2015 Karachi local government elections
 
Party MQM PPP PML(N)
Percentage 64.5% 11.5% 9.2%
Mayor of Karachi before election

Syed Mustafa Kamal
Muttahida Qaumi Movement

 Elected Mayor

Waseem Akhtar
MQM

2015 Karachi local government elections were the second Karachi local government elections to elect a mayor and a local council.

Syed Mustafa Kamal, the outgoing mayor
The new mayor Waseem Akhtar

Voting

There were 209 union committees and 38 union councils in Karachi.[1][2] Both union councils and union committees are similar in that they are territorial units and composition;[3] the main difference between them is that the union committee represents an urban area whereas the union council represents the rural or suburban areas.[4] 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.[5]

Karachi Local Government Election for Union committees, 2015
#
Parties
 KMC Malir East West Central South Korangi Percentage
1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement 135 1 20 21 50 10 33 64.5%
2 Pakistan Peoples Party 24 5 4 4 1 10 – 11.5%
3 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 19 4 1 9 – 4 1 9.2%
4 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 10 – 2 4 – 2 2 4.8%
5 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 7 1 2 3 – 1 – 3.5%
6 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 1 1 – – – – – 0.5%
7 Awami National Party 1 – – 1 – – – 0.5%
8 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 1 – – 1 – – – 0.5%
9 Independents 11 1 2 3 – 4 1 5.2%
Total 209 13 31 46 51 31 37 100%
Polled votes 2,517,265 36%
Total votes 6,972,454 100%

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.[6] The Pakistan Peoples Party candidate secured second position with 98 votes.

The Pakistan Peoples Party won the majority of the seats in union councils.[7] 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
#
Parties
 Total Malir West Percentage
1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement 0 – – 0%
2 Pakistan Peoples Party 19 16 3 50%
3 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 1 1 – 2.63%
4 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 0 – – 0%
5 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 0 – – 0%
6 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 1 1 – 2.63%
7 Awami National Party 0 – – 0%
8 Pak Mus Alliance 1 1 – 2.63%
9 Independents 16 13 3 42.1%
Total 38 32 4 100%

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.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "SHC rejects PTI petition to stop Waseem Akhtar from taking oath – The Express Tribune". 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  2. ↑ Karachi mayor to run office from prison
  3. ↑ A decade later, MQM on track to sweep LG polls in Karachi.
  4. ↑ PPP wins 1,419 of reserved local bodies seats in Sindh.
  5. ↑ "Voter Turnout in Local election 2015".
  6. ↑ Karachi mayor to run office from prison
  7. ↑ "Voter Turnout in Local election 2015".
  8. ↑ "District Council goes to PPP". The Express Tribune. 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
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