2016 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election explained

Election Name:	2016 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2009 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election
Previous Year:	2009
Next Election:	2020 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election
Next Year:	2020
Seats For Election:	All 150 elected seats in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Majority Seats:	76
Turnout:	45.71% (2.67)^[1]
Leader1:	K. Chandrashekhar Rao
Party1:	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Last Election1:	Did not contest
Seats1:	99
Seat Change1:	99
Popular Vote1:	1,468,618
Percentage1:	43.85%
Swing1:	43.85
Leader3:	G. Kishan Reddy
Party3:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Last Election3:	5
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Popular Vote3:	346,523
Percentage3:	10.34%
Swing3:	0.37
Leader2:	Asaduddin Owaisi
Party2:	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Last Election2:	43
Seats2:	44
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	530,812
Percentage2:	15.85%
Swing2:	1.41
Leader4:	N. Uttam Kumar Reddy
Party4:	Indian National Congress
Last Election4:	52
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	50
Popular Vote4:	348,388
Percentage4:	10.40%
Swing4:	18.00
Leader5:	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Party5:	Telugu Desam Party
Last Election5:	45
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	44
Popular Vote5:	439,047
Percentage5:	13.11%
Swing5:	14.92
Election Date:	2 February 2016
Mayor
Before Election:	Vacant
After Election:	Bonthu Rammohan
After Party:	Telangana Rashtra Samiti
Alliance3:	NDA
Alliance5:	NDA
Alliance1:	None
Alliance2:	None
Alliance4:	None

The 2016 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election was conducted on 2 February 2016 to elect members to all 150 wards of the municipal corporation.^[2] The Telangana Rashtra Samithi won a landslide victory of 99 wards, followed by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen which received 44 wards. The Indian National Congress, which was the single-largest party in the previous GHMC elections held in 2010, was decimated, winning only 2 wards.

Election schedule

The Telangana State Election Commission announced the schedule for the GHMC election on 7 January 2016.^{[2] [3]}

Event	Date
Date of notification	12 January 2016
Last date for filing nominations	17 January 2016
Date for scrutiny of nominations	18 January 2016
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	21 January 2016
Date of poll	2 February 2016
Date of counting	5 February 2016

Results

Results by alliance and party

Party	TRS	AIMIM	BJP	INC	TDP
Seats	99	44	4	2	1
Alliance	TRS			AIMIM			NDA			UPA
Seats	99			44			5			2

The results were announced on 5 February 2016, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi won a strong majority of 99 seats in the municipal corporation, riding on the wave of achieving the independent state of Telangana after years of protests and hunger strikes. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen retained its old city bastion whereas the main parties in the last election, the Indian National Congress and the Telugu Desam Party were decimated, with most of their voters switching to the TRS.^[4] Almost 1,000 of the total 1,333 candidates lost their deposit, failing to garner 1/6th of the total vote.^[5]

Results by party

Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote		Seats
		Vote	%	Won	+/-
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)	1,468,618	43.85%	99	99
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	530,812	15.85%	44	1
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	346,523	10.34%	4	1
	Indian National Congress (INC)	348,388	10.40%	2	50
	Telugu Desam Party (TDP)	439,047	13.11%	1	44
	Others	215,991	6.45%	0	5
Total		3,349,379	100.00	150

Results by ward

Ward! colspan="4"

