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KARACHI: Following days of electioneering, canvassing and political debates, the day for local bodies election in Karachi came to an end and vote count in the polling stations is underway, ARY News reported.
The polling began at 7.30am and ended 5.30pm without any break.
The election were held in six districts of Karachi – District Central, District West, District Korangi, District East, District South and District Malir.
In Karachi, there were 209 union committees and 38 union councils. Voters in urban areas of Karachi will elect 1,210 members while those in rural areas will vote for 304 seats in 38 union councils.
Main parties contesting the polls were Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami. While the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, the Awami National Party and the Pakistan
Rah-e-Haq Party (faction of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat), had also fielded their candidates.
According to Election Commission of Pakistan, as many as 48 candidates have returned unopposed in all 247 union committees and councils. Eighteen candidates have been elected unopposed in District Central, followed by 13 in West, nine in South, six in Malir and two in East.
The ECP had declared 1,791 polling st
ations out of total 4,141 as highly sensitive. Only 234 polling stations in the city were declared normal.
The Sindh government had deployed 35,057 police personnel, 7,400 Rangers soldiers and 10 army companies each with 80 soldiers in the city to maintain peace and order on polling day.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
LIVE: Unofficial results for Karachi LB polls trickle in - JI, PTI & PPP Karachi chiefs fail to win -
The polling began at 7.30am and ended 5.30pm without any break.
The election were held in six districts of Karachi – District Central, District West, District Korangi, District East, District South and District Malir.
In Karachi, there were 209 union committees and 38 union councils. Voters in urban areas of Karachi will elect 1,210 members while those in rural areas will vote for 304 seats in 38 union councils.
Main parties contesting the polls were Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami. While the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, the Awami National Party and the Pakistan
Rah-e-Haq Party (faction of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat), had also fielded their candidates.
According to Election Commission of Pakistan, as many as 48 candidates have returned unopposed in all 247 union committees and councils. Eighteen candidates have been elected unopposed in District Central, followed by 13 in West, nine in South, six in Malir and two in East.
The ECP had declared 1,791 polling st
ations out of total 4,141 as highly sensitive. Only 234 polling stations in the city were declared normal.
The Sindh government had deployed 35,057 police personnel, 7,400 Rangers soldiers and 10 army companies each with 80 soldiers in the city to maintain peace and order on polling day.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
LIVE: Unofficial results for Karachi LB polls trickle in - JI, PTI & PPP Karachi chiefs fail to win -