LIVE - Results pouring in as polling for 2nd phase of LB polls in Punjab, Sindh ends
Polling will be held in 12 districts of Punjab and 14 districts of Sindh in the second phase.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Voting for the second phase of local bodies elections in 12 districts of Punjab and 14 districts of Sindh started at 7:30 in the morning and concluded at 5:30 in the evening.
In the second phase of LB elections, polling will be held in Punjab’s Sargodha, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Attock, Jhelum, Mianwali, Chiniot, Toba Tek Singh, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Sheikhupura and Khanewal districts.
| Party | Punjab Seats | Sindh Seats | |
| PTI |  |
288 | 8 |
| PML-N |  |
960 | 58 |
| PPP |  |
12 | 988 |
| MQM |  |
0 | 108 |
| JI |  |
8 | 0 |
| IND | 765 | 104 | |
| Others | 30 | 47 |
In Sindh, polling has been held in Hyderabad, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Matiari, Dadu, Jamshoro, Badin, Thatta, Sajawal, Shaheed Benazirabad, Nausharo Feroz, Mirpur Khas, Umerkot and Tharparkar while the polling in Sanghar district has been postponed due to security reasons.
Also Read: Sindh: LB polls delayed in 53 UCs, 18 towns, 5 municipal committees
More than 20 million voters have exercised their right to vote in the second phase of LB elections in the two provinces.
Tight security arrangements have been made to ensure free, fair and transparent polling. Over 1,04,000 policemen have been deployed for security during second phase of the LB polls in Punjab and the Rangers personnel have been deployed outside and inside the polling stations while as many as 40 companies of Pakistan Army are monitoring the situation.
Complaints can be lodged on telephone numbers 051-9210816-8 for Punjab and on 051-9210819 for Sindh.
LIVE UPDATES
6:05 AM: Unofficial results of 1307 seats out of 1986 were announced in Sindh which saw PPP win the majorty of the seats followed by MQM.
Hyderabad: PPP led the polls with 52 seats followed by MQM with 38 seats. Independent candidates won 3 seats while PTI managed a single seat.
Shaheed Benazirabad PPP won all 163 seats.
Mirpurkhas: PPP won majority with 71 seats. MQM secured 27 seats while independent candidates won 6 seats.
Badin: Zulfiqar Mirza group caused a major upset, winning 39 seats, PPP won 23, PML-N 5 while PML-F won single seat.
Naushero Feroze: PPP won 49 seats, PML-N won 22, indepedent candidates secured 16 while MQM managed to win 2 seats.
Dadu: PPP won majority of seats with 48 seats, Awami Itehad won 17, independent candidates 2 while PPP Shaheed Bhutto won a single seat.
Jamshoro: PPP led the polls with 102 seats, independent candidates won 2 seats while MQM secured a single seat.
Mattiari: PPP won 81 seats, PML-F won 17, independent candidates won 5, PML-N won 2 while JUI-F and MQM managed to secure a single seat each.
Tandu Muhammad Khan: PPP secured 48 seats while independent candidates secured 6 seats.
Tharparkar: PPP secured 41 seats while independent candidates and PML-N managed to secure 11 seats each.
Thatta: PPP won 55 seats, PML-N secured 14 seats.
Tandu Allah Yar: PPP won 60, independent candidates won 9 while PPP Shaheed Bhutto and MQM won 1 seat each.
Umarkot: PPP secured 66 seats, PTI and PML-F secured 6 seats each while independent candidates won 3 seats. PML-N managed to win a single seat.
Sajawal: PPP led the polls by winning 46 seats, PML-N won 3 seats while JUI-F managed to grab a single seat.
5:30 AM: In Toba Tek Singh, PML-N led the polls with 93 seats, independent candidates managed to win 47 seats. PTI won 45 seats while Pakistan National Muslim League secured 6 seats. JI managed to grab a single seat.