Winner	Runner Up				Margin
	Name	Candidate	Party			Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
1	Kapra	S. Swarna Raj		TRS	10112	KVLN Rao		TDP	5083	5029
2	A. S. Rao Nagar	Pajjuri Pavani Reddy		TRS	7987	Tateneni Samrajyam		BJP	6621	1366
3	Cherlapally	Bonthu Rammohan		TRS	13462	Ganesh M.		BJP	5593	7869
4	Meerpet HB Colony	Golluri Anjaiah		TRS	12319	Anumula Dinesh		BJP	6611	5708
5	Mallapur	Devender Reddy Pannala		TRS	12929	B. Lakshmi Naraayana		TDP	5040	7889
6	Nacharam	Shanti Shekar Chitipolu		INC	8236	Jyothi Medala		TRS	8084	152
7	Chilukanagar	Gopu Saraswathi		TRS	13055	Chenreddy Latha		INC	5073	7982
8	Habsiguda	Bethi Swapna Reddy		TRS	12567	Bobbala Rama		TDP	5099	7468
9	Ramanthapur	Gandham Jyosthna		TRS	10396	Sarva Rani		IND	5239	5157
10	Uppal	Anala Reddy Mekala		TRS	10510	M. Rajitha		IND	9364	1146
11	Nagole	Cheruku Sangeetha		TRS	12915	Chinthala Aruna		TDP	6838	6077
12	Mansoorabad	Koppula Vittal Reddy		TRS	12736	Koppula Narasimha Reddy		TDP	6787	5949
13	Hayaathnagar	S. Tirumala Reddy		TRS	10598	Kallem Ravinder Reddy		BJP	7825	2773
14	BN Reddy Nagar	Muddagouni Laxmi Prasanna		TRS	12743	Katikareddy Aravind Reddy		TDP	6184	6559
15	Vanasthalipuram	Jitta Rajasekhar Reddy		TRS	13691	Sama Prabhakar Reddy		TDP	5410	8281
16	Hastinapuram	Ramavath Padma		TRS	12220	N. Pravalika		INC	3102	9118
17	Champapet	S. Ramana Reddy		TRS	8938	Vanga Madhusudhan Reddy		BJP	8792	146
18	Lingojiguda	Srinivasa Rao Mudraboina		TRS	12341	Darpally Rajashekhar Reddy		INC	5005	7336
19	Saroornagar	P. Anitha Reddy		TRS	12493	Akhila Akula		TDP	6282	6211
20	Ramakrishnapuram	Radha Veerannagari		BJP	12216	T. Anitha Reddy		TRS	10254	1962
21	Kothapet	GV Sagar Reddy		TRS	10583	Rahul Goud Lingala		INC	5385	5198
22	Chaitanyapuri	G. Vittal Reddy		TRS	8311	Y. Venkat Gandhi		TDP	3806	4505
23	Gaddiannaram	Bhavani Praveen Kumar		TRS	12601	Gandi Krishna Yadav		TDP	6469	6132
24	Saidabad	Swarna Latha Singireddy		TRS	13042	S. Shailaja Reddy		BJP	4765	8277
25	Moosrambagh	T. Sunaritha		TRS	13134	B. Jamuna		TDP	7420	5714
26	Old Malakpet	Juweria Fatima		AIMIM	9001	Saya Bhuvaneshwari		TRS	6260	2741
27	Akberbagh	Syed Minhajuddin		AIMIM	6239	Tella Mahesh Kumar Srinivas		TRS	5458	781
28	Azampura	Ayesha Jahan Naseem		AIMIM	8253	Asma Khatoon		MBT	6682	1571
29	Chavni	Mohammed Murtaza Ali		AIMIM	12122	Mohammed Ajmaluddin Farooqi		MBT	2783	9339
30	Dabeerpura	Mirza Riyazul Hussain Effendi		AIMIM	10815	Mohammed Abdul Zeeshan		TRS	4341	6474
31	Rain Bazar	Mir Wajid Ali Khan		AIMIM	9932	Mohammed Aijaz		TRS	1833	8099
32	Pathergatti	Syed Sohail Quadri		AIMIM	16458	Mirza Baqer Ali		TRS	3307	13151
33	Moghalpura	Amtul Aleem		AIMIM	8810	P. Veeramani		TRS	2647	6163
34	Talabchanchalam	Nasreen Sultana		AIMIM	13337	Ayesha		IND	1842	11495
35	Gowlipura	Ale Lalitha		BJP	10505	K. Meena		TRS	9076	1429
36	Lalithabagh	Mohammed Ali Sharif		AIMIM	8557	G. Raghavendra Raju		TRS	5514	3043
37	Kurmaguda	Sameena Begum		AIMIM	9889	Lavanya Kusiri		BJP	5679	4120
38	IS Sadan	Sama Swapna		TRS	15052	Sunitha Kontham		BJP	3644	11408
39	Santoshnagar	Mohammed Muzaffar Hussain		AIMIM	11886	Mohammed Nawaz Ali		TRS	2865	9021
