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.
Results 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. Parties and CoalitionsSeatsWon+/-All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)34 4Telugu Desam Party (TDP)22 2Indian National Congress (INC)19 5Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)18 6Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)2 2Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT)2 2Telangana Sadhana Samithi (TSS)1 1Others1Total99Valid votes1,104,076 Invalid votes54,837Votes cast1,158,913 Turnout53%
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External links TSEC elections results