PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday issued schedule for the by-election of local bodies in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
According to an ECP notification, the polling will be held on August 27 across KP, while the candidates will be able to submit their nomination papers for the LG polls till July 19.
The election tribunal will publish final list of candidates on August 2 while the results of LG polls would be announced on August 30.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had won the second phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held in April this year.
In the second phase, voting was held in 65 tehsils in 18 districts of the provinces. The party clinched victory on 32 seats.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 5; Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), 3; Awami National Party (ANP), Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) and independents 2 each, and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the Rah-e-Haq Party (RHP) and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) one each.
