GHMC Mayor, Deputy Mayor 2021 Elections Results: DECLARED! Check final names, full details

GHMC Mayor, Deputy Mayor 2021 Elections: In a major development, the ruling TRS in Telangana on Thursday bagged the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) with the support of ex-officio members and the AIMIM, as per a report in PTI. 

Greater Hyderabad Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Mayor

-Vijayalaxmi R Gadwal: 

-She is the daughter of TRS Rajya Sabha member K Keshav Rao who had also served as state Congress president before joining TRS.

-According to TRS sources, Vijayalaxmi did BA and LLB.

-She lived in the US for several years and returned to India in 2007.

-While in the US, she worked as a research assistant in Duke University, North Carolina.

-She won from Banjara Hills ward in 2016 and again in December, 2020.

Greater Hyderabad Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Deputy Mayor

Mothe Srilatha

- Mothe Srilatha is TRS Corporator from Tarnaka ward.

Vijayalaxmi R Gadwal and Mothe Srilatha, both belonging to TRS, were elected the Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively, by show of hands, during a special meeting of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).  The TRS did not get a majority on its own and secured only 56 wards in the 150-member GHMC in the civic elections held in December last.

The BJP contested the Mayor and Deputy Mayor election though it lacked the numbers, but the TRS nominees won as the ex-officio members and the AIMIM backed them.

Though BJP won 48 wards in the election, its strength came down to 47 following the death of one of its victorious candidates. 

Though the keenly-fought GHMC elections were held in December, the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor was conducted on Thursday as the term of the previous body came to an end only on February 10.

The proceedings of the special meeting began on Thursday with the newly-elected Corporators taking the oath of office.

While the TRS and BJP won 56 and 48 wards respectively in the GHMC polls, the AIMIM bagged 44 wards.

Congress could win only two wards.

The BJP gave the TRS a run for its money in the GHMC polls by organising a powerful campaign.