5:23 AM: In Sargodha, PML-N led the polls with 135 seats followed by independent candidates with 105 seats. PTI managed to secure 24 seats while PPP won 4 seats. Pakistan Falah Party won a single seat.
In Sheikhupura PML-N secured 174 seats followed by independent candidates with 76 seats. PTI won 32 seats while PPP secured 6 seats. JI managed 2 while PML-Q secured a single seat.
5:15 AM: In Mandi Bahauddin independent candidates led the polls with 53 seats followed by 11 seats of PML-N. PTI managed 6 while PPP won 1 seat.
In Mianwali independent canidates led the polls with 54 seats followed by 34 for PTI. PML-N won 9 seats while JI secured a single seat.
In Sahiwal, PML-N won with 61 seats, PTI secured 26 seats while independent candidates managed to bag 23 seats.
5:10 AM: In Hafizabad PML-N won majority of the seats i.e 58 while PTI and independent candidates managed 27 seats each.
In Jhelum PML-N led the polls with 77 seats. Independent candidates managed 33 while PTI managed to win 13 seats.
In Khanewal independent candidates secured 80 seats while PML-N won 58 seats. PTI secured 17 seats.
4:50 AM: In Chiniot independent candidates lead the polls 81 seats, followed by PML-N with 22 seats. PTI managed to grab 2 seats.
4:33 AM: PML-N leads with 61 seats, independent candidattes win 46, PTI secures 17, PML-Q wins 14 while PPP wins 1 seat from Attock
4:15 AM: PML-N wins 146, independent candidates secure 100 seats, PTI wins 19, Human Rights Party wins 6, JI secures 4 seats from Gujranwala
3: 48 AM: Unofficial results for Punjab s 1902 seats out of 2381 announced. PML-N leads polls with 911 seats, followed by independent candidates with 733 seats. PTI wins 266 seats from Punjab.
1:37 AM: Complete unofficial results for Sargodha s UC 154 announced. Provinicial Minister Zakia Shahnawaz s nephew Umair Khan Niazi wins on PML-N ticket.
1:35 AM: Complete unofficial results for all 48 wards of Chiniot s Municipal Committee announced. 45 independent candidates win while PTI wins 2 seats
1:20 AM: Unofficial results announced for Sindh s 1061 seats out of a total of 1986. PPP leads polls with 791 votes
1:05: AM: Unofficial results announced for Punjab s 1338 seats out of a total of 2381. PML-N leads polls in Punjab with 672 votes.
1:01 AM: 4 people taken into custody from Detha polling station, Hyderabad. Ammunition found from individuals in custody.
10:45 PM: Independent candidate Tahir Habib has won in UC-2 in Sahiwal Municipal Corporation as per unofficial and inconclusive results by obtaining 3127 votes.
10:15 PM: MQM has won 50 out of 96 seats in Hyderabad: Haider Abbas Rizvi
9:45 PM: Mirza group obtains 5 seats, PPP secures 1 seat in Badin.
9:40 PM: Nowshera: PML-N obtains 8 seats, independent candiates obtain 6 while JI secures 2 seats. PTI failed to obtain any.
9:30 PM: Inconclusive and unoffical results of 5 seats of Tharkpar town announced.
9:10 PM: Mirza group downs PPP in Badin, gets majority of seats in elections.
9:00 PM: PML-N in lead in Punjab while PPP leading in Sindh according to unofficial and inconclusive results.
6:49 PM: Muhammad Shabir of PTI has won from Ward 3 of Fatehpur, getting 545 votes.
6:38 PM: Rana Shahid Khan of PML-N has won elections in Ward 11, block 3-4,8
6:33 PM: Maqbool Hussain Shah of PML-N with 404 votes in Ward 1, Basti Road.
6:30 PM: PML-N candidate Rizwanullah has won elections in Ward 6, Chiniot as per unoffical and inconclusive results.
6:00 PM: 336 candidates said to have won elections unopposed, according to unofficial and inconclusive results.
