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2005 Karachi local government elections were the first Karachi local government elections to elect a mayor and a local council.
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2005 Karachi local government elections were the first Karachi local government elections to elect a mayor and a local council.
In contrast to latest elections held in 2015, the mayors were elected in CDGK by direct voting of all elected counsellors. Each union council consisted of 13 members, which gave a total electorate of 2,314 members from 178 union councils.
The 2005 local government elections individual results are based on claims made by various parties; the official result has not remained as a part of the Election Commission of Pakistan's record.
The following party results are only based on estimate and is not a definite result. [1] [2] [3]
| Karachi Local Government Elections, 2005 | ||||||||
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| # | Parties | Panel Name | Seats claimed | Claim 1 | Claim 2 | Average | Percentage | |
| 1 |  Muttahida Qaumi Movement | Haq Parast | 105 | 1,362 | 1,400 | 1,381 | 59.0% |  |
| 2 |  Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan | Al-Khidmat | 38 | 299 | 500 | 400 | 16.4% |  |
| 3 |  Pakistan Peoples Party | Awam Dost | 25 | 202 | 400 | 301 | 12.4% |  |
| 4 |  Awami National Party | Khidmatgar | 3 | 40 | 100 | 70 | 3% |  |
| 5 |  Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) | Insan Dost | 31 | 100 | 65 | 2.7% |  | |
| 6 |  Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Watan Nawaz | 28 | 80 | 54 | 2.2% |  | |
| 7 | Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan | Al-Khadim | 10 | 80 | 45 | 1.8% |  | |
| 8 | Sunni Tehreek | Insan Dost | - | 25 | 12 | 0.5% |  | |
| 9 | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | Khushal Pakistan | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 10 | Independents | 100 | 100 | 100 | 4.1% |  | ||
| Estimated total | 171 | 2,072 | 2,785 | 2,428 | ||||
| Actual total | 178 | 2,314 | 5% error | |||||
| Turn out | 30% | 50% | 40% |  | ||||
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