happy that people of Hyderabad did not believe in them & reposed their faith in KCR's leadership," said Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha, reported news agency ANI.
We are expecting to win over 100 seats. Although many big leaders from BJP came to campaign and made many false claims, I'm happy that people of Hyderabad did not believe in them & reposed their faith in KCR's leadership: Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha #GHMCElections pic.twitter.com/TYKTjrJ0Mc
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2020
Counting for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections begins. #Telangana https://t.co/VxDKDtSsgs
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2020
Telangana: Counting for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections to begin shortly; visuals from LB Stadium counting centre. pic.twitter.com/RWRMUMniGn
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2020
After High-Decibel Campaigns, Low Turnout In Hyderabad Civic ElectionVoters in Hyderabad did not seem to share the same excitement and enthusiasm that political leaders have shown in the weeklong high-decibel campaign run-up to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections. Voting was at hardly 37 per cent at 5 pm after 10 hours of voting on Tuesday.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Election Results 2020: Counting Today For Hyderabad's Bitterly-Fought Civic Between Polls 10 PointsDespite the high-pitched campaign by nearly all parties, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls reported an unimpressive 46.55 per cent turnout on Tuesday with 34.50 lakh people voting from a total of 74.67 lakh voters. Elaborate arrangements have been made for the counting that will take place at 30 places with the help of over 8,000 personnel.
