GHMC Mayoral polls: Voting for Greater Hyderabad mayor, dy mayor posts to be held shortly; TRS likely to win With ex-officio member votes, the TRS strength goes up to 88, MIM to 54 and BJP to 49, taking the grand total to 193 File image of GHMC building. Image credit: www.ghmc.gov.in/
Election for the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, which witnessed pitched battle between ruling TRS and BJP in
December last, will be held on Thursday and K Chandrashekhar Rao-led outfit has fair chances to bag both the positions as a single largest party.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party bagged 56 divisions, while BJP secured 48 divisions and MIM won in 44 divisions and Congress won in two divisions, in the 150-seat civic body.
Updated Feb 11, 2021 | 06:26 IST
Buoyed by its performance in GHMC polls, the BJP has also decided to put up its candidates for both Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts. TRS is likely to grab both the positions
Hyderabad: Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, which saw a high-octane electoral fight between ruling TRS and BJP in December last year, will be elected on Thursday.
In the election notification, the Telangana State Election Commission said that the election will be held at 12.30 pm on February 11 and an hour earlier all the 150 corporators would be administered the oath. State election commissioner C Partha Sarathi also said that if for any reason the elections are not held on February 11, it will be postponed to the next day.