Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) (Urdu: بلدیہ اعلی حیدرآباد) is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in Hyderabad and Latifabad Talukas of Hyderabad, the 2nd largest city of Sindh, Pakistan.
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation بلدیہ اعلی حیدرآباد | |
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Leadership | |
Vacant | |
Vacant | |
Administrator | |
Municipal Commssioner | |
Seats | 143 |
Elections | |
Last election | 2016 |
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After the dissolution of Councils and completion of Mayor's Tenure, the Government of Sindh appoints and designates powers of Mayor and Council to some administrative officer.[3] |
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has 96 general seats and 47 reserved seats.[4] 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.[5]
The 96 elected chairmen of Union Committee become members of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and elect their mayor and deputy mayor[6]
HMC comprises 96 Union Councils of Hyderabad City and Latifabad Talukas.
On August 30, 2016, MQM's Mayor and deputy mayor took office in Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.[7]
Hyderabad Local Elections
Election 1987
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Elections 1987[8] | ||||
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Panel | HMC | Percentage % | ||
1 | ![]() |
40 | 66.7% | ![]() |
2 | Others | 20 | 33.3% | ![]() |
Total | 60 | 100% |
Election 2005
City District Government Hyderabad Elections 2005[9][10] | |||||||
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Panel | Hyderabad City | Latifabad | Qasimabad | CDGH | Percentage % | ||
1 | ![]() |
19 | 14 | 2 | 35 | 61.5% | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 38.5% | ![]() |
Total | 20 | 17 | 15 | 52 | 100% |
Election 2015
Hyderabad Municipal Elections 2015[11][12] | ||||||
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Party | Hyderabad City | Latifabad | HMC | Percentage % | ||
1 | ![]() |
36 | 43 | 78 | 82.2% | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
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.[13][14] They bagged 111 votes, while their rival PPP candidates got 27 votes.[15] They took oath on August 30, 2016.[16]
See also
References
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- Newspaper, the (2015-10-30). "Sindh local government set-up explainer". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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- Chand, Attar (1991-01-01). Pakistan, party politics, pressure groups, and minorities. Commonwealth Publishers. ISBN 9788171691456.
- "HAQ PARAST CANDIDATES WINNING THE LOCAL BODIES ELECTION FROM SANGHAR". www.mqm.org. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- Report, Dawn (2005-08-27). "MQM bags Hyderabad, PPP loses strongholds". Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- "Local Government election 2015, Sindh phase-2 voter turnout".
- "Winning Mirpurkhas, MQM also installs mayor in HMC - The Express Tribune". 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- "MQM wins in Karachi, Hyderabad, PPP rules interior Sindh". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- "MQM's Tayyab, Sohail Mashadi elected Hyderabad Mayor & Deputy Mayor".
- Recorder, Business. "Hyderabad mayor, deputy mayor take oath | Business Recorder". Business Recorder. Retrieved 2016-09-18.