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.[1]
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.[2]
| Parties and Coalitions | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | +/- | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) | 34 | Template:Decrease 4 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Telugu Desam Party (TDP) | 22 | Template:Decrease 2 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" width="2" | | Indian National Congress (INC) | 19 | Template:Decrease 5 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 18 | Template:Increase 6 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) | 2 | Template:Increase 2 | |
| Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) | 2 | Template:Increase 2 | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Telangana Sadhana Samithi (TSS) | 1 | Template:Increase 1 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Others | 1 | Template:Steady | |
| Total | 99 | |||
| Valid votes | 1,104,076 | |||
| Invalid votes | 54,837 | |||
| Votes cast | 1,158,913 | |||
| Turnout | 53% | |||
References
- ↑ TDP occupies Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The Times of India(2002-01-25). Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- ↑ MCH gets its numbers wrong. The Times of India(2002-02-27). Retrieved 2023-07-22.