Balochistan holds local government elections after nine years.

Independent candidates were leading in Balochistan’s local government (LG) elections, which were held after nine years on Sunday (May 29) in 32 of the province’s 34 districts.

According to unofficial results as of Sunday night, independent candidates were leading on approximately 1,310 seats. JUI-F led with 217 seats, Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) with 146, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) with 94, Balochistan National Party (BNP) with 54, PPP with 47, National Party (NP) with 64, and PTI with 22.

According to unofficial and unverified results from 24 of the Loralai municipal committee’s 25 wards, BAP was leading in 17 wards, independents in four, and PkMAP and JUI-F were leading in two.

According to unofficial results from 34 of Chaman Municipal Corporation’s 35 wards, PkMAP led with 12 seats, JUI-F with six, ANP with five, and BAP and Oolsi Movement with four each. On three seats, independent candidates were leading.

According to unofficial results from nine of ten wards in municipal committee Washuk, the JUI-F led with seven seats, while the BAP had three. Shahzain Bugti’s Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) led nine of the 11 wards in municipal committee Dera Bugti, while independents led the remaining two.

Several districts experienced violence during the election, and Qalat and Nauskhi were hit by explosions. Authorities, on the other hand, foiled terror plots in Kohlu and Chaman.