Several reasons were cited for the poor turnout. No holiday was declared at Central Government offices/organisations. As a result, over a lakh of voters did turn up exercise their franchise.
On the other hand, a holiday was given to multi-national companies where a majority of the employees are non-locals.
Monday being an auspicious day, several marraiges were solemnised in different parts of Greater Hyderabad. This too affected the attendance at polling booths. In the general elections held during April this year, the percentage of voting in Greater Hyderabad was 56 per cent. The percentage of voting for the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) elections held in Febraury 2002 was 43.47 per cent.
Speaking to reporters, Election Authority and GHMC Commissioner S P Singh and District Election Officer and GHMC Special Commissioner, M T Krishna Babu said that polls ended on a peaceful note
