Hyderabad (Telangana): The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections will be held on December 1, the Telangana State Election Commission announced on Tuesday.
Telangana State Election Commission (TSEC) chief C Partha Sarathi today announced that polling would be held on December 1, with December 3 being set aside for re-polling in required centres.
The counting of votes will take place on December 4.
Meanwhile, the nominations will be accepted from November 18, the last date for which will be November 20.
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The verifying of nominations would be carried out on November 21, while the last date for withdrawing nominations will be November 24.
Here are some facts about the GHMC elections:
- Total voters: 74,04,286
- Male voters: 38,56,770
- Female voters: 35,46,847
- Other voters: 669
- Total wards: 150
- Polling centres: 9,248
- Biggest Division: Mailar Devulapalli (79,290 voters)
- Smallest Division: Ramachandrapuram (27,948 voters)
In the 2016 GHMC polls, TRS had achieved landslide victory by bagging 99 seats in the 150-member body. AIMIM had emerged the second largest party with 40 seats.
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Recently, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao held meeting with some of his cabinet colleagues and top party leaders to discuss the party strategy for the GHMC polls. He gave them directions for the upcoming elections and asked them to work hard to retain power in the key municipal body.
KCR said TRS leaders would be given responsibility for ensuring the party's victory in each division. He asked them to take the government's development and welfare schemes to the people and explain the measures taken for the development of the city.
