MARDAN: ANP candidate wins election after recounting of votes. Himayatullah Mayar of the Awami National Party was successful in the recounting of ballots for Mardan’s City Mayor’s office, according to local news media on Saturday.
During the recounting of votes, ANP candidate Himayatullah Mayar received 58,464 votes.
In the recounting, JUI-runner-up F’s candidate, Maulana Amanat Shah Haqqani, received 51,866 votes. Within three days, 414 polling stations had their ballots counted again.
ANP candidate wins election after recounting of votes.
Previously, after the election results were announced, losing candidates from several political parties contested the election results on the Mardan seat.
They had petitioned Pakistan’s Election Commission to investigate the situation.
Himayatullah Mayar has also served as District Nazim Mardan thrice and as a member of the district’s legislative assembly.
After a poor performance in the recent local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Awami National Party (ANP) has disbanded its local organizational structure.
According to individuals familiar with the situation, the ANP leadership was irritated by poor voter turnout in the party’s favor and decided to dissolve all tehsil-level groups.
According to insiders, the party has also decided to take action against ANP leaders who have refused to support the party’s candidate in municipal elections.
The Awami National Party is a Pashtun nationalist, secular, and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Asfandyar Wali Khan, grandson of Bacha Khan, with Mian Iftikhar Hussain serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008−13, ANP’s political position is considered left-wing, advocating for secularism, public sector government, and social egalitarianism
