Hyderabad, Feb. 14 -- Across 123 urban local bodies (ULB) that went to polls in Telangana on February 13, results were declared in 2,995 of 2,996 wards, leaving one ward pending. The majority mark stood at 1,498. What emerges is a verdict defined by arithmetic - not just who won, but how efficiently they converted contests and who now constitutes urban local governance.

Ward arithmetic: One party above halfway

Out of 2,995 declared wards:

Indian National Congress (INC) - 1,537 (51.3 per cent)

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) - 781 (26 per cent)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - 336 (11.2 per cent)

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) - 70 (2.3 per cent)

Independents - 183 (6.1 per cent)

Other registered parties (TSEC) - 73

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