GHMC election result highlights: TRS emerges as single largest party, BJP makes big gains

The ruling TRS in Telangana on Friday emerged as the single largest party in the 150-ward Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election, winning 55 wards. While the election was held for 150 wards, the results of 149 were announced as counting of votes had to be stopped in a ward as per a High Court order. BJP bagged 48 wards and the AIMIM of Asaduddin Owaisi secured 44. The election was a three-way battle between TRS, BJP and AIMIM.
The TRS, which swept the 2016 polls it contested in alliance with AIMIM, holds 99 out of 150 seats. The AIMIM has 44, Congress 2 and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) 1.