2015 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local elections

The last local elections in the province took place in February 2005.[5] The local councils that were then elected were dissolved on 20 February 2010 after their term of office ended and they were replaced by administrators until the 2015 elections.[5]

The local elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were to elect members of district councils, tehsil councils and village councils.[5] To elect the 41,762 councillors, 11,261 polling stations were set up for the 13.1 million people who were eligible to vote.[5] Each voter could cast seven votes, which meant 72.2 million ballot papers were printed.[5] However, there were no elections in Kohistan after its division into two districts was challenged at Peshawar High Court.[5]

Expected District Council Seats versus Actual Results

Based on actual votes cast at the General Elections 2013

Women were prevented from voting in Shangla District after a local Jirga ruling, as well as in Lower Dir District, Buner District and parts of Swabi District.[5] A number of people were injured during voting, while in Kohat a presiding officer at a polling station was suspended after allowing people to cast multiple votes.[5]

Violent incidents after the election resulted in the deaths of at least 24 people.[4] In one incident in Tank District ten people were killed and 10 wounded after supporters of a losing candidate threw hand grenades at the celebrating supporters of the winner.[4]