Karachi LG elections: PPP wins 93 seats, JI comes second with 86

• PPP won  93 union council seats
• JI won 86 seats while PTI won 40 seats
• ECP announced the results of LG elections

KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has emerged as the largest party in the Local Government (LG) elections in Karachi.

The Jamiat-e-Islami was placed second in the polls followed by a disappointing performance by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) finally received the consolidated results of all union councils in Karachi after a long delay.

According to the final results, PPP has won 93 seats of Union Council Chairman/Vice Chairman in the polls, making it the largest party in municipal elections.

Jamaat-e-Islami won the polls on 86 seats, while 40 candidates of the PTI emerged victorious on 40 seats in the polls.

The election commission said 7 candidates of PML-N, 3 candidates of JUI, and two candidates of Tehreek-e-Labaik (TLP) were successful on the seat of Chairman/Vice Chairman.

A candidate of Muhajir Quami Movement won the post of Chairman/Vice Chairman, while 3 independent candidates were successful in the polls.

The election commission held elections for 235 seats of Chairman/Vice Chairman from Karachi yesterday. Eleven seats are vacant after the polls could not be held due to the death of a candidate.

Total UC seats: 235/246 (11 seats excluded)

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