Mayor of Larkana

Mayor of Larkana
ناظم لاڑکانہ
Larkana Municipal Corporation
Incumbent
Vacant
since 31 August 2021
ResidenceLarkana, Sindh
Term lengthFour years
DeputyDeputy Mayor of Larkana

Nazim-e-Larkana (Urdu: ناظم لاڑکانہ) is the Mayor who heads the Larkana Municipal Corporation (LMC) which controls the Local Government system of Larkana.

Larkana Municipal Corporation

There are 20 Union Councils in larkana Municipal Corporation(LMC), the body which controls local government of Larkana. The Union Councils elect their chairmen and Vice Chairmen who then elect their Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively.

List of mayors

# Mayor Start term End term Deputy Mayor Affiliation Notes
1 Mohammad Bakhsh Arijo Oct 18, 2005[1] 2010 Qurban Abbasi PML(Q) District Nazim
2 Aslam Shaikh Aug 30, 2016 Aug 31, 2020[2] Anwar Ali Luhar PPP SLGA 2013
Administrator System was implemented from September 2020 - present[3]

Mayor elections history

Mayor election 2015

Larkana Municipal Elections 2015[4][5][6]
# Party SMC Percentage %
1 Pakistan Peoples Party 13 87%
2 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 1 6.5%
3 Independents 1 6.5%
Total 15 100%
Votes Polled 317,251 52.6%
Total Votes 608,249 100%

The election for local govt of Larkana was held on October 31, 2015[7]

The mayor and deputy mayor of Larkana were elected on August 24, 2016, and took oath in August 2016.[8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Report, Dawn (2005-10-18). "District, taluka nazims take oath". Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  2. ^ "Sindh's local government bodies complete tenure". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Sindh govt announces appointments of district administrators". Business Recorder (newspaper). 7 September 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  5. ^ "Local Government election 2015, Sindh phase-2 voter turnout". Archived from the original on 2016-11-07.
  6. ^ Kalhoro, M.B. (2016-06-14). "PPP nominates mayor, deputy mayor for Larkana". Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  7. ^ "Larkana: Nomination papers for local body elections 1st phase submitted | Pakistan | Dunya News". Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  8. ^ "returned candidates mayor/Deputy mayors of Larkana - ECP".
  9. ^ "Dailytimes | Elected LG representatives take oath of office in Larkana". dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  10. ^ Kalhoro, M.B. (2016-08-25). "Aslam Shaikh becomes Larkana mayor". Retrieved 2016-09-12.