Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (,
Urdu
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: abbreviated as ) is a
public corporation and governing body to provide
municipal services
Municipal services or city services refer to basic services that residents of a city expect the local government to provide in exchange for the taxes which citizens pay. Basic city services may include sanitation (both sewer and refuse), wa ...
in Hyderabad and Latifabad Talukas of
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
, the 2nd largest city of
Sindh
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,
Pakistan
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. The longest serving head of HMC was
Jamil Ahmed
Jamil Ahmed (1928-1997) was a Pakistani politician, agriculturist and the longest-serving Mayor of Hyderabad, in office from 1962 to 1971, having won the mayoral elections twice consecutively. He also remained President of the Hyderabad Chamber ...
.
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has 96 general seats and 47 reserved seats. 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.
The 96 elected chairmen of Union Committee become members of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and elect their mayor and deputy mayor
HMC comprises 160 Union Councils of Hyderabad city and Latifabad Talukas.
On August 30, 2016, MQM's Mayor and deputy mayor took office in Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
Hyderabad Local Elections
Election 1987
Election 2005
Election 2015
On August 24, 2016, through Mayor elections, Tayyab Hussain and Suhail Mashadi of
MQM were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad respectively. They bagged 111 votes, while their rival PPP candidates got 27 votes. They took oath on August 30, 2016.
See also
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Mayor of Hyderabad
References
{{Hyderabad District, Pakistan , state=collapsed
Mayors of Hyderabad, Sindh
Hyderabad, Sindh-related lists
Municipal corporations in Pakistan