40	Riyasath Nagar	Mirza Mustafa Baig		AIMIM	9475	Mohammed Yousuf		TRS	5254	4221
41	Kanchanbagh	Reshma Fatima		AIMIM	10528	Farheen Sultana		MBT	4235	6293
42	Barkas	Shabana Begum		AIMIM	9408	Chennaiagari Saritha		TRS	2515	6893
43	Chandrayangutta	Abdul Wahab		AIMIM	8965	Jurki Rajendar Kumar		BJP	3202	5763
44	Uppuguda	Fahad bin Abdul Samad		AIMIM	8777	Thadem Srinivas Rao		BJP	4341	4436
45	Jangammet	Mohammed Abdul Rahman		AIMIM	7131	Muppidi Seetha Ram Reddy		TRS	5934	1197
46	Falaknuma	K. Thara Bhai		AIMIM	13956	Sabavath Srinivas		TRS	2569	13387
47	Nawab Saheb Kunta	Shireen Khatoon		AIMIM	13492	Farhath Sultana		TRS	1536	11956
48	Shali Banda	Mohammed Mustafa Ali		AIMIM	11780	Ponna Venkata Ramanna		BJP	4582	7198
49	Ghansi Bazar	Renu Soni		BJP	10139	Sameena Begum		AIMIM	9280	859
50	Begum Bazaar	G. Shanker Yadav		BJP	15850	Ramesh Kumar Bung		TRS	8415	7435
51	Goshamahal	G. Mukesh Singh		TRS	8555	Laxman Singh Jamedhar		BJP	8477	78
52	Puranapool	Sunnam Raj Mohan		AIMIM	8554	Mohammed Ghouse		INC	5676	2878
53	Doodbowli	M. A. Gaffar		AIMIM	10267	M. A. Wahab		TDP	2671	7596
54	Jahanuma	Khaja Mubasheeruddin		AIMIM	15278	Khaja Gayas Uddin		INC	1560	13718
55	Ramanastpura	Mohammed Mubeen		AIMIM	13964	Mohammed Jameel Ahamed		TRS	1414	12550
56	Kishanbagh	Mohammed Saleem		AIMIM	12649	Mohammed Shakeel Ahmed		TRS	4361	8288
57	Suleman Nagar	Abida Sultana		AIMIM	15410	Saritha Airva		TRS	2430	12980
58	Shastripuram	Mohammed Misbah Uddin		AIMIM	12486	Banda Rajesh Yadav		TRS	3137	9349
59	Mylardevpally	Tokala Srinivas Reddy		TRS	18259	T. Premdas Goud		BJP	12785	5474
60	Rajendra Nagar	Korani Srilatha		TRS	10542	Bathula S. Divya		INC	6544	3998
61	Attapur	Ravula Vijaya		TRS	13155	Cheruku Madhavi		TDP	5376	7779
62	Ziaguda	A. Krishna		TRS	10941	Adirala Munedae		BJP	7179	3762
63	Manghalhat	Parmeshwari Singh		TRS	14293	R. Urmila Devi		TDP	4917	9376
64	Dattathreyanagar	Mohammed Yousuf		AIMIM	10315	Mohammed Aqeel Ahmed		TRS	2873	7442
65	Karwan	M. Rajender Yadav		AIMIM	9131	Channa Narender Dev		TRS	8558	573
66	Lunger House	Amina Begum		AIMIM	7737	Bhagya Lakshmi		TRS	7435	302
67	Golkonda	Hafsiya Hanseef		AIMIM	14236	Arshiya Khan		TRS	4851	9385
68	Tolichowki	Dr. Ayesha Humera		AIMIM	10866	Farzana Begum		INC	1881	8985
69	Nanalnagar	Mohammed Naseer Uddin		AIMIM	12067	Shaik Azhar		TRS	6052	6015
70	Mehdipatnam	Mohammed Majid Hussain		AIMIM	5356	C. Ashok Kumar		TRS	2230	3126
71	Gudimalkapur	Bangari Prakash		TRS	12685	Devara Karunakar		BJP	7117	5568
72	Asif Nagar	Fahmina Anjum		AIMIM	10501	Gundoji Laxmama		TRS	5709	4792
73	Vijayanagar Colony	Salma Ameen		AIMIM	8604	B. Chandrakala		TRS	6318	2286
74	Ahmed Nagar	Ayesha Rubina		AIMIM	12378	Asmath Unnisa		TRS	5731	6647
75	Red Hills	Ayesha Fatima		AIMIM	7652	Saritha Margam		TRS	6415	1237
76	Mallepally	Tarannum Naaz		AIMIM	10601	Kolluru Usha Sree		BJP	6041	4560
77	Jambagh	D. Mohan		AIMIM	8583	M. Anand Goud		TRS	8578	5
78	Gunfoundry	M. Mamatha		TRS	10536	M. Saritha Goud		BJP	6984	3552
79	Himayathnagar	Jadala Hemalatha Yadav		TRS	10021	Mahalakshmi Gnvk		BJP	8329	1692
80	Kachiguda	Aekkala Chaitanya Kanna		TRS	10317	K. Uma Rani		BJP	8506	1811
