KARACHI: Vote count is underway after polling for local government elections ended in constituencies of Sindh and Punjab that were postponed earlier.
The local government elections in 345 constituencies of Sindh including one union committee of Karachi East were conducted today.
The elections were held on those seats where election proceedings for Local Government Elections-2015 were postponed either due to death of candidate or pursuant to court orders.
A total of 20 polling stations were set up for election in one union committee of Karachi East.
One polling station was set up for one UC and two District Councils of Ghotki, 19 for three UCs and two District Councils of Khairpur, 163 for three UCs, equal number of DCs and 43 wards of Shaheed Benazirabad.
The polling were held on 44 seats of union councils, 129 seats of wards members, 35 members district council, 65 chairman and vice chairman seats, six town committees and five municipal committees.
The election was conducted on eight seats of UCs and eight DCs of Naushero Feroze, one UC and one DC of Hyderabad, four UCs and four DCs of Jamshoro, one UC of Dadu, four UCs and four DCs of Tando Allahyar, eight UCs and seven DCs of Mirpurkhas, seven UCs of Tharparkar, one UC of Umerkot and two UCs of Sujawal.
Voting for chairman in Sialkot’s UC-24 and two Councillors in UC-2 was held. The election in both UCs could not be convened earlier owing to the candidates’ death.
Similarly, the vote was postponed in Bahawalpur’s UC-10 owing to the death of vice chairman candidate. Meantime, members of three district councils would be elected today.
The LG polls were held in Dera Ghazi Khan, Lodran, Mandi Bahaud Din, Faisalabad, Multan, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh and Sheikhupura.
