Congress candidate Tammineni Vijaya Lakshmi has won in Ward Number 15 in the Edulapuram municipality of the Khammam district as vote counting progresses in the Telangana municipal elections 2026. The party also secured an uncontested victory in Ward Number 1 of the Ramagundam Municipal Corporation, where Madipalli Vijaya emerged victorious.
Telangana Municipal elections
Vote counting for 116 municipalities and 7 municipal corporations, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Ramagundam, Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Mancherial and Kothagudem, in Telangana is underway. Voting concluded on Wednesday, with the State Election Commission reporting a turnout of 73.01%.
Earlier, as part of the electoral roll revision exercise, authorities had deployed 29,656 booth-level officers across the state. More than 52 lakh voters took part in the process to decide the fate of 13,000 candidates in the fray.
The outcome is being seen as a test for the Congress, the BJP and the BRS. State Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud expressed confidence that his party would win the polls. Meanwhile, BJP leader and Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy said the party would secure favourable results.
