PESHAWAR, July 21: Ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf clinched four while Independent candidates grabbed five seats in the first-ever elections for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly from the merged tribal areas, the Election Commission of Pakistan stated on Sunday.
The polling time in the erstwhile Federal Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) concluded on Saturday at 5pm.
According to the ECP results of 13 constituencies out of 16, Jamaat-e-Islami gained one seat and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl clinched two seats.
The results stated that the Awami National Party also won a seat.
Polling began in 16 districts early on Saturday. Security forces were deployed inside and outside 554 highly sensitive polling stations. According to the provincial election commissioner, results in the tribal districts would be given on WhatsApp due to a network issue in the area.
There were a total of 1,897 polling stations set up for the election. 282 candidates were vying for the 16 general seats, including nominees for the ruling Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf, JUI-F, Awami National Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan Peoples Party and Independents.
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Two women contested the provincial election in the tribal areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Naheed Afridi from the Awami National Party (ANP) aspired for a win in the conservative Khyber district’s constituency of PK 106. There were a total of 148,470 voters in this constituency, of which 65,652 (44 per cent) are female.
The other woman was Malasa Bibi, who was fielded by the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) for PK 109 in the Kurram district. In her constituency, there were 187,844 voters in all, of which 82,560 were women.-Agencies
