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GHMC elections: Counting of votes underway; TRS overtakes BJP

As per early trends, BJP has taken a lead and both TRS and Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM are trailing behind.

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The counting of votes for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election began on Friday morning.

As per the latest updates, TRS has taken lead and BJP is trailing on the second place. AIMIM is behind the two parties on the third place.

AIMIM leader and ex-Mayor of GHMC, Mohammed Majid Hussain, has won from the Mehdipatnam ward. Notably, Majid played a key role for his party winning five seats in the recent Bihar Assembly polls.

"We are expecting to win over 100 seats. Although many big leaders from BJP came to campaign and made many false claims, I'm happy that people of Hyderabad did not believe in them & reposed their faith in KCR's leadership," Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha said.

After campaigning by regional and national political parties, voting for the GHMC elections was held in 150 wards on December 1.

The mayor's post is reserved for a woman this time. Elections were conducted with ballot papers in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the Hyderabad city commissionerate, 817 new polling stations have been set up as compared to 2016. There are 2,146 normal polling stations, 1,517 sensitive polling stations, and 167 hypersensitive polling stations.

In the latest polls city is witnessing a triangular contest among the ruling TRS, the AIMIM and the BJP, which recently bagged the Dubbak Assembly seat in a recent by-poll. The top brass in the BJP, including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, National President JP Nadda and Union Minister Amit Shah have campaigned for this election.

In the last GHMC election, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi won in 99 wards. AIMIM bagged 44, with the remaining seven wards won by other parties and Independents.

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