Overview
- State Election Commission reported 73.01% turnout across 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations, with higher participation in municipalities than corporations and polling largely peaceful under heavy security and webcasting.
- Incidents included a mild lathi charge in Karimnagar over alleged impersonation, an FIR against BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri in Nizamabad, and confrontations in Sangareddy, with officials securing ballot boxes in strong rooms for counting on February 13 and office-bearer elections on February 16.
- The government issued orders splitting the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation into three entities — Cyberabad, Malkajgiri and a restructured GHMC — assigning zones and appointing R. V. Karnan, G. Srijana and T. Vinay Krishna Reddy as commissioners under Special Officer Jayesh Ranjan.
- BJP leaders challenged the restructuring as illegal, citing Census guidelines that they say bar boundary changes after December 31, 2025 until May 2027, a claim the government has not acknowledged in the orders.
- Following the reorganisation, the GHMC standing committee released Rs 500 crore each to the Cyberabad and Malkajgiri bodies and formed a task force to divide assets, liabilities and staff among the three corporations.