Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s (BJP) victory within the Karimnagar Municipal Company and its declare to the mayor’s put up marks a major political milestone for the get together, marking its first municipal victory for the reason that creation of Telangana Municipal Company in 2014.
The victory got here simply two months after the Bharatiya Janata Occasion gained the Thiruvananthapuram mayor’s put up in December final 12 months, ousting the Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) candidate who had held energy within the company for greater than three a long time.
Regardless of the tense political scenario, the BJP comfortably gained in Karimnagar with a margin of 34 votes.
The get together gained 30 out of 66 wards, however was 4 seats wanting the mayor’s race. Bharatiya Janata Occasion MP Bandi Sanjay has been appointed ex-officio as a municipal councilor, bringing the quantity to 31.
With the assist of 4 unbiased MPs, the get together was in a position to cross the border and seize Telangana’s third most populous metropolis.
The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), which gained in Ward 8, opted to abstain from voting within the mayoral race, though it contested the election. Congress and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) participated within the voting course of by successful 14 and three seats respectively.
The victory sparked state-wide celebrations by BJP leaders and marked the primary time the get together gained an organization since 1981, when NSN Reddy grew to become the mayor of Visakhapatnam within the united Andhra Pradesh state.
Telangana Bharatiya Janata Occasion president N. Ramchander Rao termed the victory “spectacular” and stated the Bharatiya Janata Occasion had gained decisively, defeating all makes an attempt by the Congress and BRS to overturn the democratic verdict.
“With the Bharatiya Janata Occasion on the helm of the Karimnagar Municipal Company, we’re dedicated to reworking town in the direction of a Vikshit (developed) Telangana and a Vikshit Bharat.”
Mr. Rao stated this in a put up about X.
In the course of the press convention, I additionally introduced an in depth evaluation of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s efficiency within the Telangana municipal elections and the broader political developments that emerged from the outcomes.
Development and enlargement of the BJP
🔸The BJP has elevated its quantity from round 240 wards in 2020 to nearly… pic.twitter.com/qlFGyuEfOf
— N Ramchander Rao (@N_RamchanderRao) February 16, 2026
Union Dwelling Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who represents Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency, termed the victory “private” and stated he began his political journey as a corporator from Karimnagar.
“Historical past has been made in Karimnagar. For the primary time, a Bharatiya Janata Occasion mayor has taken oath within the metropolis. At this time is greater than only a political victory; it’s an emotional second. “It is like a dream that many people have been quietly harboring for years,” he stated in a put up on X.
Historical past made in Karimnagar 🪷
For the primary time, a Bharatiya Janata Occasion mayor took oath within the metropolis.Congratulations to Shri Kolagani Srinivas Garu on his appointment as the primary Mayor of BJP Karimnagar and Shri Y. Sunil Rao Garu on his appointment as Deputy Mayor.
At this time is not only a political victory. it’s… pic.twitter.com/G4iSWFFf2u
— Bandisanjay Kumar (@bandisanjay_bjp) February 16, 2026
In Nizamabad, not removed from Karimnagar, the Bharatiya Janata Occasion emerged as the one greatest winner, however selected to aspect with the opposition.
Within the Nizamabad Municipal Company (NMC), the BJP gained 28 out of 60 wards, however fell wanting the required three seats for the mayor’s put up.
BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind has introduced that his get together is not going to contest the mayoral election, regardless of being the chief of the get together.
“We now have earned the mandate of the folks by way of belief and perception. The remaining is arithmetic. Horse-trading is just not my path,” Arvind stated, indicating that the get together is not going to interact in backroom offers to safe energy.
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s sturdy efficiency in each Nizamabad and Karimnagar constituencies represents its most important city breakthrough for the reason that 2020 polls, with the get together successful 335 out of two,996 wards. Within the 2020 election, he gained in 293 wards.
This decisive victory for the Congress, which gained the Jubilee Hills and Secunderabad by-polls in mid-2025 after which the grama panchayat elections in December final 12 months, has led the ruling get together to time period it as an interim verdict in its governance.
The Revanth Reddy-led Congress gained in 1,537 wards and 5 firms, whereas BRS and MIM gained in 781 and 70 wards, respectively. The CPM, unbiased events, and small registered events captured the remaining events.
Elections for 116 native governments and 7 firms had been held on February eleventh, with the outcomes introduced on February 14th, and the mayoral election was held on February sixteenth. As many as 36 municipalities didn’t mirror a transparent majority of 1 political get together.
(Edited by Katyal Sugita)
