ECP to hold re-polling in 26 polling stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured 98 seats
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold polling in as many as 26 polling stations again after ballots boxes were smashed and other disruptive incidents occured in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) local body (LB) polls on May 30.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) grabs as many as 277 seats in the local body (LB) polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) while Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) follow with 117 and 98 seats.
The unofficial results continue pouring in after the KP LB elections on May 30.
According to the details, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) won 78 seats whereas Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) grabbed at least 116 seats in the polls. PTI won 61 seats out of a total of 188 in Peshawar division. ANP follows the KP government with 34 seats.
However, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to conduct polling again in as many as 26 polling stations. In Mardan, ANP won 40 seats in assuming stronghold in two divisions whereas PTI managed 27 seats.
The independent candidates won 27 seats in three districts of Kohat division. While PTI and JUI-F followed with 18 and 17 seats respectively.
In Hazara division, PML-N faced a major setback as PTI gripped 73 seats against the ruling party’s 45 seats. On the other hand, JI proved supremacy over other parties in Malakand division by winning 59 seats in seven districts. PTI and PML-N followed with 58 and 41 seats in the division.
PTI also gave JUI-F an upsetting defeat in two districts of Dera Ismail Khan by securing 25 seats. Independent candidates also did not lag behind and won as many as 17 seats.
However, JUI-F won 34 seats in two divisions of Banu division whereas PTI could only manage 15 seats.