5:50 PM: PPP candidate wins from Shaheed Benazirabad in Sindh unopposed:
5:40 PM: Muhammad Arshad of PML-N has won in Municipal Corporation Sargodha unopposed.
5:35 PM: Inconclusive, unofficial polling results of candidates unopposed in elections:
5:30 PM: Polling time for 2nd phase of local body polls in Punjab, Sindh ends. Results start pouring in however Dunya News will only start airing results after an hour as per the requirement of the broadcasting code.
5:00 PM: 6-year-old stamping on voting paper in Khanewal, as per report.
04:40 PM: Clashes between PML-N, PTI supporters in UC-18, Hafizabad.
04:30 PM: Election Commission takes notice of alleged mispractices at Murdikey, courtesy Dunya News.
Upon their win, candidates are allowed only to offer prayers, not celebrate with drum. This will keep the atmosphere clean..
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah to Dunya News
04:15 PM: Blatant violation of ECP rules as supporters of candidates take pictures of votes being cast.
04:10 PM: Supporters of PPP, independent candidate clash in Sehwan Sharif, Sindh.
04:00 PM: Supporters of candidate of PML-N Salman Khalid aka Pomy Butt and independent candidate clash in Gujranawala. Polling stopped.
03: 45 PM: Nafeesa Shah moves resolution against National Assembly former speaker Fehmida Mirza for visiting polling station in Badin
03:40 PM: Government employee held for casting fake vote in polling station one of ward two in Mian Channu
03:36 PM: Three fake ECP officials apprehended from Sargodha UC-40’s Haveli Nathu polling station
03:35 PM: No arrest made until now during polling in 14 Sindh districts: Rangers DG Bilal Akbar
03:35 PM: MPA pressurizes police to favour PML-N candidate in Kamoke’s ward seven, opposition demands Rangers deployment
03:34 PM: Independent candidate, PML-N supporters open fire in Sharaqur Sharif s UC-38 polling station 15, polling halted
03:32 PM: Polling in ward number 1 of Kandyaro postponed due to misprinting of ballot papers
03:00 PM: At least three persons injured in clash between supporters of PML-N and independent candidates at ward 2 of polling station number 1 in Mian Channu
02:58 PM: Election Commission receives 56 complaints from Punjab and 46 from Sindh. ECP says no serious complaint regarding law and order received so far
02:45 PM: Two injured in clash between PTI and PML-N supporters at polling station number 108 in Chicha Watni
02:44 PM: Unknown persons lift ballot boxes from female polling station after altercation between two groups at Bhaya Kalan Polling Station’s ward number 2 in UC-17 of Muridke
02:35 PM: Polling temporarily stopped due to mismanagement at female polling station’s ward number 1 in UC-63 of Gujranwala
02:25 PM: Polling agents of all parties asked to leave polling station after clash between supporters of PML-N and independent candidates at ward number 1 in Hafizabad
02:06 PM: PPP leader Khurshid Shah demands resignations of provincial commissioners over postponement of elections in 82 union councils of Sindh
01:50 PM: Voting process at polling station Asghar Jatoi in Tando Muhammad KHan stopped due to clash between two groups
01:49 PM: Two women arrested in UC 26 in Sukhekhi and in Khanka Dogra for casting fake votes
PHOTO: A ballot box is being used in a washroom in Toba Tek Singh
01:48 PM: Groom casts vote in Gujranwala’s UC-22
01:26 PM: Pindi Bhattian’s UC-35 faces scuffle between two groups, polling stopped
01:25 PM: PTI Spokesman Naeem-ul-Haq said that ECP has once again failed to hold fair and transparent elections. He said that media personnel are not allowed to freely cover the electoral process.
