Seats 143 | Last election 2016 | |
Mayor Tayyab Hussain, MQM
Since August 30, 2016 Deputy Mayor Sohail Mashadi, MQM
Since August 30, 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. 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 the districts of Hyderabad City and Latifabad.
On August 30, 2016, MQM's Mayor and deputy mayor took office in Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
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.
Many of the MQM chairmen and vice chairmen were elected unopposed even before the elections.