Karachi:
The unofficial results of the partial elections for 28 seats of the local government in 14 districts of Sindh, including three in Karachi, showed that the Popular Party of Pakistan emerged as the leader.
The Pakistan Electoral Commission has so far published unofficial results for 20 seats. According to preliminary figures, PPP candidates won the victory in 17 seats, while Jamaat-E-Isami, the Great Democratic Alliance and an independent candidate won a seat each.
The surveys began at 8 am and ended at 4 pm the participation of voters remained relatively low in several constituencies. According to reports, the general survey process remained Pacific, however, some sporadic incidents of disturbances in Karachi were reported.
The votes were carried out for six presidents, seven vice presidents, 13 general members and two members of the District Council. Around 243,187 voters (133,038 men and 110,154 women) were eligible to launch their vote in 168 electoral schools.
The main political parties, including PPP, Jamaat-E-Islami, Jui-F, TLP and PML-N, presented their candidates, while several independents backed by the PTI were also in the race.
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The partial elections in Karachi were held in five seats in the districts of East, West and Keamari, with 54 candidates in the fray. According to the unofficial results, Shahroze Ahmed of PPP assured the vice president of UC-8 of Sohrab Goth with 1,790 votes, defeating the independent candidate Jaleel Ahmed Mughiri, who obtained 166 votes.
PPP also won the general seat of the committee of the city of Bhah Shah of Karachi with 714 votes, while its two independent rivals together achieved only four votes.
In the city of Baldia de Karachi, UC-8, Mohammad Faisal de PPP came out victorious in the race for the vice president, obtaining 3,132 votes. Independent candidate Hasnain Ali Chauhan continued with 1,084 votes, while Yasir Hayat de Jamaat-E-Islami followed 796.
In Manghopir UC-10, the PPP candidate Stephen Masih won the vice president’s seat with 891 votes, while the candidate of the National Party Awami obtained 324 votes, according to unofficial results.
The PPP candidate, Shehnila Amir, won the president’s seat in Orangi UC-1 with 3,801 votes. The TLP candidate, Muhammad Ali, obtained second place with 1,787 votes, while Muhamad Khurshid Alam by Jamaat-E-Islami finished third with 1,288 votes.
In the Ward-4 of the city of Orangi, Mohammad Bilal Naseer de Jamaat-E-Isami beat the Sheikh Azhar of PPP by ensuring 791 votes against 749.
Strong exhibition in other Sindh districts
Outside Karachi, PPP maintained its domain in other parts of Sindh. In the UC-64 of the Dadu district, the PPP candidate won the neighborhood member seat with 554 votes. In the same district, his district council nominee won a convincing victory with 2,144 votes.
In Mirpurkhas, the PPP candidate for Vice President of UC-53 surveyed 3,186 votes, winning comfortably against the independent rival that could only ensure 540 votes.
In Rohri UC-20 in Sukkur, PPP candidate triumphed with 2,677 votes, defeating Jui-F candidate, who said 765. In Makki Shah Town, Sukkur, Nazir Ahmed of PPP won the general seat with 450 votes.
PPP’s domain extended to Badin’s Matli UC-5, where his candidate for the president’s headquarters surveyed 2,218 votes. In Khairpur, the party obtained two victories, a member seat of the city committee with 879 votes and the presidency of UC-12 with 3,708 votes, defeating Mukhtiar Ahmed de GDA, who received 417.
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Independent candidates also registered victories. In UC-20 from Mirpurkhas, Owais obtained 338 votes for the seat of general members, leaving Mohammad Rafiq behind TLP with 71 votes.
In the UC-12 of Thatta, the PPP vice president candidate was victorious with 1,281 votes against the independent candidate Waqas Ahmed, who obtained 261 votes.
The ruling party also published consecutive victories in the district of Uumerkot, where its candidates dominated the competitions for both the district council member and for the president of the Council of the Union.
For the position of the District Council in UMERKOT, the PPP candidate won 4,080 votes, comfortably defeating an independent contender who administered 902 votes.
In UC-19 of the same district, the PPP winning streak continued while his candidate obtained 4,134 votes in the president’s career. The closest opponent, an independent candidate, received 977 votes.
However, a remarkable exception to PPP’s performance occurred in UMRKOT UC-41, where Mohammad Daim de GDA obtained 1,256 votes, deeply defeating Aftab Ali from PPP, which received only three votes.
ECP said that of the 67 partial elections scheduled in Sindh, 33 candidates were elected without opposition. There were no nominations in two electoral districts, while the nomination documents of three candidates were rejected. A candidate voluntarily retired from the contest.
Survey interruptions
Although the ECP described the process as ordered, minor disturbances exploded in Karachi. Outside the electoral plants in UC-10 of the city of Manghopir and UC-8 of the city of Baldia, the confrontations between rival political groups became brief fights before the police intervened to control the situation.
In a voting station in the UC-1 of the city of Orangi, the tensions increased when the activists of a religious party alleged irregularities. They were called high police officers and additional forces to calm the tension.
The provincial electoral commissioner then requested reports from the monitoring and return officers of the district after complaints of survey delays and alleged misconduct. However, ECP officials ruled out accusations of irregularities, insisting that the votes were carried out in an atmosphere largely peaceful.
