Mardan
Awami National Party (ANP) has emerged as biggest party in Mardan district by gaining 60 chairman seats on different NCs and VCs in recent Local Body Polls, while JUI-F gained 48 seats and emerged second big party.
According to Online, independent candidates won 88 seats while ruling party PTI could bag only 8 seats in Mardan district.
In tehsil Mardan, ANP gained 33 chairman seats, 7 in tehsil Takhatbhai, 3 in tehsil Rustam, 9 in tehsil Katlang, and 8 seats in tehsil Garhi Kapura.
It may be noted that in the 2018 general election PTI gained 215,595 votes in Mardan district, ANP gained 144,728 votes and JUI-F gained 74,679 votes. However in local government election JUI-F has increased its vote bank to 160,579 and PTI decreased to 94,285 and ANP also deceased it vote to 123,227.
