2015 Islamabad local elections

Local elections were held in Islamabad on November 30, 2015.[1] The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) obtained a landslide victory, winning 50 of the 77 seats in the Islamabad Municipal Corporation (IMC), while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won the remaining 27 seats.

2015 Islamabad local government elections
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77 seats of the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation
39 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sheikh Ansar Aziz Khurram Shehzad Nawaz
Party PML(N) PTI
Leader since 13 March 2018 25 April 1996
Leader's seat Technocrat UC-8 Tumair
Seats won 50 27
Results by Union Council Chairmen Elected
Mayor of Islamabad before election

N/A

 Elected Mayor of Islamabad

Sheikh Ansar Aziz
PML(N)

There were 676,795 eligible voters.[2] Tight security measures were enforced on polling day.[2] No incidents of violence were reported.[2]

Results

Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation

Party UC Chairmen Reserved seats
Women Minorities Peasants/Workers Youth Technocrat Total
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 32 11 2 2 2 1 50
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 18 6 1 1 1 0 27
Total: 50 17 3 3 3 1 77

Following the election, twelve UC Chairmen who were elected as independents joined the PML(N), while two joined the PTI increasing their numbers to 32 and 18, respectively. After the allocation of reserved seats, the PML(N)‘s number of seats increased to 50 and the PTI’s number of seats increased to 27. Following this, Sheikh Ansar Aziz of the PML(N), who was elected on the reserved technocrat seat, defeated Khurram Shehzad Nawaz of the PTI, who was elected to UC-8 Tumair, to become Islamabad’s first Mayor. Aziz received 49 votes while Nawaz received 26 votes.[3][4][5]

Results by Union Council

Union Council Elected Chairman
Name Party
Saidpur Shiraz Kiyani PTI
Noorpur Shahan Pir Adil Shah IND
Mal Pur Chaudhry Mushtaq Ahmed PML(N)
Kot Hathial North Ishtiaq Ahmed Malik PML(N)
Kot Hathial South Muhammad Wahid PML(N)
Phulgran Waqar Ahmed PML(N)
Pind Begowal Raja Qaiser Ghaffar PTI
Tumair Khurram Shehzad Nawaz PTI
Charah Raja Zulqurnain Haider IND
Kirpa Zahid Hussain IND
Mughal Adil Aziz Qazi IND
Rawat Azhar Mehmood IND
Humak Qazi Faisal Naeem PML(N)
Sihala Chaudhry Naeem Akhter IND
Loi Bher Malik Ikhlaq Ahmed Awan PTI
Pahg Panwal Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif IND
Koral Qaiser Javed Bhatti IND
Khana Dak Waseem Sana Malik PML(N)
Tarlai Kalan Chaudhry Manzoor Hussain PML(N)
Ali Pur Syed Ibrar Hussain IND
Sohan Dehati Malik Amir Ali PTI
Chak Shahzad Chaudhry Matloob Hussain PML(N)
Kuri Muhammad Jamil IND
Rawal Town & Margala Town Syed Zaheer Ahmed Shah PML(N)
F-6 Attique Ullah Khan Khattak PTI
G-6/1 Chaudhry Allah Ditta PML(N)
G-6/2, G-6/3 & G-6/4 Anjum Shahzad Tanoli PTI
F-7, F-8 & Jinnah Park F-9 Fawzia Arshad PTI
F-10 & F-11 Khurram Bakhtiar PTI
G-7/3 & G-7/4 Muhammad Naeem Ali IND
G-7/1 & G-7/2 Ahmad Khan PTI
G-8/3 & G-8/4 Muhammad Munir Ashraf PML(N)
G-8/1 & G-8/2 Raja Waheed Ullah Hasan PML(N)
G-9/1, G-9/3 & G-9/4 Malik Sajjad PML(N)
G-9/2 Muhammad Rafiq PTI
G-10/3 & G-10/4 Faisal Nadeem PTI
G-10/1 & G-10/2 Malik Sajid Mehmood PTI
G-11 Tanveer Hussain PTI
Maira Sumbal Jaffar Sajid Mehmood PML(N)
I-8 Ali Nawaz Awan PTI
I-9 Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan PML(N)
I-10/1 & I-10/4 Farman Ali Mughal PML(N)
I-10/2 & I-10/3 Muhammad Ishfaq PML(N)
Bokra Muhammad Aftab PML(N)
Jhangi Saydan Gulfaraz Khan IND
Badhana Kalan Hafeez Ur Rehman Tipu PML(N)
Tarnol Malik Rizwan Ahmed IND
Sarai Kharbooza Muhammad Azam Khan IND
Shah Allah Ditta Syed Zeeshan Ali Naqvi PML(N)
Golra Sharif Shoaib Khan PTI

References

  1. ^ Election Commission of Pakistan. Notification- ICT LG Elections 2015 Result (5-12-2015)
  2. ^ a b c Dawn. Islamabad LG polls conclude peacefully
  3. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (30 January 2016). "PML-N expected to sweep election for Islamabad mayor". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. ^ Dawn.com (15 February 2016). "PML-N's Sheikh Ansar Aziz elected Islamabad's first-ever mayor". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 31 December 2022.