81	Nallakunta	Gariganti Sridevi		TRS	15656	Vanam Malathi		TDP	5181	10475
82	Golnaka	Kaleru Padma		TRS	14314	Akkala Sharadha		BJP	8347	5967
83	Amberpet	Jagan Puli		TRS	9782	Mohammed		AIMIM	7316	2466
84	Bagh Amberpet	Kuchalakanti Padmavathi		TRS	11555	Banappagari Padma		BJP	6699	4856
85	Adikmet	B. Hemalatha		TRS	11266	K. Prasanna		BJP	4916	6350
86	Musheerabad	Edla Bhagya Laxmi		TRS	10434	Machanpally Supriya		IND	6313	4121
87	Ramnagar	V. Srinivas Reddy		TRS	16968	Prabhakar Reddy M.		BJP	5465	11503
88	Bholakpur	Mohammed Akeel Ahmed		AIMIM	10695	R. Rama Rao		TRS	7786	2909
89	Gandhinagar	Muta Padma Naresh		TRS	11776	T. Sailaja		BJP	6672	5104
90	Kavadiguda	G. Lasya Nanditha		TRS	16148	R. Rajasri		TDP	4760	11388
91	Khairtabad	P. Vijaya Reddy		TRS	16341	M. Sangeetha		TDP	3968	12373
92	Venkateshwara Colony	Kavitha Reddy Manne		TRS	11837	Bangaru Sravathi		BJP	3656	8181
93	Banjara Hills	Gadwal Vijayalakshmi		TRS	12704	Mechineni Srinivas Rao		BJP	5197	7507
94	Shaikhpet	Mohammed Rashed Farazuddin		AIMIM	9330	Cherka Mahesh		TRS	8672	658
95	Jubilee Hills	Kaja Suryanarayana		TRS	9131	Chandra Madhu		BJP	5092	4039
96	Yousufguda	Gurram Sanjay Goud		TRS	8623	Pasham Sainath Yadav		TDP	8369	254
97	Somajiguda	Attaluri Vijayalakshmi		TRS	9853	B. Charita		TDP	6338	3515
98	Ameerpet	N. Seshu Kumari		TRS	7370	Dr. Kathyayani Burugula		BJP	4815	2555
99	Vengal Rao Nagar	Kilari Manohar		TRS	7194	Vemullapalli Pradeep		TDP	6012	1182
100	Sanathnagar	Kolanu Lakshmi		TRS	12331	Kanuri Jaya Sree		TDP	8274	4057
101	Erragadda	Shaheen Begum		AIMIM	8588	K. Annapurna		TRS	7637	951
102	Rahmath Nagar	Mohammed Abdul Shafi		TRS	11301	Naveen Yadav V		AIMIM	8971	2330
103	Borabanda	Baba Fasiuddin Mohammed		TRS	9937	Narshing Rao V		AIMIM	5426	4511
104	Kondapur	Shaik Hameed		TRS	16246	Neelam Ravinder Mudiraj		TDP	8912	7334
105	Gachibowli	Saibaba K		TRS	10707	Rama Rao C		BJP	4847	5860
106	Serilingampally	R. Nagendar Yadav		TRS	14914	M. Ravi		TDP	6271	8643
107	Madhapur	Jagadeeshwar		TRS	11782	Srinivas Yadav E		TDP	5777	6005
108	Miyapur	Meka Ramesh		TRS	9076	B. Mohan Raj		TDP	8046	1030
109	Hafeezpet	V. Pujitha Jagadeeshwar		TRS	17094	Shainaz Begum		TDP	8475	8619
110	Chanda Nagar	Bobba Navatha Reddy		TRS	11411	V. Vasundhara Devi		TDP	8580	2831
111	Bharathi Nagar	V. Sindhu		TRS	8926	Chinnamile Godavari		BJP	8758	168
112	Ramachandrapuram	Tonta Anjaiah		TRS	10833	Karike Satyanarayana		TDP	5242	5591
113	Patancheru	Mettu Shanker Yadav		INC	9316	Rajaboina Kumar Yadav		TRS	7930	1386
114	KPHB Colony	Mandadi Srinivasa Rao		TDP	13953	Adusumalli Venkateswarlu		TRS	11218	2735
115	Balaji Nagar	Kavya Reddy Pannala		TRS	16781	Gone Roopa Rao		TDP	11427	5354
116	Allapur	Sabeeha Begum		TRS	13149	Qursheed Begum		AIMIM	8377	4772
117	Moosapet	Thumu Shravan Kumar		TRS	11927	Babu Rao Pagudala		TDP	7877	4050
118	Fathe Nagar	Satish Babu Pandala		TRS	12898	K. Mahendar		BJP	7486	5412
119	Old Bowenpally	M. Narsimha Yadav		TRS	13375	Mohammed Omara		AIMIM	5283	8092
120	Bala Nagar	Kandoori Narendar		TRS	13238	Chillukuri Hari Chand		TDP	4418	8820
