2026 Karimnagar Municipal Corporation election

The 2026 Karimnagar Municipal Corporation election was held on 11 February 2026 to elect the corporators in 66 wards of the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, the governing body of Karimnagar. After merging the surrounding areas into the corporation limits, the numbers of wards were delimited and increased from 60 to 66.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 30 out of 66 seats and emerged as the single largest party. The party formed the government after 4 independent and 1 AIFB members joined the party, thus giving it an absolute majority. BJP candidate Kolagani Srinivas was elected as Mayor and Sunil Rao was elected as the Deputy Mayor.https://www.siasat.com/telangana-municipal-mayor-elections-congress-wins-nizamabad-bjp-bags-karimnagar-3350082/ The Bharat Rashtra Samiti, which had won the majority in the previous election, suffered significant decline, securing just 9 seats.

Elected ward members and corporators were administered the oath of office on 16 February 2026, and a special meeting for the election of mayor and deputy mayor in which BJP candidate Kolagani Srinivas was elected as Mayor and Sunil Rao was elected as the Deputy Mayor.https://www.siasat.com/telangana-municipal-mayor-elections-congress-wins-nizamabad-bjp-bags-karimnagar-3350082/

Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Telangana State Election Commission on 27 January 2026. + EventDateNotification and start date for nominations28 January 2026Last date for filing nominations30 January 2026Date for scrutiny of nominations31 January 2026Date of publication of validly nominated candidates31 January 2026Date for appeal against rejection of nomination1 February 2026Date for disposal of appeal2 February 2026Last date for withdrawal of candidature3 February 2026Date for publication of final list of contesting candidates3 February 2026Date of Poll11 February 2026Date of Re-poll, if any12 February 2026Date of counting of votes and declaration of results13 February 2026Election of Mayor and Vice-Mayor16 February 2026

