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.
2005 Karachi local government 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. Karachi Local Government Elections, 2005# Panel NameSeats claimedClaim 1Claim 2Average Percentage1 Muttahida Qaumi MovementHaq Parast1051,3621,4001,38159.0%2 Jamaat-e-Islami PakistanAl-Khidmat3829950040016.4%3 Pakistan Peoples PartyAwam Dost2520240030112.4%4 Awami National PartyKhidmatgar340100703%5 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)Insan Dost 31100652.7%6 Pakistan Muslim League (N)Watan Nawaz 2880542.2%7Jamiat Ulema PakistanAl-Khadim 1080451.8%8Sunni TehreekInsan Dost -25120.5%9 Pakistan Muslim League (Q)Khushal Pakistan - - - - -10Independents 1001001004.1% Estimated total1712,0722,7852,428 Actual total1782,3145% errorTurn out30%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 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
There were 209 union committees and 38 union councils in Karachi.Explainer: How different is Karachi’s LG system from that in the rest of SindhA decade later, MQM on track to sweep LG polls in Karachi. Both union councils and union committees are similar in that they are territorial units and composition;Explainer: How different is Karachi’s LG system from that in the rest of Sindh? the main difference between them is that the union committee represents an urban area whereas the union council represents the rural or suburban areas.THE SINDH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 2013. 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.
Karachi Local Government Election for Union committees, 2015# KMCMalirEastWestCentralSouthKorangi Percentage1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement 1351202150103364.5%2 Pakistan Peoples Party24544110-11.5%3Pakistan Muslim League (N)19419-419.2%4 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf10-24-224.8%5 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan7123-1-3.5%6 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)11-----0.5%7 Awami National Party1--1---0.5%8Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam1--1---0.5%9Independents11123-415.2%Total209133146513137100%Polled votes2,517,26536%Total votes6,972,454100%
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.Karachi mayor to run office from prison The Pakistan Peoples Party candidate secured second position with 98 votes.
The Pakistan Peoples Party won the majority of the seats in union councils.A decade later, MQM on track to sweep LG polls in Karachi.PPP wins 1,419 of reserved local bodies seats in Sindh. The following is the result of Karachi union councils in the local government election held on 5 December 2015.
Karachi Local Government Union council Election, 2015# TotalMalirWest Percentage1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement 0--0%2 Pakistan Peoples Party 1916350%3Pakistan Muslim League (N) 11-2.63%4 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf0--0%5 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan0--0%6 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)11-2.63%7 Awami National Party 0--0%8Pak Mus Alliance11-2.63%9Independents1613342.1%Total38324100%
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.District Council goes to PPP
See also
Mayor of Karachi
References