2002 Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election

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]

2002 Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election

← 1986 22 January 2002 2009 →
All 99 elected seats in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53%[1]
First party Second party   Leader Mir Zulfiqar Ali Teegala Krishna Reddy Party AIMIM TDP Alliance None NDA Seats won 34 22 Swing 4 2   Third party Fourth party   Leader Danam Nagender Bandaru Dattatreya Party INC BJP Alliance None NDA Seats won 19 18 Swing 5 6
Mayor before election Mir Zulfiqar Ali AIMIM Elected Mayor Teegala Krishna Reddy TDP

Results

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	4
	Telugu Desam Party (TDP)	22	2
	Indian National Congress (INC)	19	5
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	18	6
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)	2	2
	Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT)	2	2
	Telangana Sadhana Samithi (TSS)	1	1
	Others	1
Total		99
Valid votes		1,104,076
Invalid votes		54,837
Votes cast		1,158,913
Turnout		53%

References

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.

External links

• TSEC elections results