Delayed municipal elections in 45 areas due to unfortunates deaths.
Elections in 45 municipalities will take place at a subsequent time as a consequence of the periodic delays and cancellations of the second phase of the municipal elections in Hyderabad and Karachi. 33 contestants who had filed their certificate of candidacy the previous year have unfortunately passed away.
In the meanwhile, 704 of the 19,867 candidates in the race for multiple positions have been nominated unanimously to preside as chairperson, vice chairmen, and general members of union councils, town councils, and district councils in sub-districts of the Karachi and Hyderabad legislative zones.
As per data from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), half of the 16 contestants who perished from the Karachi Division had submitted their candidacy for the chairman and vice chairman positions, and the other eight were contesting for general member vacancies.
Consonance:
In accordance with the official data, one general member contender perished in the district of Malir, one vice chairman candidate, one chairman candidate, and one general member contender each died in the district of Korangi, and two general member contestants died in the district of East.
Additionally, one chairman candidacy and four general member candidates perished in District Keamari, while four vice chairman candidates and one chairman nominee perished in the Central and West districts. In the Hyderabad Division, seventeen further hopefuls perished.
During the general election in Pakistan, a woman casts her vote at a voting station.
The ECP had assured the Sindh government that the second round of the LG elections will take place in Karachi and Hyderabad on July 24, 2022, but it later postponed those elections due to torrential rainfall and ensuing flooding in those cities.
The regional government petitioned their deferral for three months after the ECP adjourned the elections for October 23 on October 18. Because the regional government had dispatched police in the wetlands, it was unable to provide the polling places with the necessary level of protection.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the Jamaat-e-Islami petitioned the Sindh High Court after the setbacks started happening, and on November 15 it compelled the ECP to publish the date of the LG elections within 15 days. The ECP revealed the amended date of January 15 on November 22.
As per the official results, five general member aspirants and one chairman candidate won in the Malir, East, and Keamari districts of Karachi, while the rest of the candidates won a variety of seats in the nine districts of Hyderabad, including general member, town councilor, and district member.
