Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
بلدیہ اعلی حیدرآباد
Leadership
Tayyab Hussain, MQM
Since August 30, 2016
Sohail Mashadi, MQM
Since August 30, 2016
Seats 143
Elections
Last election
 2016

Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) (Urdu: بلدیہ اعلی حیدرآباد) is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in Hyderabad, the 2nd largest city of Sindh, Pakistan.

Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has 96 general seats and 47 reserved seats.[1] it was made defunct in Sindh Local Ordinance 2001, but was revived by PPP government. Qasimabad was taken out of HMC and formed separate municipal committee.[2]

The 96 elected chairmen of Union Committee become members of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and elect their mayor and deputy mayor[3]

HMC comprises the districts of Hyderabad City and Latifabad.

On August 30, 2016, MQM's Mayor and deputy mayor took office in Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.[4]

Hyderabad Local Elections 2015

Hyderabad Municipal Elections 2015[5][6]
Party Hyderabad City Latifabad HMC Percentage %
1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement 36 43 78 82.2%
2 Pakistan Peoples Party 15 1 16 16.8%
3 Independents 1 - 1 1%
Total 52 44 96 100%
Votes Polled 351,253 50%
Total Votes 700,666 100%

On August 24, 2016, through Mayor elections, Tayyab Hussain and Suhail Mashadi of MQM were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad respectively.[7][8] They bagged 111 votes, while their rival PPP candidates got 27 votes.[9] They took oath on August 30, 2016.[10]

Many of the MQM chairmen and vice chairmen were elected unopposed even before the elections.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Recorder, Business. "MQM bags slots of mayor, deputy mayor of Hyderabad | Business Recorder". Business Recorder. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. ↑ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2015-11-18). "District profile: The battle for Hyderabad". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ↑ Newspaper, From the (2015-10-30). "Sindh local government set-up explainer". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. ↑ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2015-11-20). "MQM set to secure top positions in Hyderabad Municipal Corporation". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  5. ↑ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ↑ "Local Government election 2015, Sindh phase-2 voter turnout".
  7. ↑ "Winning Mirpurkhas, MQM also installs mayor in HMC - The Express Tribune". 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  8. ↑ "MQM wins in Karachi, Hyderabad, PPP rules interior Sindh". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  9. ↑ "MQM's Tayyab, Sohail Mashadi elected Hyderabad Mayor & Deputy Mayor".
  10. ↑ Recorder, Business. "Hyderabad mayor, deputy mayor take oath | Business Recorder". Business Recorder. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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