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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2002 Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1986 Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election
| previous_year = 1986
| next_election = 2009 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election
| next_year = 2009
| outgoing_members =
| seats_for_election = All 99 elected seats in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad
| opinion_polls =
| registered =
| majority_seats = 50
| turnout = 53%<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-01-23 |title=Low turnout in city polls |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/low-turnout-in-city-polls/articleshow/1176062825.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-07-19 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
| image1 = <div style="width:100px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}; font-size:32px;"> '''AIMIM'''</span></div>
| leader1 = Mir Zulfiqar Ali
| party1 = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
| alliance1 = ''None''
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 =
| seats1 = 34
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 4
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Teegala Krishna Reddy.jpg |bSize=125 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=0 |oLeft=6 |Location=center}}
| leader2 = [[Teegala Krishna Reddy]]
| party2 = Telugu Desam Party
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 =
| seats2 = 22
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 2
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hand INC.svg||bSize=170|cWidth=110|cHeight=150|oLeft=23|oTop=0}}
| leader4 = [[Danam Nagender]]
| party4 = Indian National Congress
| alliance4 = ''None''
| leader_since4 =
| leaders_seat4 =
| seats4 = 19
| popular_vote4 =
| percentage4 =
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 5
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) International Labour Organization, Ms. Deborah Greenfield meeting the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg |bSize=125|cWidth=110|cHeight=150|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| leader5 = [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| party5 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance5 = National Democratic Alliance
| leader_since5 =
| leaders_seat5 =
| last_election5 =
| seats5 = 18
| seat_change5 =
| popular_vote5 =
| percentage5 =
| swing5 = {{increase}} 6
| election_date = 22 January 2002
| title = [[Mayor of Hyderabad, India|Mayor]]
| before_election = Mir Zulfiqar Ali
| before_party = [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]]
| after_election = [[Teegala Krishna Reddy]]
| after_party = [[Telugu Desam Party|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 [[Teegala Krishna Reddy|T. Krishna Reddy]] defeating runner-up Mir Zulfiqar Ali of [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] by 16,000 votes, whereas AIMIM became the single largest party in the corporation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2002-01-25 |title=TDP occupies Hyderabad Municipal Corporation |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tdp-occupies-hyderabad-municipal-corporation/articleshow/1139384294.cms |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-02-27 |title=MCH gets its numbers wrong |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/mch-gets-its-numbers-wrong/articleshow/2209768.cms |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="150" |Parties and Coalitions
! colspan="2" |Seats
|-
!Won
!+/-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}" |
| align="left" |[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]] (AIMIM)
|34
|{{Decrease}} 4
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |
| align="left" |[[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP)
|22
|{{Decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" width="2" |
| align="left" |[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
|19
|{{Decrease}} 5
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| align="left" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|18
|{{Increase}} 6
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}" |
| align="left" |[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS)
|2
|{{Increase}} 2
|-
| bgcolor="24D330" |
| align="left" |[[Majlis Bachao Tehreek]] (MBT)
|2
|{{increase}} 2
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telangana Praja Samithi}}" |
| align="left" |[[Telangana Sadhana Samithi]] (TSS)
|1
|{{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Others}}" |
| align="left" |Others
|1
|{{Steady}}
|-
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total
| colspan="2" |99
|-
! colspan="5" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Valid votes
| colspan="2" |1,104,076
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Invalid votes
| colspan="2" |54,837
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |'''Votes cast'''
| colspan="2" |1,158,913
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |'''Turnout'''
| colspan="2" |53%
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://tsec.gov.in/AbstractResultReportGhmc.se TSEC elections results]

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[[Category:Municipal corporation elections in India|Hyderabad]]
[[Category:Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]]
[[Category:Local elections in Telangana]]
[[Category:2002 elections in India]]

2002 Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election - Revision history

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