2015 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local elections

2015 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local elections
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41,762
20,882 seats needed for a majority

Local elections were held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on 30 May 2015.[1] A total of 84,420 candidates contested 41,762 seats on district, town, neighbourhood and village councils.[2][3] They were the first local elections in the province for ten years.[4]

Background

The last local elections in the province took place in February 2005.[5] The local councils that were then elected were dissolved on 20 February 2010 after their term of office ended and they were replaced by administrators until the 2015 elections.[5]

The local elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were to elect members of district councils, tehsil councils and village councils.[5] To elect the 41,762 councillors, 11,261 polling stations were set up for the 13.1 million people who were eligible to vote.[5] Each voter could cast seven votes, which meant 72.2 million ballot papers were printed.[5] However, there were no elections in Kohistan after its division into two districts was challenged at Peshawar High Court.[5]

Seats distribution

Category District council Tehsil council Village council Total
General 978 978 23111 25067
Women 329 335 6678 7342
Peasants/worker 59 85 3339 3483
Youth 59 85 3339 3483
Minority 59 85 3339 3483
Total 1484 1568 39806 42858

Expected district council seats versus actual results

Based on actual votes cast at the 2013 general election

PTI ANP JUIF PMLn PPP JI QWP Others Total Status
District Available Expected Actual Exp Act Exp Act Exp Act Exp Act Exp Act Exp Act Exp Act Exp Act
Abbottabad 51 19 22 0 0 1 0 19 19 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 9 51 51 Complete
Bannu 49 7 6 0 2 22 17 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 14 5 49 30
Battagram 20 1 10 0 0 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 20 18
Buner 29 5 7 5 8 5 1 3 3 0 0 7 6 0 0 4 2 29 27
Charsadda 49 11 11 9 16 14 7 1 0 2 0 5 3 6 9 1 3 49 49 Complete
Chitral 24 5 5 1 0 0 6 0 2 4 3 0 6 1 0 13 2 24 24 Complete
D I Khan 49 5 16 0 1 21 8 2 0 16 2 0 1 0 0 5 9 49 37
Hangu 19 7 2 1 2 6 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 19 14
Haripur 45 18 22 1 1 3 0 18 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 45 31
Karak 21 7 3 1 1 2 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 21 15
Kohat 32 12 2 1 0 6 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 7 0 32 5
Lakki Marwat 33 4 1 1 0 17 6 11 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 10
Dir Lower 41 13 4 2 5 0 0 2 0 2 3 13 23 2 0 7 3 41 38
Malakand 28 10 8 2 0 4 2 4 0 4 8 3 1 0 0 1 5 28 24
Mansehra 59 15 17 0 0 11 2 30 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 20 59 59 Complete
Mardan 75 19 21 12 22 12 5 9 0 7 3 6 2 1 0 9 12 75 65
Nowshehra 47 20 14 7 5 2 2 8 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 4 3 47 26
Peshawar 92 45 45 9 6 10 4 8 1 8 5 7 7 1 0 4 3 92 71
Shangla 30 0 2 10 5 4 1 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 30 30 Complete
Swabi 56 12 6 10 21 10 7 5 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 16 18 56 56 Complete
Swat 67 29 24 6 8 4 2 12 21 5 1 5 1 1 0 5 10 67 67 Complete
Tank 16 4 6 0 0 7 5 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 16 16 Complete
Torghar 15 1 3 5 5 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 11
Dir Upper 31 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 6 8 21 0 0 9 0 31 29
978 272 259 84 108 178 96 160 85 71 38 69 78 12 9 132 130

Election incidents

Women were prevented from voting in Shangla District after a local Jirga ruling, as well as in Lower Dir District, Buner District and parts of Swabi District.[5] A number of people were injured during voting, while in Kohat a presiding officer at a polling station was suspended after allowing people to cast multiple votes.[5]

Violent incidents after the election resulted in the deaths of at least 24 people.[4] In one incident in Tank District ten people were killed and 10 wounded after supporters of a losing candidate threw hand grenades at the celebrating supporters of the winner.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Local Government Elections 2015". LGKP. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Local bodies election from May 30 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". 92newshd. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ Statistics of Local Government Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -2015 Electoral Commission of Pakistan
  4. ^ a b c "Election celebrations turn deadly in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa". Newsweek Pakistan. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Akbar, Ali (30 May 2015). "Polling concludes for crucial LG polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". DAWN. Retrieved 2 June 2015.