2026 Telangana local elections

2026 Telangana urban local bodies elections
11 February 2026 (2026-02-11)
2,996[a] wards across 123 urban local bodies (414 wards across 7 municipal corporations and 2,582[a] wards across 116 municipalities)
Registered52,17,413
Turnout38,09,406 (73.01%)[1][b]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party INC BRS BJP
M. Corp. wards 191 63 76
Municipality wards 1346 718 260
Total ULB wards 1537 781 336
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party AIMIM CPI AIFB
M. Corp. wards 22 23 14
Municipality wards 48 15 18
Total ULB wards 70 38 32
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party CPI (M) Others
M. Corp. wards 1 23
Municipality wards 12 165
Total ULB wards 13 188

Elections to 2,996 wards across 123 urban local bodies, that is, 414 wards across 7 municipal corporations and 2,582 wards across 116 municipalities in the state of Telangana were held on 11 February 2026.[3][4] Telangana State Election Commission notified the election as the 2nd Ordinary elections to municipalities and municipal corporations.[5]

Elected ward members and corporators were administered the oath of office on 16 February 2026, and a special meeting for the election of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of municipalities, as well as mayors and deputy mayors of corporations was held.[6]

Elections for 3 municipal corporations (Greater Hyderabad, Greater Warangal, Khammam) and 6 municipalities (Manuguru, Mandamarri, Achampet, Nakrekal, Kothur, Siddipet) were not scheduled in this election phase.

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Telangana State Election Commission on 27 January 2026.[7][8]

Event Date
Notification and start date for nominations 28 January 2026
Last date for filing nominations 30 January 2026
Date for scrutiny of nominations 31 January 2026
Date of publication of validly nominated candidates 31 January 2026
Date for appeal against rejection of nomination 1 February 2026
Date for disposal of appeal 2 February 2026
Last date for withdrawal of candidature 3 February 2026
Date for publication of final list of contesting candidates 3 February 2026
Date of Poll 11 February 2026
Date of Re-poll, if any 12 February 2026
Date of counting of votes and declaration of results 13 February 2026
Election of Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Municipal Chairperson and Vice-chairperson 16 February 2026

Election statistics

There were a total of 52,17,413 lakh voters out of which 26,67,025 lakh are women, 25,49,750 lakh are men and 638 are transgender voters.[9] 16,301 ballot boxes were used across 8,207 polling stations. There were a total of 136 counting centres.[10]

Following the withdrawal of 6,701 candidates, there were 12,993 members in the final list contesting candidates.[11][12] 2,225 candidates were in contest for 414 wards across 7 municipal corporations and 10,719 candidates were in contest for 2,582 wards across 116 municipalities.[13] Prior to the elections, candidates were elected without opposition in 14 wards throughout the state.[14]

73.01% of the total registered voters, that is, 38,09,406 people participated in the election.[15] Of these, 19,57,226 were women, 18,51, 829 were men and 351 were others. The final total voter turnout in municipalities is 75.88% (28,04,274), whereas it is 66.05% (10,05,132) in municipal corporations.[16] Among the municipalities, Choutuppal (Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district) recorded the highest voter turnout of 91.91% (23,713), whereas Nandikonda (Nalgonda district) recorded the lowest voter turnout of 59.68% (8,069). Among the municipal corporations, Nalgonda recorded the highest voter turnout of 77.36% (1,10,194), whereas Nizamabad recorded the lowest voter turnout of 59.12% (2,05,753).[17] Election was adjourned in the 6th ward division of Makhtal municipality, Narayanpet district, with the election held in the remaining 15 wards of the municipality. 2995 wards were part of the election: 2581 municipality wards and 414 municipal corporation wards.

