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KP local govt elections: Imran Khan's PTI loses to Fazlur Rehman's JUI

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  • PTI not only faces a setback in the mayoral elections but JUI also defeats the ruling party in tehsil council polls.
  • In first phase of local body elections in KP, elections were to be held for 61 tehsil councils and five city councils.
  • Polling in Dera Ismail Khan was postponed.
The incumbent PTI suffered a major setback after the Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s JUI candidate won the seat for the post of Peshawar mayor in the local government elections held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to unofficial and unverified results.

PTI not only faced a setback in the mayoral elections but Tehreek Ulema-e-Islam also defeated the ruling party in the tehsil council election.

In the first phase of local body elections in KP, elections were to be held for 61 tehsil councils and five city councils; however, no elections were held in Baka Khel tehsil and Dera Ismail Khan city council.

Mayor seat elections
According to the initial plan, polling was to be held for five city mayor seats, however, polling in Dera Ismail Khan was postponed following the murder of Awami National Party’s candidate. Hence, polling was only conducted in Marda, Peshawar, Kohat, and Bannu.

According to unofficial results, no PTI candidate managed to win in the above-mentioned cities.

Mardan
In Mardan, ANP's Himayatullah Mayar bagged the seat with 56,458 votes while JUIF's Amanat Shah Haqqani was in second place with 49,938 votes, according to unofficial, unverified results of the polls.

Awami National Partys Himayatullah Mayar. — Social media
Awami National Party's Himayatullah Mayar. — Social media
Kohat
Meanwhile in Kohat, according to unofficial results, Sher Zaman of JUI won the mayor seat with 34,434 votes and independent candidate Shafiullah Jan was in second place with 25,793 votes.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islams Sher Zaman. — Social media
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam's Sher Zaman. — Social media
Peshawar
In Peshawar, according to the unofficial and unverified results, JUI’s Zubair Ali won the race with 62,388 votes while PTI's Rizwan Bangash won the second spot with 50,659 votes.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islams Zubair Ali. — social media
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam's Zubair Ali. — social media
Unofficial results of 515 out of 521 polling stations have been released for the mayor of Peshawar city council. While results of six polling stations have been withheld.

Bannu
In Bannu, according to unofficial results, JUI’s Irfanullah Durrani has been declared the winner with 59,844 votes and PTI's Iqbal Jadoon Khan was second with 47,398 votes.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islams Irfanullah Durrani. — Social media
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam's Irfanullah Durrani. — Social media
Results of tehsil council
According to Geo News, elections were to be held in 61 tehsil councils; however, the polling process in Baka Khel tehsil of KP’s Bannu district was halted after the law and order situation was disrupted. Moreover, results of two more tehsils were withheld, hence, so far results of 46 out of 58 tehsil councils have been declared.

Per unofficial and unverified results, JUI candidates have won 16 seats in the tehsil council. Meanwhile, 10 candidates of the ruling party PTI managed to secure the seats.

Apart from these, eight independent candidates won the seats of chairman tehsil council.

While six members of ANP, three members of PML-N, two members of Jamaat-e-Islami and one chairman of Tehreek-e-Istiqlal Pakistan (TIP) have been elected.

 
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کے پی کے کی تحریکِ انصاف کے مطابق وہ الیکشن مہنگائی کی وجہ سے ہارے ہیں حالانکہ وفاق کی تحریکِ انصاف کے مطابق پاکستان سستا ترین ملک ہے
 
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KP local govt elections: Opposition bags 3 of 4 mayoral seats, PTI in danger of losing fourth

  • JUI-F emerges victorious in 16 tehsil council seats; PTI wins 14 as per unofficial results.
  • ANP wins mayoral seat in Mardan, JUI-F emerges victorious in Kohat.
  • JUI-F's candidate Zubair Ali wins the Peshawar mayoral election.

The Opposition parties have bagged three out of four mayoral seats in Khyber Pakhtunkwa's ongoing local body elections, while the ruling PTI is in danger of losing the fourth one as well, according to unofficial results.

Awami National Party's (ANP) Himayatullah has been elected as the mayor in Mardan, JUI-F's candidates also scored in Kohat and Bannu, according to unofficial results.

In Peshawar, JUI-F's candidate bagged as many as 62,388 votes and is nearing a win as he holds a margin of over 10,000 votes over PTI's Muhammad Rizwan Bangash, who is the runner-up and has amassed 50,659 votes, according to unofficial results.

There are five city councils in the province, however, the elections are taking place only on four as the polls in Dera Ismail Khan were postponed after ANP's candidate for mayor, Umar Khittab Sherani was shot dead.

In the 64 tehsil council unofficial results obtained so far, the JUI-F has emerged victorious in 16 tehsil council seats while the PTI has won in 14.

Independent candidates have won 10, ANP six, PML-N three, Jamaat-e-Islami two, and Tehreek-e-Istiqlal in the tehsil council elections.

 
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Well, didn't last for too long. Thanks to PTI and IK that they may never be able to see the PM House ever again. Thanks for the show folks. :lol::lol:
 
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