Re-polling begins in 13 K-P districts for LG elections

Re-polling in 13 districts for the local government elections in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) was held on Sunday.

The polling began at 8 am and will continue till 5 pm without break.

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), re-polling was held on various seats of local councils where elections were terminated due to the deteriorated law-and-order situation on polling day or the death of contesting candidates during the first phase of the local bodies polls held on December 19, 2021.

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The 13 districts where re-elections were held included: Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, Laki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan, Buner, Bajaur, Karak, Khyber and Mohmand.

Tight security arrangements

Secretary ECP Omar Hameed Khan directed a special focus on security, ensuring the installation of CCTV cameras and increase in the number of security personnel during re-polling in sensitive polling stations of K-P.

He said that during the first phase of LG elections some unpleasant incidents occurred in polling stations of various districts, which resulted in the suspension of polling.

Khan called for the implementation of the directives of the ECP in this regard in letter and spirit to ensure re-polling in these polling stations takes place in a peaceful environment.