PESHAWAR – Voting for six seats of local body by-elections was held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Election Commission had established an Election Monitoring and Control Center to monitor it. Tight security arrangements had been made for by-elections to be held for Tehsil Council chairman Darosh Chitral, Tangi Charsadda, Daraban DI Khan, Katlang Mardan, Dasu Kohistan and Blambat Lower Dir.
Voting started at 8:00 am and continued until 5:00 pm without any break. In each of these council by-elections, 33 candidates contested.
A total of 783,772 voters had to exercise their right to vote. A total of 568 polling stations were established. There were 1,720 voting booths built inside.
233 polling stations had been declared very sensitive. for which adequate security measures have been taken.
