KP: Polling ends for 2nd phase of LG election, vote count begins
Pakistan
More than 1,500 polling stations were declared sensitive.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Polling for the second phase of local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has ended and counting of votes has been started.
According to details, the election were held in 18 constituencies. Polling was held in Abbottabad, Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan, Kolai Plus, Lower Kohistan, Mansehra, South Waziristan, Upper Kohistan, Lower Chitral, Upper Dir, Swat, Shangla, Malakand, Lower Dir and Upper Chitral
More than 1,500 polling stations were declared sensitive, where strict security arrangements were made while more than 54,000 personnel were deployed.
According to Election Commission of Pakistan, a total of twenty-eight thousand and twenty candidates are contesting for different seats in Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Kohistan Upper, Kohistan Lower, Kolai Palas Kohistan, Swat, Malakand, Shangla, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Chitral Upper, Chitral Lower, Kurram, Orakzai, North Waziristan and South Waziristan.
A total of six-hundred and fifty-one candidates are in the run for city mayor and tehsil chairman seats, more than twelve-thousand for general seats of village and neighbourhood councils while two-thousand six-hundred and sixty-eight candidates are in the race for women seats.
For results of 2nd phase of LG election in KP click here
