As many as 168 independent candidates have been elected chairman on village and neighborhood councils during December 19 Local Bodies Elec-tions in Peshawar.
According to final consolidated results issued by Election Commission of Pakistan, out of 357 Vil-lage and Neighborhood Council chairman seats of Peshawar, results of 331 have been declared so far by the Election Commission.
According to the results, ANP has clinched maxi-mum 53 chairman seats of village and Neighbor-hood Councils in Peshawar followed by Jamiat Ulema Islam (F) 44 seats, Pakistan Peoples Party (21), Pakistan Tahrik e Insaf (16), Jumat e Islami (14), Tahrik e Labaik Pakistan (three) and Rah-e-Haq Party (one) seat respectively. As many as 11 chairman were elected unopposed.
In Peshawar City tehsil council, the results of 126 village and neighborhood councils out of total 130 were declared where independent candidates se-cured maximum 42 chairman seats followed by ANP 35, JUIF 13 and PPP 13 each, PTI 11, JI 4, Muslim League 3 and Pakistan Rah e Haq Party one while four candidates elected unopposed.
