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KARACHI:

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is now in the lead with 77 seats after the partial results of the local government elections in Karachi were revealed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday.


Out of the 253 seats in the Karachi division, results for 160 seats have been sent to the election watchdog.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 28 seats, followed by Jamat-e-Islami (JI) with 43 seats. The remaining 75 seats' results are still awaited.

The first district to submit its voting results was Matiari. District Returning Officer (DRO) and regional election commissioner Matiari Syed Nadeem Haider reported the results of all 345 polling places in the 30 Union Councils (UC),The provincial election commissioner's office received six town committees and one municipal committee from Matiari.

Results of the LG poll: "complex topic, requires time" ECP


In response to complaints from political parties about the delay in releasing local body election results, the ECP stated on Monday that it is a "complicated matter that takes time" and provided assurance that the results that have been compiled were being sent to the returning officers' (RO) office.


Ijaz Anwar Chauhan, the provincial election commissioner for Sindh, explained the reason for the delay in results to the media.


"This is a challenging procedure, and preparing the outcomes of one union council takes time."

Each UC has four wards and, on average, 20 polling places, according to Chauhan. He continued by saying that the results of the entire UC would be insufficient if even one polling place's results were unavailable.


In the meantime, Jamaat-e-Islami, PTI, and PPP questioned why the election results had taken so long to be announced and requested that they be made public right away.


Saeed Ghani, the president of the PPP in Karachi, expressed concern that the prolonged delay might make the entire election process contentious and encouraged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to complete its work as soon as feasible.

Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, the leader of JI Karachi and a candidate for mayor, asserted that Forms 11 and 12 were not given to the party and that election results were being rigged. The deputy commissioner had requested a recount, he continued.