Local elections were held in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
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Pakistan
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on 30 May 2015. A total of 84,420 candidates contested 41,762 seats on
district
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, town, neighbourhood and village councils.
Statistics of Local Government Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -2015
Electoral Commission of Pakistan They were the first local elections in the province
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for ten years.
Background
The last local elections in the province took place in February 2005.[
The local elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were to elect members of district councils, ]tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
councils and village councils
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.[ To elect the 41,762 ]councillor
A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries.
Canada
Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
s, 11,261 polling stations were set up for the 13.1 million people who were eligible to vote.[ Each voter could cast seven votes, which meant 72.2 million ballot papers were printed.][ However, there were no elections in ]Kohistan
Kohistan ( fa, کوہستان, ), also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston, Quhistan, may refer to:
In Afghanistan
*Kohistan District, Kapisa, Kapisa Province
** Kohistan Hesa Awal District, a district in Kapisa Province, created within the form ...
after its division into two districts was challenged at Peshawar High Court
The Peshawar High Court ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High ...
.[
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Seats distribution
Expected district council seats versus actual results
Based on actual votes cast at the 2013 general election
Election incidents
Women were prevented from voting in Shangla District after a local Jirga
A jirga ( ps, جرګه, ''jərga'') is an assembly of leaders that makes decisions by consensus according to Pashtunwali, the Pashtun social code. It is conducted in order to settle disputes among the Pashtuns, but also by members of other ethnic ...
ruling, as well as in Lower Dir District, Buner District
Buner District ( ps, بونیر ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Before becoming a district in 1991, it was a tehsil within Swat District.
History
The Buner Valley lies bet ...
and parts of Swabi District
Swabi District ( ps, سوابۍ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. Before becoming a district in 1988, it was a tehsil within t ...
.[ A number of people were injured during voting, while in ]Kohat
Kohat ( ps, کوهاټ; ur, ) is a city that serves as the capital of the Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is regarded as a centre of the Bangash tribe of Pashtuns, who have lived in the region since the late 15th century ...
a presiding officer at a polling station was suspended after allowing people to cast multiple votes.[
Violent incidents after the election resulted in the deaths of at least 24 people.][ In one incident in ]Tank District
Tank District ( ps, ټانک ولسوالۍ, ur, '; skr, ') is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The city of Tank is the capital of the district, which consists of Union Council City I and U ...
ten people were killed and 10 wounded after supporters of a losing candidate threw hand grenade
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s at the celebrating supporters of the winner.[
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See also
* 2021–22 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local elections
References
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