Overview
- Telangana’s schedule covers seven municipal corporations and 116 municipalities across 2,996 wards with about 52.43 lakh registered voters.
- Candidates in Telangana can file nominations from January 28 with scrutiny on January 31 and withdrawal by February 3; counting is slated for February 13.
- Indirect elections for municipal chairpersons and mayors in Telangana will be held on February 16, and the GHMC is excluded from this phase.
- Telangana police announced extensive security steps under the Model Code of Conduct, including check posts, flying squads, weapon deposits and flag marches.
- Jharkhand will hold single-phase polls for 48 urban local bodies covering 1,087 wards and roughly 43.33 lakh voters on February 23, with nominations from January 29 to February 4, counting on February 27, voting by ballot paper and no NOTA option.