Overview
- State Election Commission figures and multiple outlets show Congress winning over 1,300 of 2,582 municipal wards and securing control in many municipalities plus corporations such as Ramagundam, Mancherial, Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda.
- BRS declines steeply from 2020, taking roughly 700–780 wards and about 13–15 municipalities, leaving it as the main opposition rather than the dominant urban force.
- BJP places third overall but records breakthroughs by winning Karimnagar and emerging as the largest party in Nizamabad municipal corporations, with about 260–335 ward victories statewide.
- About 33–38 municipalities deliver hung verdicts, prompting urgent outreach to independents and use of ex‑officio votes before chairperson and mayor selections on February 16.
- Ballot-paper counting under heavy security followed turnout above 73 percent, and opposition complaints of irregularities have been reported yet remain contested in coverage.