Results

Vote share by party
  1. Indian National Congress (39.1%)
  2. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (28.8%)
  3. Bharatiya Janata Party (15.7%)
  4. Others (16.5%)
Seat share by party
  1. Indian National Congress (51.3%)
  2. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (26.1%)
  3. Bharatiya Janata Party (11.2%)
  4. Others (11.4%)

Results by party

Source:[18]
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % Contested Won
Indian National Congress 14,76,746 39.08 2948 1537
Bharat Rashtra Samithi 10,74,518 28.75 2876 781
Bharatiya Janata Party 5,82,279 15.67 2634 260
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 1,12,817 3.28 282 70
All India Forward Bloc 55,712 1.5 288 32
Communist Party of India 49,450 1.3 168 38
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 22,035 0.5 108 13
Janasena Party 13,478 0.3 332 2
Bahujan Samaj Party 7,628 0.2 213 2
Independents 3,12,346 8.30 2786 183
NOTA
Total 37,14,797 100.00 12,993 2,995
Vote statistics
Valid votes 37,14,797
Invalid votes 94,609
Votes cast/Turnout 38,09,406 73.01
Abstentions
Registered voters 52,17,413

Results by ward

District ULB Name Wards
INC BRS BJP AIMIM AIFB CPI CPI(M) Others
Municipal corporations (7)
Bhadradri Kothagudem Kothagudem 60 22 8 1 0 0 22 1 6
Karimnagar Karimnagar 66 14 9 30 3 2 0 0 8
Mahabubnagar Mahabubnagar 60 29 15 8 3 0 0 0 5
Mancherial Mancherial 60 44 8 5 0 2 0 0 1[c]
Nalgonda Nalgonda 48 27 9 4 2 4 0 0 2
Nizamabad Nizamabad 60 17 1 28 14 0 0 0 0
Peddapalli Ramagundam 60 38 13 1 0 6 1 0 1
Municipal Corporation Wards 414 191 63 76 22 14 23 1 23[c]
Municipalities (414)
Adilabad Adilabad 49 11 6 21 6 0 0 0 5
Bhadradri Kothagudem Aswaraopeta 22 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
Yellandu 24 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jagtial Dharmapuri 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jagtial 50 23 4 6 2 0 0 0 15
Korutla 33 18 8 6 0 0 0 0 1
Metpally 26 6 6 10 0 0 0 0 4
Raikal 12 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 1
Jangaon Jangaon 30 12 13 0 0 0 0 1 4
Ghanpur 18 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jayashankar Bhupalpally 30 16 10 2 0 0 1 0 1
Jogulamba Gadwal Alampuram 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadwal 37 16 11 7 1 0 0 0 2
Ieeja 20 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Waddepalle 10 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 0
Hanamkonda Parkal 22 13 6 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kamareddy Banswada 19 11 3 3 1 0 0 0 1
Bichkunda 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kamareddy 49 19 11 16 0 0 0 0 3
Yellareddy 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Karimnagar Choppadandi 14 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Huzurabad 30 16 8 5 0 0 0 0 1
Jammikunta 30 10 12 4 0 1 0 0 3
Khammam Kallur 20 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
Madhira 22 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Sathupalli 23 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyra 20 12 5 0 0 0 1 1 1
Yedulapuram 32 24 2 0 0 0 3 2 1
Komaram Bheem Asifabad 20 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 4
Kagaznagar 30 9 11 5 1 0 0 0 4
Mahabubabad Dornakal 15 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kesamudram 16 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mahabubabad 36 13 11 1 0 0 3 3 5
Maripeda 15 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
Thorrur 16 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mahabubnagar Bhoothpur 10 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Devarakadra 12 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mancherial Bellampalle 34 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 5
Chennur 18 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
Kyathanpally 22 7 10 0 0 0 4 0 1
Luxettipet 15 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Medak Medak 32 14 15 2 0 0 0 0 1[d]
Narsapur 15 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0
Ramayampet 12 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Toopran 16 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 0
Medchal-Malkajgiri Aliabad 20 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 2[e]
Mudichintalapalle 24 9 14 1 0 0 0 0 0
Yellampet 24 8 12 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mulugu Mulugu 20 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 2
Nagarkurnool Kalwakurthy 22 13 3 5 0 0 0 0 1
Kollapur 19 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nagarkurnool 24 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nalgonda Chandur 10 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chityal 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Devarakonda 20 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 2
Haliya 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miryalaguda 48 31 14 1 0 1 0 0 1
Nandikonda 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Narayanpet Kosgi 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maddur 16 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
Makhtal 16[f] 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Narayanpet 24 7 2 11 2 1 0 0 1
Nirmal Bhainsa 26 1 0 6 12 0 0 0 7
Khanapur 12 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
Nirmal 42 24 2 13 3 0 0 0 0
Nizamabad Armoor 36 19 5 8 1 0 0 0 3
Bheemgal 12 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bodhan 38 17 5 3 12 0 0 0 0
Peddapalli Manthani 13 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Peddapalli 36 27 1 1 0 5 0 0 2
Sultanabad 15 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rajanna Sircilla Sircilla 39 6 27 5 0 0 0 0 1
Vemulawada 28 13 5 8 0 0 0 0 2
Ranga Reddy Amangal 15 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 0
Chevella 18 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ibrahimpatnam 24 8 13 2 0 0 0 0 1
Moinabad 26 10 7 4 0 0 0 0 5
Shadnagar 28 15 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Shankarpalli 15 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sangareddy Andole–Jogipet 20 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gaddapotharam 18 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gummadidala 22 4 15 2 0 0 0 0 1
Indresham 18 6 9 2 0 0 0 0 1
Isnapur 26 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jinnaram 20 6 8 4 0 0 0 0 2
Kohir 16 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 1
Narayankhed 15 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sadasivpet 26 16 8 1 0 0 0 0 1
Sangareddy 38 22 10 2 1 0 0 0 3
Zaheerabad 37 14 15 3 2 0 0 0 3
Siddipet Cheriyal 12 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dubbaka 20 4 11 2 0 1 0 0 2
Gajwel 20 7 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Husnabad 20 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Suryapet Huzurnagar 28 19 4 0 0 0 1 1 3
Kodad 35 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Neredcherla 15 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 1[c]
Suryapet 48 31 11 1 0 0 0 0 5
Thirumalagiri 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vikarabad Kodangal 12 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Parigi 18 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tandur 36 19 12 3 1 0 0 0 1
Vikarabad 34 17 11 4 1 0 0 0 1
Wanaparthy Amarchinta 10 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
Atmakur 10 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kothakota 15 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pebbair 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wanaparthy 33 20 8 2 0 0 0 1 2
Warangal Narsampet 30 21 6 1 0 0 0 1 1
Wardhannapet 12 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Alair 12 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bhongir 35 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 5
Choutuppal 20 13 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
Mothkur 12 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pochampally 13 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
Yadagirigutta 12 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Municipality Wards 2582 1346 718 260 48 18 15 12 165[g]
Total (123) ULB Wards 2996[h] 1537 781 336 70 32 38 13 188[i]