Results +WardWinnerRunner-upMargin#ReservationCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes1BC(W)Bari Aparna 1482Aettapu Anjali Prabha 1196 2862UR(G)Kolagani Srinivas 1703Dasari Sagar 1535 1683UR(W)Sadineni Lavanya 2077Kashetti Latha 1084 9934SC(G)Bhupathi Ravinder 1799Anjaiah Bejjenki 1781 185BC(W)Gade Rupa 811Ayesha Fathima 752 596UR(G)Mekala Venkatesh 1441Kapil Madhava Mididhoddi 1170 2717UR(W)Akula Nandinee 1522Mamatha Bandi 1040 4828UR(G)Kalva Mallesham 2898Gopu Mallesham 1803 10959UR(W)Padishetti Vasantha Laxmi 1531Jangili Latha 1283 24810BC(G)Komuraiah Sowgani 1105Koduri Ravinder Goud 839 26611UR(W)Akula Narmada 1065Panduga Swapna 948 11712UR(W)Choppari Jaya Sri 2168Adla Geetha 875 129313UR(W)Thella Laxmi 796Lavanya Reddavena 779 1714BC(G)Gaddi Pradeep 1041Gunjeti Shiva Kumar 932 10915UR(W)Vippala Sai Jyothi 1814Shiva Priya Gurrala 1592 22216UR(G)Kanthala Jagan Reddy 1734Kasarapu Srinivas 1092 64217BC(W)Vemula Kavitha 1839Gunti Ramya 1622 21718UR(G)Vasala Ramesh 1393Mohammed Jameeluddin Ahmed 1188 20519UR(W)Sudhagoni Madhavi 1160Jakkula Nagarani 1070 9020SC(G)Parvatham Mallesham 1755Asthapuram Maruthi 1186 56921UR(G)Varala Narsingam 1576Kondapally Sateesh 980 59622UR(G)Banda Ramana Reddy 1363Gundati Srinivas Reddy 895 46823UR(G)Gummadi Raj Kumar 993Edla Srinivas 918 7524UR(G)Vontela Satyanarayana Reddy 1186Bethi Mahender Reddy 867 31925SC(G)Ganta Srinivas 1572Kade Raj Kumar 972 60026UR(G)Anjan Kumar Vydhula 1917Pullella Pavan Kumar 858 105927SC(W)Botla Shyamala 876Tambala Navya Sri 652 22428ST(G)Nunsavath Bhaskar 981Kurra Rajesham 721 26029SC(G)Somidi Venu Prasad 1776Kamsala Srinivas 667 110930SC(W)Kallepalli Sharada 1327Padma Nakka 860 46731BC(G)S.D. Mukhaddar Hussain 1919Mohammad Areef Ahmed 1108 81132BC(G)Shaik Yousuf 1452Mohammed Abbas 1308 14433BC(W)Heena Afreen 2120Zahara Banu 1065 105534BC(G)Sameena Parveen 1222Mohammad Khaja Mazharoddin 629 59335BC(W)Sujatha Sadaveni 1321Duggu Harika 1145 17636BC(G)Thota Anil 1874Nehikunta Yadaiah 1150 72437BC(G)K A P P Chandra 1470Mohd Sharfoddin 1201 26938UR(W)Devasani Saraswathi 1234Deshaboina Harika 1222 1239BC(G)Ganesh Masam 1221Pasupuleti Shivanandam 805 41640UR(W)Naluvala Pushpalatha 1165Kasarla Laxmi Narasavva 900 26541UR(W)Venaka Renuka 1017Thota Suguna 659 35842UR(G)Yadagiri Sunil Rao 1590Panjala Rajanna 376 121443BC(W)Ponnam Laxmi Goud 863Khansa Abdulah 817 4644UR(W)Chadagonda Kavitha 1547Bandi Thara 860 68745BC(W)Guggilla Jayasri 1555Rajini Peddapalli 662 89346BC(G)Rajender Mallikarjuna 1021Akhil Goud Koduri 956 6547BC(W)Gaja Rama 1508Challa Swaroopa Rani 1208 30048BC(W)Karra Padma 1652Myakala Bhoolaxmi 1069 58349UR(W)Annam Laxmi Prakash 1116Karnakanti Umarani 811 30550UR(G)Boinipalli Praveen Kumar 1106Rachakonda Chakradhar Rao 842 26451UR(G)Bandari Venu 1813Ashok Rao Mechineni 821 99252UR(W)Sarilla Rajakumari 1048Jyothi Mulukuntla 353 69553SC(W)Kompelly Swetha 964Chandrika Jhansi Rani Inala 843 12154BC(W)Gottimukkula Umarani 1163Sai Divya Sri 973 19055UR(W)Guggillapu Manjula 1093Kola Malathi 948 14556UR(W)Thati Prabhavathi 1273Guduri Sharadha 673 60057UR(W)Ramya Sri 820Latha Sri Kasireddy 701 11958BC(G)Sardar Ravindar Singh 1347Sardar Balbeer Singh 1111 23659BC(G)Mohammed Majid Hussain 990Mohammed Aqueel 751 23960UR(W)Naseem Sultana 1126Thula Sridevi 450 67661BC(G)Mohammed Atheef 1552Mohammed Sajid Ali 699 85362BC(W)Peddapalli Srilekha 1322Nagasamudram Sandhya 365 95763BC(G)Desha Shilpa 1103Karre Pavani 957 14664BC(W)Sreeja Padala 718Roqia Fatima 579 13965UR(G)Mohsin Mohiuddin 1780Kamtam Thirupathi 713 106766UR(G)Vangala Pavan Kumar 1640Macherla Narendra Prasad 809 831

Surveys and polls Exit polls The exit polls were announced on 11 February 2026 after the voting has ended.

+ Seat share projection Polling agency Lead Ref. INC BRS BJP AIMIM Others People's Pulse 14–16 10–12 24–29 6–9 1–3BJP

+Vote share projection Polling agency Lead Ref. INC BRS BJP AIMIM Others People's Pulse 21.4% 20.2% 40.4% 5.5% 12.6%BJP

2026 Karimnagar Municipal Corporation election

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