{"id":17577,"date":"2022-05-30T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T06:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=17577"},"modified":"2022-05-30T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T06:37:15","slug":"balochistan-holds-local-government-elections-after-nine-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/30\/balochistan-holds-local-government-elections-after-nine-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Balochistan holds local government elections after nine years."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Independent candidates were leading in Balochistan&#8217;s local government (LG) elections, which were held after nine years on Sunday (May 29) in 32 of the province&#8217;s 34 districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to unofficial results as of Sunday night, independent candidates were leading on approximately 1,310 seats. JUI-F led with 217 seats,<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/04\/14\/balochistans-bhc-dismissed-a-petition-to-postpone-local-body-elections\/\"> Balochistan<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to unofficial and unverified results from 24 of the Loralai municipal committee&#8217;s 25 wards, BAP was leading in 17 wards, independents in four, and PkMAP and JUI-F were leading in two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to unofficial results from 34 of Chaman Municipal Corporation&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) led nine of the 11 wards in municipal committee Dera Bugti, while independents led the remaining two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several districts experienced violence during the election, and Qalat and Nauskhi were hit by explosions. 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