Hyderabad: All eyes on GHMC election results
Hyderabad: With a high-octane campaign followed by the completion of the voting process for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections on Thursday, all eyes are now on the counting of votes commencing 8 am on Friday. Political parties and candidates alike are now waiting with bated breath for the outcome of the elections which saw a short-yet-intense campaign which had the TRS leadership crisscrossing the city with a series of roadshows and the BJP roping in its heavyweights from New Delhi and other States. In the last GHMC elections in 2016, the TRS made a clean sweep emerging victorious in 99 of the 150 divisions, while the AIMIM won 44 divisions leaving the saffron party with a mere four divisions. The TRS, exuding confidence of increasing its 2016 tally, is comfortably placed to win both the Mayor and Deputy Mayor’s posts. Unlike the last civic body polls when electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used, this time around the elections were held with ballot pa...