Elected ward members and corporators will be 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.[6]
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, Vice-Mayor, Municipal Chairperson and Vice-chairperson
16 February 2026
Election statistics
There are 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 are being used across 8,207 polling stations. There will be a total of 136 counting centres.[10]
Following the withdrawal of 6,701 candidates, there are 12,993 members in the final list contesting candidates.[11][12] 2,225 candidates are in contest for 414 wards across 7 municipal corporations and 10,719 candidates are 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 have 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]
↑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]
↑Prior to the elections, INC won 2 wards (one each in Mababubnagar and Ramagundam municipal corporations) unanimously
12Prior to the elections, INC won 10 wards unanimously in 8 different municipalities. BRS won 2 wards unanimously in 2 different municipalities
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