2005 Karachi local elections
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2005 Karachi local government elections were the first Karachi local government elections to elect a mayor and a local council.
Voting
[edit]In contrast to latest elections held in 2015, the mayors were elected in CDGK by direct voting of all elected counsellors. Each union council consisted of 13 members, which gave a total electorate of 2,314 members from 178 union councils.
Result
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The 2005 local government elections individual results are based on claims made by various parties; the official result has not remained as a part of the Election Commission of Pakistan's record.
The following party results are only based on estimate and is not a definite result.[1][2][3]
| Karachi Local Government Elections, 2005 | ||||||||
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| # | Parties
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Panel Name | Seats
claimed |
Claim 1 | Claim 2 | Average | Percentage | |
| 1 |  MQM-L
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Haq Parast | 105 | 1,362 | 1,400 | 1,381 | 59.0% |  |
| 2 |  JI
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Al-Khidmat | 38 | 299 | 500 | 400 | 16.4% |  |
| 3 |  PPP
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Awam Dost | 25 | 202 | 400 | 301 | 12.4% |  |
| 4 |  ANP
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Khidmatgar | 3 | 40 | 100 | 70 | 3% |  |
| 5 |  JUI (F)
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Insan Dost | 31 | 100 | 65 | 2.7% |  | |
| 6 |  PMLN
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Watan Nawaz | 28 | 80 | 54 | 2.2% |  | |
| 7 | Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan | Al-Khadim | 10 | 80 | 45 | 1.8% |  | |
| 8 | Sunni Tehreek | Insan Dost | - | 25 | 12 | 0.5% |  | |
| 9 | PML (Q)
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Khushal Pakistan | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 10 | IND | 100 | 100 | 100 | 4.1% |  | ||
| Estimated total | 171 | 2,072 | 2,785 | 2,428 | ||||
| Actual total | 178 | 2,314 | 5% error | |||||
| Turn out | 30% | 50% | 40% |  | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Report, Dawn (2005-08-19). "KARACHI: Peaceful polling held amid claims of rigging: First phase of LB elections". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "KARACHI: Muttahida lays claim on Karachi, Hyderabad: Nazim, naib nazim slots". DAWN.COM. 2005-09-06. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ Report, Dawn (2005-08-20). "PML, allies claim victory in Sindh: •Mixed trends in Punjab, Balochistan •opposition alleges massive fraud". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-12-27.