The Pakistan People’s Party appears to have taken the lead in Sunday’s local government polls held in different Union Councils’ wards across Sindh, unofficial results showed on Monday.
As per the unofficial results, the Asif Bhutto Zardari-lead party emerged as the biggest winner with 39 seats. However, the results are inconclusive as the Independent candidates grabbed nine seats.
The key contestant Grand Democratic Alliance candidates won six seats.
The People’s Party also won 10 of the 16 seats of the Chairman and Vice Chairman. While, independent candidates and the GDA contestants secured three and two seats respectively.
Based on the unofficial party position results, PPP took the lead with 21 general member seats out of the total 32 seats. The GDA and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan secured one seat each. Furthermore, an independent candidate secured victory in 11 member district council seats. In addition, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, and PTI won one general member seat each.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate won one seat of chairman and vice-chairman. The People’s Party won 22 seats of general members, while the independent candidate bagged four seats.
The voting was held in 15 districts of Sindh in response to widespread allegations of ‘rigging’ during previous local government elections.
