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GHMC polls: TRS emerges as single largest party
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.
The Telangana High Court on Friday suspended a circular issued by the State Election Commission (SEC), which allows counting of votes with "distinguish marks" other than the standard Swastik symbol (crossed arrow mark) for the GHMC polls held on December 1.
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Hyderabad poll result 'historic', shows rejection of dynastic, appeasement politics: BJP chief Nadda
Lauding its "astounding" performance in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, where it has made big gains, as a "moral victory", the BJP on Friday said it has emerged as the "only alternative" to the ruling TRS in Telangana.
BJP leaders hailed the party's show as it won 46 seats, against only four it had earlier in the corporation, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah thanking people for reposing faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "politics of development."
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GHMC results: BJP makes massive inroads at the expense of TRS
The TRS, which swept the 2016 GHMC polls seizing 99 out of 150 wards and looked firmly positioned throughout the day to repeat the feat, was by Friday evening left searching for options to retain the Hyderabad mayor chair.
Hyderabad has made it clear results of Telangana assembly elections 2023: Nadda
"The historic result for BJP in Hyderabad GHMC elections shows people's unequivocal support towards PM Modi's
development & governance model. I want to thank the people of Hyderabad," says JP Nadda, President of Bharatiya Janata Party.
"The people of Hyderabad have made it clear what will be the results of the Telangana assembly elections (2023). I can say with confidence that people of Telangana have decided to say goodbye to the corrupt KCR government," he told ANI.
Gratitude to the people of Telangana for reposing faith in PM: Shah
"Gratitude to the people of Telangana for reposing faith in PM @narendramodi led BJP’s Politics of Development. Congratulations to Shri @JPNadda ji and Shri @bandisanjay_bjp for BJP’s astounding performance in GHMC. I applaud the hard work of our karyakartas of @BJP4Telangana," tweeted Amit Shah.
BJP makes electoral inroads in Hyderabad with a 'saffron strike'
Backed by a high-octane campaign involving its top guns, the BJP on Friday made significant electoral inroads here in the fiercely contested GHMC polls, almost giving a scare to the ruling TRS, which just managed to retain control of the civic body it won four years ago.
BJP's resurgent performance prompted the state leadership to describe it as a "saffron strike", while party in-charge Bhupendar Yadav said it has now emerged as the "only alternative" to the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led regional dispensation with people accepting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brand of good governance.
Out of the 150 wards in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) that went to the polls on December 1, the results of 146 wards were available till reports last came, where TRS won 56, while the BJP bagged 46, followed by AIMIM (42) and Congress, which has so far managed to win two seats.
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Moral victory, party only alternative to ruling TRS in Telangana: BJP on Hyderabad local polls
Counting of votes is underway, and as per the latest trends, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has either won or was leading in over 60 seats, while the corresponding tally for the BJP was 43 and the AIMIM 42.
GHMC Elections2020 official results - Partywise positions at 146/150
56: TRS
46: BJP
42: AIMIM
2: Congress
0: Others
Today's results indicate that BJP has blessings of the people: MoS (Home)
"TRS had 99 seats in Hyderabad, this has come down to 55 now. We had 4 seats and we have won 50 as of now. The number of seats of AIMIM has also gone down, the same goes for TRS. BJP has today emerged as a strong party," said MoS (Home) G Kishan Reddy.
"Today's results indicate that we have blessings of the people in our efforts to bring BJP govt in Telangana in 2023 elections. TRS has failed, people are against their dynasty rule & corruption. People have paved a way for a BJP govt in Telangana, in the days to come," he told ANI.
GHMC: TRS all set to retain control of Hyderabad city civic body, impressive show by BJP
The Congress was a distant third, winning just two seats. The TRS was leading in at least 15 other wards, while the BJP was ahead in about 25 seats. The BJP's performance, if the present trend holds, leading to the saffron party possibly netting a significant number of seats, will be seen as a massive improvement against its 2016 show of winning just four seats, in alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) then.
N Uttam Kumar Reddy resigns from the post of President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
N Uttam Kumar Reddy resigns from the post of President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
TRS falls far below the majority mark. With about 55 seats, left as the single largest party. BJP at 50, AIMIM 43, Congress 2. Present party positions indicate a hung house
GHMC Polls: Telangana HC suspends State Election Commission's circular on 'special' ballot papers
Earlier some Returning Officers asked the SEC what they should do in case they find some "distinguish mark" instead of Swastik symbol on any ballot paper.