01:23 PM: Polling halted in Attock’s Hazro due to misprinting of ballot papers
01:18 PM: PML-N agents allegedly stop PTI and independent candidates supporters from entering the polling stations in Gujranwala
Bakhtawar Zardari accompanies Aseefa Zardari as she casts her first vote in Tando Allahyar
01:18 PM: Electoral camps dismantled inside Govt Boys School in Jahanian, ECP takes notice
01:13 PM: PML-N and Sindh Qaum Parast Party stage protest over rigging accusations in Ward 8 in Moro
01:10 PM: Voting process at polling station in UC- 12 of Gujranwala affected due to mismanagement. Police baton-charge protestors
01:07 PM: Police manhandle PPP candidate Arshad at polling station number 159 in UC-16 of Mandi Bahauddin for accusing Inspector Mazhar of casting fake vote
01:06 PM: One person injured in shooting incident at Bandalas Polling Station in Tharparkar
01:05 PM: Election in UC-53 Hussainabad of Hyderabad postponed over misprinting of ballot paper
12:54 PM: Five persons injured during clash between two groups in UC-142 of Sargodha
12:50 PM: Polling stopped after non-availability of 700 ballot papers at ward 4 in UC-120 of Jahaniyan
VIDEO: Polling stations established inside hospitals
12:37 PM: At least five people injured as two rival groups clash at Kareem Rahmu Polling Station in Chachro
12:36 PM: DPO takes notice of attack on Dunya News team in Mianwali, orders immediate arrest of attackers
12:35 PM: At least 15 injured in shooting incident near Kot Pindi Das Polling Station in Sheikhpura. Injured persons shifted to nearby hospitals
12:30 PM: DG Rangers Major General Bilal Akbar reaches Badin to monitor security situation
A disabled person waits outside the polling station to cast his vote in Bhowana
12:17 PM: Former Sindh Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza visits Fatehabad Polling Station in Badin. Mirza expels female police constables from room, stating that they are being used to rig elections
12:12 PM: PPP District Secretary General Aziz Memon arrested on charges of forcing women voters to back candidate of his choice
12:08 PM: Dunya News team attacked over coverage of municipal committee in Mianwali. PTI and PML-N supporters snatch camera and microphone
12:07 PM: Polling stopped at ward number 3 in UC-56 of Gujranwala after candidates protest against presiding officer’s negative attitude. Independent candidates accuse polling staff of supporting PML-N candidate
11:55 AM: Three injured as two rival groups clash at Gahi Mahesar Polling Station in Dadu, polling temporarily stopped
11:44 AM: Police allegedly torture voter at polling station number 5 in UC-9 of Sahiwal over refusal to cast vote in PML-N’s favor. Police arrest other three who tried to intervene
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11:40 AM: Suspect identified as Maqbool arrested for casting fake vote in ward number number 22 at Goshala Polling Station in Chicha Watni
11:38 AM: Presiding officer accused of rigging polls at polling station number 8 in Kundian, voting process stopped
11:31 AM: Voting process halted due to clash between PML-N and PTI supporters at polling station number 6 in Kot Momin
11:28 AM: Polling station at ward number 6 in UC-125 of Jahaniyan stopped due to misprinting of ballot paper
11:28 AM: Rangers arrest three after clash between PPP and Awami Ittehad supporters at Jhakro Polling Station in Dadu
11:27 AM: Polling stopped in women station in Khanewal’s ward 12 as candidates scuffle
11:15 AM: Voters clash in Chicha Watni’s ward 22 on alleged fake vote, police resort to baton charge
11:14 AM: Gujranwala UC-14 Akram Colony s PTI candidate offers halwa puri to voters before they cast vote
10:59 AM: Presiding officer in women’s polling station in Mianwali’s UC-27 reported absent
10:53 AM: One person identified as Osama arrested for casting fake vote in ward number 14 in Pir Mahal
