PTI in the lead as local govt re-polls close in K-P

Both, the Awami National Party and the Pakistan Peoples Party failed to secure any seats per latest unofficial results


Baseer Qalandar July 30, 2015
Women cast their votes during the local government polls in DI Khan. PHOTO: ONLINE

PESHAWAR: The ruling party in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, secured seven district council seats as re-polls for local government in Peshawar concluded.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PLM-N) secured three district seats while the Awami National Party and Pakistan People Party failed to secure even single seat as per initial results.

According to unofficial results in the provincial capital, PTI’s Amir Naveed won by securing 175 votes in Ghari Sherdad UC-45. PTI’s Rehman Afzal was victorious by securing 137 votes in UC-30. PTI’s Naveed Barki won from Urmar Payan. PTI’s Malik Afzal secured 137 votes to win UC-27. PTI’s Usman Bashir is said to have won in UC- 16, but the results were not confirmed till the filing of this report.

Read: Not un[eventful]: K-P inks LG representatives in round two of polling

DRO Riaz Mehsud said results were awaited from far-flung areas, adding that re-polls had been held in at least 29 polling stations in Peshawar alone.

Meanwhile PTI’s Gulab Shah succeeds by securing 791 votes in Bannu ward-16.

ANP’s Bakhtiar Muhammad secured 1,563 votes in Swabi’s ward-38 and is said to be the winning candidate. Independent Ahmed Sultan from Mardan’s ward-31 won after securing 1,739 votes.

COMMENTS (12)

Taimoor | 8 years ago | Reply @Ali
If PMLN wins seats in while they are in gov, it has to be massive rigging and wrongful use of state machinery. But if PTI wins while in power in the gov, it proves PTI is the best. What double standards!
It's not double standards, it's TRUTH. Why? Because we all know how politicized police and institutions are in Punjab and Sindh. The whole politics of PMLN and PPP are based on political inductions and interfering in institutions. On the other hand, even the opponents recognize that PTI made KP police de-politicized. Plus, army was involved in by-polls due to insistance of opposition and still results are in PTI favor. So, do good, get praised; do bad, get criticized. Don't draw wrong parallels.
bilal | 8 years ago | Reply @ Friend. Please get yourself a little more educated. See Punjab cantonment result as well. You will see in both , many independent win. Independents reduce voting share of parties in local bodies election. Independents impact at national level gets less and less. You see parties raising their %age of votes. The fact that PTI beat joint alliance of PPP/ JUI / ANP says a lot about them.
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