2015 Karachi local government elections

Pakistani elections 2015 Karachi local government elections Elected Mayor 2005 MQM-L Syed Mustafa Kamal No 2023 Karachi local elections 2023 17 100px Syed Mehdi Shah Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London 64.5% Waseem Akhtar Bashir Ahmad Pakistan Peoples Party Mayor of Karachi 11.5% Rehmat Khaliq MQM-L 100px 9.2% Pakistan Muslim League (N) 80px presidential 2005 Karachi local government elections2015 Karachi local government elections were the second Karachi local government elections to elect a mayor and a local council. thumb|Syed Mustafa Kamal, the outgoing mayor thumb|The new mayor Waseem Akhtar Voting There were 209 union committees and 38 union councils in Karachi.2016-08-30 SHC rejects PTI petition to stop Waseem Akhtar from taking oath – The Express Tribune http://tribune.com.pk/story/1172492/shc-rejects-pti-petition-stop-waseem-akhtar-taking-oath/ 2016-08-30 en-USKarachi mayor to run office from prison Both union councils and union committees are similar in that they are territorial units and composition;A decade later, MQM on track to sweep LG polls in Karachi. the main difference between them is that the union committee represents an urban area whereas the union council represents the rural or suburban areas.PPP wins 1,419 of reserved local bodies seats in Sindh. Each union council has a union council chairman and one member of the district council. The chairman of each district is selected by the chairmen of union councils and union committees. Results The following is the result of union committees in local government election held on 5 December 2015.Voter Turnout in Local election 2015 http://ecp.gov.pk/PrintDocument.aspx?PressId=43175&type=PDF 2020-12-27 2021-02-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20210211003329/https://www.ecp.gov.pk//PrintDocument.aspx?PressId=43175&type=PDF dead Karachi Local Government Election for Union committees, 2015#PartiesKMCMalirEastWestCentralSouthKorangiPercentage125x25px MQM-L1351202150103364.5%225x25px PPP24544110 –11.5%325x25px PMLN19419 –419.2%425x25px PTI10 –24 –224.8%525x25px JI7123 –1 –3.5%625x25px JUI(F)11 – – – – –0.5%725x25px ANP1 – –1 – – –0.5%8IND1 – –1 – – –0.5%9IND11123 –415.2%Total209133146513137100%Polled votes2,517,26536%Total votes6,972,454100% There was a total of 99 seats reserved in four different categories for the union committees and all 308 members of the union committee select the mayor and deputy mayor of Karachi. The mayoral election was held on 24 August 2016. Waseem Akhtar was elected as the city's mayor by securing 196 out of 294 (305 total) votes in his favor.Karachi mayor to run office from prison The Pakistan Peoples Party candidate secured second position with 98 votes. The Pakistan Peoples Party won the majority of the seats in union councils.Voter Turnout in Local election 2015 http://ecp.gov.pk/PrintDocument.aspx?PressId=43175&type=PDF 2020-12-27 2021-02-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20210211003329/https://www.ecp.gov.pk//PrintDocument.aspx?PressId=43175&type=PDF dead The following is the result of Karachi union councils in the local government election held on 5 December 2015. Karachi Local Government Union council Election, 2015#PartiesTotalMalirWestPercentage125x25px MQM-L0 – –0%225x25px PPP1916350%325x25px PMLN11 –2.63%425x25px PTI0 – –0%525x25px JI0 – –0%625x25px JUI(F)11 –2.63%725x25px ANP0 – –0%8IND11 –2.63%9IND1613342.1%Total38324100% The election for the chairman of the District Council was held on 24 August 2016. In the district council elections, Abdullah Murad Baloch from the Pakistan Peoples Party received 35 votes out of 56 (57 total) and was elected as the District Council chairman.2016-08-24 District Council goes to PPP http://tribune.com.pk/story/1169428/district-council-goes-ppp 2020-12-27 The Express Tribune en References Category:Elections in Karachi Category:2015 in Pakistan Category:2015 in Pakistani politics