121	Kukatpally	Jupally Satyanarayana Rao		TRS	15808	Arshanapally Surya Rao		BJP	6810	8998
122	V V Nagar Colony	M. Laxmi Bal		TRS	12207	Madhavaram Roja Devi		BJP	10715	1492
123	Hyder Nagar	Rudraraju Venkata Raju		TRS	9424	Ranga Raya Vakalapudi		TDP	8986	438
124	Allwyn Colony	D. Venkatesh Goud		TRS	12542	Manchikalapudi Bhanu Prasad		TDP	8261	4281
125	Gajula Ramaram	Ravula Seshagari		TRS	14586	Mirza Rasheed Baig		TDP	5106	9480
126	Jagadgirigutta	Kolukula Jagan		TRS	11605	V. Krishna Goud		TDP	6006	5599
127	Rangareddy Nagar	B. Vijay Shekhar		TRS	14046	M. Srinivas		TDP	5445	8601
128	Chintal	Rashida Begum		TRS	10319	Radhika Kay		TDP	5556	4763
129	Suraram	Manthri Satyanarayana		TRS	10973	Manne Raju		TDP	6313	4660
130	Subhash Nagar	Devagari Shanthisri		TRS	17060	Gudimetla Aadilakshmi		IND	8165	8895
131	Quthbullapur	Kuna Gourish Parijatha		TRS	13323	Boddu Kameshwari		TDP	11594	1729
132	Jeedimetla	K. Padma		TRS	10261	Gaddam Swathika Reddy		TDP	6647	3614
133	Macha Bollaram	Es Raj Jitendar Nath		TRS	13388	Mugyari Surya Kiran		INC	4034	9354
134	Alwal	Chinthala Vijayshanti		TRS	11537	Thota Sujatha Reddy		IND	3804	7733
135	Venkatapuram	Sabitha Kishore		TRS	10616	M. C. Jagadish		BJP	3072	7544
136	Neredmet	Katikaneni Sreedevi		TRS	11810	V. Prasanna		BJP	4675	7135
137	Vinayak Nagar	Baddam Pushpalatha		TRS	14477	Pittala Renuka		TDP	5822	8655
138	Moula Ali	Mumtaz Fatima		TRS	9754	Gunnala Sunitha		BJP	7792	1962
139	East Anandbagh	Akula Narsing Rao		TRS	11604	K. Babu Singh		BJP	4897	6707
140	Malkajgiri	N. Jagadeeshwar Goud		TRS	11512	Mandal Vijay Kumar Yadav		TDP	7145	4367
141	Gotham Nagar	R. Shirisha		TRS	13487	M. Shyamala		BJP	6680	6807
142	Addagutta	Vijaya Kumari S		TRS	16635	T. Swarnalatha		CPM	1921	14714
143	Tarnaka	A. Saraswathi		TRS	18051	Banda Karthika Reddy		INC	5110	12941
144	Mettuguda	P. N. Bhargavi		TRS	10673	Katari Gayathri		TDP	2641	8032
145	Sitaphalmandi	Samala Hena		TRS	19533	Keerthi Mekala		TDP	4353	15180
146	Boudha Nagar	Byragoni Dhananjana Bai		TRS	13775	P. Swaroopa Ravi		BJP	3841	9934
147	Bansilalpet	Kurma Hemalatha		TRS	16669	Sravani Mallari		TDP	5380	11289
148	Ramgopalpet	A. Aruna		TRS	11721	Priyanka Varma		BJP	5218	6503
149	Begumpet	Uppala Tharuni		TRS	12296	Kuna Sathyakala		TDP	6545	5751
150	Monda Market	Akula Rupha		TRS	13354	Anitha Yadav Chirraboina		TDP	7092	6262

External links

• TSEC elections results
• https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2016-02-07/TRS-secures-43-pc-votes-in-GHMC-elections/205364

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-12-02 . GHMC elections: 46.6% voter turnout; repolling in old Malakpet today . 2023-07-08 . The Indian Express . en.
2. News: 2016-01-08 . GHMC polls on February 2 . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-11-11 . 0971-751X.
3. Web site: 2016-01-09 . GHMC Elections schedule released . 2022-11-11 . The Hans India . en.
4. Web site: GHMC Election Results Ward wise - 2016.
5. Web site: Roushan Ali. 30 Nov 2020 . GHMC Elections: 1,000 of 1,300 candidates lost deposit in 2016 GHMC polls Hyderabad News - Times of India . 2022-11-26 . The Times of India . en.