PESHAWAR – Independent candidates bagged six seats while the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secured five seats in the first-ever elections for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly from the merged tribal areas, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Sunday.
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) came last with three seats in the race for historic polls in the erstwhile Federally Administered areas.
The polling process had concluded peacefully on Saturday for 16 Provincial Assembly (PA) seats. The voting process started at 8.00 am and continued till 5.00 pm without any break.
As per the directives of Election Commission of Pakistan, the results would be made public after 6 PM.
Unofficial Results
Following are the unofficial, incomplete results compiled so far:
PK-100: JI leading, ANP trailing
PK-101: JI leading, PTI trailing
PK-102: JI leading, Independent candidate trailing
PK-103: JUI-F leading, PTI trailing
PK-104: Counting underway
PK-105: Independent candidates leading
PK-106: Independent leading, PTI trailing
PK-107: PTI leading, Independent candidate trailing
PK-108: Counting underway
PK-109: Counting underway
PK-110: PTI leading, Independent candidate trailing
PK-111: Counting underway
PK-112 JUI-F leading, PTI trailing
PK-113: Counting underway
PK-114: Counting underway
PK-115: PTI leading, JUI-F trailing
PK-116: Counting underway
More than 2.8 million people were exercising their right to vote in the historic elections, being held with full security measures.
Tight security measures had been taken to ensure holding of the polling in a peaceful and transparent manner.
Besides local police, the Pak Army had also been deployed in and outside the polling stations to help the administration in maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the elections.
According to an official of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), total registered voters in these areas were 2,801,834, out of which 1,671,305 voters wereámale while 1,130,529 were female.
The ECP had appointed eight District Returning Officers, 36 Assistant Returning Offices and 1897 Presiding Officers.
He said three-tier security arrangements had been made to enable the voters to exercise their right of franchise in a secure environment.
He said a total of 282 candidates were contesting an election. He added that 28 candidates were contesting elections on seats reserved for women and non-Muslim including 22 on women seats and six on non-Muslim seats.
He said the commission had set up 1,897 polling stations out of which 482 were male, 376 were female and 1,039 were combined polling stations.
The official said that Army troops were deployed outsideáallá1897 polling stations whereas inside and outsideáall 554 highly sensitive polling stations.
He said to encourage female voters to cast their votes more conveniently, the female security staff was deployed atáall female polling stations and female booths of all combined polling stations.
He said ECP had already directed the provincial government for installation of CCTV cameras at all booths of 1,897 polling stations and in this regard, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) had also been issued toáalláconcerned.
He said a complaint centre had been established in Islamabad as well as in ECP office Peshawar.
He added that the ECP had printed 2,891,000 ballot papers for 2,801,834 voters.
According to updated electoral rolls, in PK-100 Bajaur-I total voters are 156,237, out of which male voters are 94,937 and female voters are 61,300, PK-101 Bajaur-II, total voters are 161,047, male voters 94,349 and female voters 66,698, PK-102 Bajaur-II total voters 216,719, male voters 125,358 and female voters are 91,361, PK-103 Mohmand ľI total voters 110,477, male voters 68,469, female voters 42,008, PK-104 Mohmand-II total voters 170,022, male voters 106,749, female voters 63,273, PK-105 Khyber-I total voters 167, 484, male voters 94,514, female voters 72,970, PK-106, Khyber-II total voters 148,470, male voters 82,818, female voters 65,652, PK-107, Khyber-III total voters 216,133, male voters 123,683, female voters 92,450, PK-108, Kurram-I total voters 172,897, male voters 99,534, female voters 73,363, PK-109, Kurram-II total voters 187, 844, male voters 105,284, female voters 82,560, PK-110, Orakzai total voters 196,436, male voters 110,741, female voters 85,695, PK-111, North Waziristan-I total voters 141,053, male voters 92,845, female voters 48,208, PK-112, North Waziristan-II total voters 179,124, male voters 117,811, female voters 61,313, PK-113, South Waziristan-1 total voters 218,835, male voters 122,197, female voters 96,638, PK-114, South Waziristan-II total voters 167,994, male voters 115,572, female voters 52,422 and PK-115, ex Frontier Regions total voters 191,062, male votes 116444, female voters 74,618.
