List of Karachi local election results

Detailed results of Karachi, Pakistan, local government elections are tabulated below.

1987 Karachi local government elections

1987 November 30: Local bodies election held throughout the country. MQM won from all seats at Karachi & Hyderabad. [1]

2005 Karachi local government elections

Main article: 2005 Karachi local elections

The 2005 local government elections individual results are based on claims made by various parties; the official result has not remained as a part of the Election Commission of Pakistan's record.

The following party results are only based on estimate and is not a definite result.[2][3][4][5][6]

Karachi Local Government Elections, 2005
#
Parties
 Panel Name Seats

claimed

Claim 1 Claim 2 Average Percentage
1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement Haq Parast 105 1,362 1,400 1,381 59.0%
2 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Al-Khidmat 38 299 500 400 16.4%
3 Pakistan Peoples Party Awam Dost 25 202 400 301 12.4%
4 Awami National Party Khidmatgar 3 40 100 70 3%
5 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Insan Dost 31 100 65 2.7%
6 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Watan Nawaz 28 80 54 2.2%
7 Jamiat Ulema Pakistan Al-Khadim 10 80 45 1.8%
8 Sunni Tehreek Insan Dost - 25 12 0.5%
9 Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Khushal Pakistan - - - - -
10 Independents 100 100 100 4.1%
Estimated total 171 2,072 2,785 2,428
Actual total 178 2,314 5% error
Turn out 30% 50% 40%

In contrast to latest elections held in 2015, the mayors were elected in CDGK by direct voting of all elected counsellors and not just nazims[clarification needed] or chairmen of a union council/committee. Each union council consisted of 13 members, which gave a total electorate of 2,314 members from 178 union councils.

2015 Karachi local government elections

Main article: 2015 Karachi local elections

There were 209 union committees and 38 union councils in Karachi.[7][8] Both union councils and union committees are similar in that they are territorial units and composition;[9] the main difference between them is that the union committee represents an urban area whereas the union council represents the rural or suburban areas.[10] Each union council has a union council chairman and one member of the district council. The chairman of each district is selected by the chairmen of union councils and union committees.

The following is the result of union committees in local government election held on 5 December 2015.[11][12]

Karachi Local Government Election for Union committees, 2015
#
Parties
 KMC Malir East West Central South Korangi Percentage
1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement 135 1 20 21 50 10 33 64.5%
2 Pakistan Peoples Party 24 5 4 4 1 10 - 11.5%
3 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 19 4 1 9 - 4 1 9.2%
4 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 10 - 2 4 - 2 2 4.8%
5 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 7 1 2 3 - 1 - 3.5%
6 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 1 1 - - - - - 0.5%
7 Awami National Party 1 - - 1 - - - 0.5%
8 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 1 - - 1 - - - 0.5%
9 Independents 11 1 2 3 - 4 1 5.2%
Total 209 13 31 46 51 31 37 100%
Polled votes 2,517,265 36%
Total votes 6,972,454 100%

There was a total of 99 seats reserved in four different categories for the union committees and all 308 members of the union committee select the mayor and deputy mayor of Karachi. The mayoral election was held on 24 August 2016. Waseem Akhtar was elected as the city's mayor by securing 196 out of 294 (305 total) votes in his favor.[13][14] The Pakistan Peoples Party candidate secured second position with 98 votes.

The Pakistan Peoples Party won the majority of the seats in union councils.[15][16] The following is the result of Karachi union councils in the local government election held on 5 December 2015.[17]

Karachi Local Government Union council Election, 2015
#
Parties
 Total Malir West Percentage
1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement 0 - - 0%
2 Pakistan Peoples Party 19 16 3 50%
3 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 1 1 - 2.63%
4 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 0 - - 0%
5 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 0 - - 0%
6 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 1 1 - 2.63%
7 Awami National Party 0 - - 0%
8 Pak Mus Alliance 1 1 - 2.63%
9 Independents 16 13 3 42.1%
Total 38 32 4 100%

The election for the chairman of the District Council was held on 24 August 2016. In the district council elections, Abdullah Murad Baloch from the Pakistan Peoples Party received 35 votes out of 56 (57 total) and was elected as the District Council chairman.[18]

See also

References

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  3. ^ "KARACHI: Muttahida lays claim on Karachi, Hyderabad: Nazim, naib nazim slots". 6 September 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ^ Report, Dawn (19 August 2005). "KARACHI: Peaceful polling held amid claims of rigging: First phase of LB elections". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  5. ^ Report, Dawn (20 August 2005). "PML, allies claim victory in Sindh: •Mixed trends in Punjab, Balochistan •opposition alleges massive fraud". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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  8. ^ A decade later, MQM on track to sweep LG polls in Karachi.
  9. ^ Explainer: How different is Karachi’s LG system from that in the rest of Sindh?
  10. ^ THE SINDH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 2013.
  11. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Voter Turnout in Local election 2015, Sindh Phase-3". Archived from the original on 11 February 2021.
  13. ^ "SHC rejects PTI petition to stop Waseem Akhtar from taking oath - The Express Tribune". 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  14. ^ Karachi mayor to run office from prison
  15. ^ A decade later, MQM on track to sweep LG polls in Karachi.
  16. ^ PPP wins 1,419 of reserved local bodies seats in Sindh.
  17. ^ "Voter Turnout in Local election 2015".
  18. ^ District Council goes to PPP