Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

Hyderabad Municipal Corporation بلدیہ اعلی حیدرآباد‎
Leadership
Mayor	Tayyab Hussain, MQM Since August 30, 2016
Deputy Mayor	Sohail Mashadi, MQM Since August 30, 2016
Seats	143
Elections
Last election	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.

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.