TRS all set to retain control of city civic body, impressive show by BJP
The ruling TRS looked all set to retain control of the city civic body, winning 41 of the 150 seats so far, while BJP's high profile campaign appeared to have paid off, with the party winning 22.
The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM continued its dominance in its traditional stronghold of the old city of Hyderabad, winning 34, as per the latest trends following counting of votes for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, held on December 1.
The Congress was a distant fourth, winning just two seats. The TRS was leading in at least 15 other wards, while the BJP was ahead in about 25 seats.
The BJP's performance, if the present trend holds, leading to the saffron party possibly netting a significant number of seats, will be seen as a massive improvement against its 2016 show of winning just four seats, in alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) then.
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GHMC Elections2020 official results - Partywise positions
42: TRS
25: BJP
37: AIMIM
2: Congress
Telangana HC suspends State Election Commission's circular on 'special' ballot papers
Telangana High Court on Friday suspended a circular issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) which allows counting of votes with "distinguish marks" other than the standard Swastik symbol (crossed arrow mark), for the polls held for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on December 1.
Hearing a House Motion, Justice Abhishek Reddy while suspending SEC's circular said the ballots which have "distinguish marks" should be kept separately and if they are detrimental to the poll results, the outcome should not be announced.
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GHMC Elections2020 official results - Partywise positions in half of the seats ie 75/150
26: TRS
16: BJP
31: AIMIM
2: Congress
GHMC polls: TRS catches up, wins seven wards and leads in 50
Ruling TRS and the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM bagged seven wards each while the TRS was leading in about 50 seats and BJP in around 40, as per the latest trends following the counting of votes, polled on December 1.
In LB Nagar zone, which was one of the worst affected areas during the October floods, BJP is showing better performance than the ruling TRS.
TRS is leading 58 wards, BJP in 39, AIMIM in 33 and Congress in 2.
AIMIM says its candidates have won from the below 20 wards already:
Mehdipatnam, Dabeerpura, Ramnaspura, Doodhbowli, Kishanbagh, Nawab Sahab Kunta, Shastripuram, ReinBazar, LalithaBagh, Barkas, Pattergatti, Puranapool, Riyastnagar, Ahmed Nagar, Tolichowki, Nanalnagar, Chowni, Talabchanchalam, ShahAli Banda, and Jahanuma.
First round counting shows BJP giving tough fight to the AIMIM in several wards of the old city and to the TRS in rest of GHMC
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 GHMC Election.
Telangana HC suspends State Election Commission's circular on 'special' ballot papers
Telangana High Court on Friday suspended a circular issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) which allows counting of votes with "distinguish marks" other than the standard Swastik symbol (crossed arrow mark), for the polls held for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on December 1.
GHMC polls: BJP ahead in postal ballots
The BJP was leading over its rivals in postal ballots which were taken up first in the counting of votes on Friday in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections.
The BJP is leading in around 80 wards while the ruling TRS is ahead in around 20.
However, the party lead position would be known as the votes cast in the ballot boxes are counted.
TRS widens lead in the Hyderabad civic body polls. As of now, it is leading in 70 wards, while the BJP is ahead in 30. The AIMIM is leading in 45 wards and Congress in 4.
TRS is leading in 34 wards, BJP in 14, AIMIM in 8, and Congress in 1.
Yousufguda division goes to TRS's Rajkumar Patel. Yousufguda recorded least polling of 33%.
JUST IN | AIMIM leader and former Mayor, Mohammed Majid Hussain, wins from Mehdipatnam Ward.
In postal ballot counting, BJP is leading in 82 wards, TRS in 31, AIMIM in 16, and Congress in 2 wards.
The GHMC has a total of 150 wards, each represented by a councillor/corporator. While polls for the 149 wards were held on Tuesday, a re-poll was conducted in Old Malakpet on Thursday.Pollsofthis one ward were canceled midway as it was found that CPI(M)'s symbol was printed on the ballot papers instead oftheCPI's.
The BJP could win anywhere between 25 to 35 seats, most of the surveys predict. The least that any projection gave to the saffron party is 12 seats.
The striking point however is the dramatic rise of the BJP's influence in the city, where it was confined to only four wards five years back.
The latest civic body polls were held two months ahead of the normal course by the Telangana election commission, which the opposition parties alleged was at the behest of CM Chandrasekhar Rao to suit his electoral interests.
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