10:50 AM: Presiding officer Saeed appoints common citizen as polling officer due to absence of concerned official at polling station number 7 in UC-52 of Sheikhupura
Watch video of mismanagement in ongoing LB polls in Sindh and Punjab:
10:47 AM: PPP candidate Pir Danish, son of Pir Mazharul Haq, seen using police walkie talkie inside ward number 22 in Dadu
10:45 AM: DCO Sargodha orders action against presiding officer for openly stamping ballot papers at Anbala Muslim High School
10:43 AM: Presiding officer Azhar snatches camera from Dunya News team in Sukhekhi
10:42 AM: One person injured in clash between two groups at Kotli Maharan polling station in UC-55 of Kamonkay
10:34 AM: First female voter casts her vote after three hours in UC-27 of Payekhel in Mianwali
10:31 AM: Polling temporarily halted after two groups clash over casting of vote on duplicate CNIC at ward number 3 of polling station no. 11 in Mian Channu
10:30 AM: Ulfat Shah, former nazim of Maari town injured in shooting at polling station Girls Primary School in Kalabagh
VIDEO: Two persons killed, several injured in clashes between rival groups in different areas
10:25 AM: Polling could not start at polling station number 755 in UC-116 of Salanwali due to misprinting of ballot paper
10:24 AM: Polling resumes in Ward 9 in Khanewal after two hours
10:19 AM: Provincial election commissioner directs to deploy additional contingent of police in areas where situation is intense
10:14 AM: Polling temporarily stopped due to mismanagement at polling station number 3 in UC-15 of Hafizabad
10:11 AM: Rangers open aerial fire to disperse angry protestors in Ward 10 in Hyderabad. Supporters of independent candidate are protesting against misprinting of ballot paper
10:07 AM: Woman protests in Chiniot against transfer of vote to Karachi. Bashira Bibi is residing in Chiniot for the last 33 years
10:00 AM: Presiding officers accused of rigging polls at Government Girls Primary School Aadh Khai in Naushahro Feroze
09:55 AM: Polling temporarily stopped after clash between two groups in UC-11 of Jhelum
09:54 AM: Five PML-N workers arrested for allegedly attacking PTI supporters in UC-56 of Chicha Watni
09:51 AM: No woman has cast her vote in UC-27 of Mianwala till now. A jirga in Payekhel had agreed not to allow women to exercise their right to vote
09:45 AM: Clash reported between PTI and PML-N supporters in UC-52 of Gujranwala. Opponents break PTI worker Bhola Gujjar’s leg
09:39 AM: Supporters protest against wrong printing of independent candidate Rahib Khan’s electoral symbol in UC-53 of Hyderabad
09:37 AM: Eight injured in clash between supporters of PML-N and independent candidates in UC-31 Faizpur in Ferozwala area, polling temporarily stopped
09:29 AM: Women staff found appointed in men s polling station in Naushahro Feroze
09:28 AM: Polling stopped after confrontation between Independent candidate and PML-N workers in Ward 9 of Khanewal, Army summoned
09:27 AM: ECP Secretary briefed over polling situation in both provinces in Islamabad
09:24 AM: Misprinting of PTI candidate s name reported in Sheikhupura
09:23 AM: Delayed supply of ballots, polling material in Tharparkar halts polling
09:22 AM: Women allege administration of turning blind eyes to forged votes casting in Mirpur Khas
09:05 AM: PTI leader Rana Waseem injured in firing in Chehcha Watni’s UC-56, polling stopped as candidate shifted to hospital in critical condition
09:03 AM: Polling stopped in Hyderabad’s UC-8 and UC-10 due to misprinting of ballot papers.
08:47 AM: Independent and PTI candidates clash in 24/1 polling station
08:46 AM: Polling stopped in Sahiwal’s UC-1 as wrong ballots published
08:15 AM: Voters stamp ballot papers in open, no privacy arrangements made in Sargodha s polling stations
08:20 AM: Ballots lack required ‘watermelon’ electoral symbol, polling stopped in Khanewal s polling station
07:30 AM: Polling begins in 26 districts of Punjab and Sindh
