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 |
Seats For Election: | All 99 elected seats in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad |
Majority Seats: | 50 |
Turnout: | 53%[1] |
Leader1: | Mir Zulfiqar Ali |
Party1: | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen |
Alliance1: | None |
Seats1: | 34 |
Swing1: | 4 |
Leader2: | Teegala Krishna Reddy |
Party2: | Telugu Desam Party |
Alliance2: | National Democratic Alliance |
Seats2: | 22 |
Swing2: | 2 |
Leader4: | Danam Nagender |
Party4: | Indian National Congress |
Alliance4: | None |
Seats4: | 19 |
Swing4: | 5 |
Leader5: | Bandaru Dattatreya |
Party5: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Alliance5: | National Democratic Alliance |
Seats5: | 18 |
Swing5: | 6 |
Election Date: | 22 January 2002 |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Mir Zulfiqar Ali |
Before Party: | AIMIM |
After Election: | Teegala Krishna Reddy |
After 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 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]
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% |