Hyderabad : The counting of votes in the Municipal elections held in Telangana on January 22 began at 8:00 am on Saturday (January 25). The ruling TRS, which swept the rural local body polls last year, is hopeful of continuing its impressive performance.
The total municipal wards in the 129 ULBs are 2,727 while there are 325 divisions in the nine municipal corporations.
According to the state election commission, there were 53,37,260 registered voters out of which 26,64,885 were women who voted for the ULBs. Moreover, 50 per cent of the seats in the 120 municipalities (2,727 municipal wards) and nine municipal corporations (325 divisions) were reserved for women under the new Municipal Act.
According to State Election Commissioner V Nagi Reddy, all arrangements for counting of votes and nearly 10,000 security personnel have been deployed for counting of votes.
Here are the live updates:
TRS wins 620 wards, Congress 170 and BJP 80 so far in Telangana municipal elections
Kothakota:11/15
TRS: 6
Congress:1
BJP:4
Others:0
25 January 2020, 10:29 AM
Korutla:3/33
TRS: 3
Congress:0
BJP:0
Others:0
25 January 2020, 10:22 AM
Dhubbaka:2/20
TRS: 2
Congress:0
BJP:0
Others:0
25 January 2020, 10:15 AM
Chityala:1/12
TRS: 1
Congress:0
BJP:0
Others:0
25 January 2020, 10:14 AM
Bodhan:1/38
TRS: 1
Cong:0
BJP:0
Others:0
TRS won 11 divisions from Parakal municipality and 4 divisions in Sircilla municipality
Over 10,000 personnel have been deployed for counting of votes in Telangana
The Telangana State Election Commission (SEC) on January 23 had ordered re-polling in three booths in Mahbubnagar, Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts which were held on Friday January 24.
AIMIM candidate won three divisions from Bhainsa Municipality in Nirmal district.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate emerged victorious from Alampur Municipality.
Counting of votes in the Municipal elections held in Telangana begins.
The TRS bagged all 32 Zilla Parishads in the rural local body elections held last year and the party is hopeful of continuing its impressive performance in the municipal polls, according to TRS sources.
Election to the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation was held peacefully on Friday (Jan 24) with an estimated 62% of voters exercising their franchise
The election to the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation was not held on January 22 due to court cases regarding the poll.
The percentage of polling registered in municipal corporations was 58.83%.
Polling for 120 municipalities and nine corporations in the state, except Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, was held amid tight security on January 22 and 74.40 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the municipalities.
Bureau Report
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