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Local elections were held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on 30 May 2015. [1] A total of 84,420 candidates contested 41,762 seats on district, town, neighbourhood and village councils. [2] [3] They were the first local elections in the province for ten years. [4]
The last local elections in the province took place in February 2005. [5] The local councils that were then elected were dissolved on 20 February 2010 after their term of office ended and they were replaced by administrators until the 2015 elections. [5]
The local elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were to elect members of district councils, tehsil councils and village councils. [5] To elect the 41,762 councillors, 11,261 polling stations were set up for the 13.1 million people who were eligible to vote. [5] Each voter could cast seven votes, which meant 72.2 million ballot papers were printed. [5] However, there were no elections in Kohistan after its division into two districts was challenged at Peshawar High Court. [5]
| Category | District council | Tehsil council | Village council | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 978 | 978 | 23111 | 25067 |
| Women | 329 | 335 | 6678 | 7342 |
| Peasants/worker | 59 | 85 | 3339 | 3483 |
| Youth | 59 | 85 | 3339 | 3483 |
| Minority | 59 | 85 | 3339 | 3483 |
| Total | 1484 | 1568 | 39806 | 42858 |
Expected district council seats versus actual results
Based on actual votes cast at the 2013 general election
| PTI | ANP | JUIF | PMLn | PPP | JI | QWP | Others | Total | Status | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Available | Expected | Actual | Exp | Act | Exp | Act | Exp | Act | Exp | Act | Exp | Act | Exp | Act | Exp | Act | Exp | Act | |
| Abbottabad | 51 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 51 | Complete |
| Bannu | 49 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 30 | |
| Battagram | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 18 | |
| Buner | 29 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 27 | |
| Charsadda | 49 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 49 | Complete |
| Chitral | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 24 | Complete |
| D I Khan | 49 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 37 | |
| Hangu | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | |
| Haripur | 45 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 31 | |
| Karak | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 15 | |
| Kohat | 32 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |
| Lakki Marwat | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | |
| Dir Lower | 41 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 38 | |
| Malakand | 28 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 24 | |
| Mansehra | 59 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 59 | 59 | Complete |
| Mardan | 75 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 75 | 65 | |
| Nowshehra | 47 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 26 | |
| Peshawar | 92 | 45 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 92 | 71 | |
| Shangla | 30 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | Complete |
| Swabi | 56 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 56 | 56 | Complete |
| Swat | 67 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 67 | 67 | Complete |
| Tank | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | Complete |
| Torghar | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | |
| Dir Upper | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 29 | |
| 978 | 272 | 259 | 84 | 108 | 178 | 96 | 160 | 85 | 71 | 38 | 69 | 78 | 12 | 9 | 132 | 130 |
Women were prevented from voting in Shangla District after a local Jirga ruling, as well as in Lower Dir District, Buner District and parts of Swabi District. [5] A number of people were injured during voting, while in Kohat a presiding officer at a polling station was suspended after allowing people to cast multiple votes. [5]
Violent incidents after the election resulted in the deaths of at least 24 people. [4] In one incident in Tank District ten people were killed and 10 wounded after supporters of a losing candidate threw hand grenades at the celebrating supporters of the winner. [4]
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