PPP s clean sweep as wins all 8 wards in Sehwan Sharif
January 15, 2023 08:58 PM
Sindh's ruling party, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidates won from Sehwan Sharif's all eight wards in the Local Government Elections on Sunday.
According to the 24News HD TV channel, the polling time for the second phase of local body elections in Sindh districts has ended and the counting of votes is going on.
As per the unofficial results, the PPP was contested in all 8 wards of the Saeedabad Town Committee of Sehwan Sharif.
Siddique Memon of the PPP won from ward number 2 by getting 189 votes.
In ward number 3, Imdad Ali Baghio won by getting 390 votes.
Rajab Baghio won from ward number 4 by getting 556 votes and Abdullah Shoro won unopposed from ward number 5.
Qurban Ali Babbar was declared successful by getting 212 votes from ward number 6 and in ward number 7, Syed Zowar Shah won by getting 400 votes.
Muhammad Siddique Memon of PPP won from ward number 8 by getting 652 votes.
The LG Polls in Phase II in Sindh districts were held on the seats of Metropolitan Corporation, Municipal Corporation, Town Municipal Committees, District Councils, Union Councils, and Wards.
In Karachi, the mayor will be elected by any party that has a simple majority of 124 UCs.
On Sunday, the polling process could not start on time in some places of Karachi and at some polling stations, the staff did not arrive on time.
Interestingly, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has boycotted local body elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.
A central control room has been established in the Election Commission Secretariat to make the elections free, fair, and transparent.
The spokesperson of the Election Commission has instructed the District Monitoring Officers and Monitoring Teams to be vigilant and direct them to the office of the Provincial Election Commissioner Sindh in case of any complaint.