Surveys and polls

Exit polls

The exit polls were announced on 11 February 2026 after the voting ended.

Polling agency Lead Ref.
INC BRS BJP Others
Municipal corporations
People's Pulse 5 0 2 0 Congress [19]
Municipalities
People's Pulse 68–76 29–36 3–5 0–1 Congress [19]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Election was adjourned in the 6th ward division of Makhtal municipality, Narayanpet district. Thus, election was held in the remaining 15 wards of the municipality. Thus, the final total wards which were part of the election is 2995 (which comprises of 2581 municipality wards and 414 municipal corporation wards).
  2. ^ Of the 2,582 wards in 116 municipalities, 12 were declared elected unanimously. Similarly, of the 414 wards in 7 municipal corporations, 2 were declared elected unanimously. Thus 14 wards were declared elected unanimously across the 123 urban local bodies. Polling was adjourned in one municipality ward. Hence, voting was held in the remaining 2981 wards (2,569 wards in municipalities and 412 wards in municipal corporations).[2]
  3. ^ a b c Includes JSP–1
  4. ^ Includes BSP–1
  5. ^ Includes BSP–1 and Independent–1
  6. ^ Election was adjourned in the 6th ward division. Thus, election was held in the remaining 15 wards
  7. ^ Includes BSP–2 and JSP–2
  8. ^ Election was adjourned in the 6th ward division of Makhtal municipality. So the election was held in the remaining 15 wards of the municipality. Thus, the total ULB wards where election was held are 2995 wards
  9. ^ Includes JSP–3 and BSP–2

References

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