PPP sweeps leftover seats in LG polls

The Pakistan Peoples Party won almost two- thirds, or 39 of the 59 leftover seats, on which polling took place in different districts of Sindh on Sunday.

The polling was to elect chairman and vice chairman, district council member and general members on the seats on which polling could not take place for varying reasons in the previous phase.

PPP was the dominant party, winning 39 seats. Independents were the next biggest winners, with nine seats. The Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) won six seats, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)  was victorious on two seats, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P)  and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) won one seat each while the result was tied on one seat. Polling was held on 11 seats for district council member, 16 chairman and vice chairman seats, and 32 general member seats.

According to the unofficial results, PPP won seven district council member seats, 10 seats of chairman and vice-chairman, and 22 seats of general member.  GDA won two seats in each category.

PTI won one seat of chairman and vice chairman and one  seat of general member.

The contest between JUI and an independent candidate on one general member seat was even.

The districts where re-polling was held in various polling stations include Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Badin, Sanghar, Umarkot, Sukkur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Khairpur, Qamber Shahdadkot, Mirpur Khas, Larkana, Tharparkar and Benazirabad.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 28^th, 2023.