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Pakistan Local Government Elections

Local government elections decide who sits on Pakistan's village and neighbourhood councils, tehsil councils and cantonment boards, and the terms of the local bodies elected in the last cycle have now expired. The Election Commission of Pakistan sets the schedule under Article 140-A of the Constitution, and the process now runs alongside emergency and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This hub follows the commission's decisions on polling dates, delimitation and electoral rolls, and the provincial requests to delay them.

4 reportsLatest 5 November 2026
Inside a polling station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, election officials sit at a table sorting stacks of coloured voter slips beside a transparent ballot box while voters and party agents wait near the door.

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5 November 2026
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ECP sets 7 February 2027 for Punjab local government polls and suspends the K-P process

The Election Commission of Pakistan set 7 February 2027 for the first phase of Punjab local government elections and suspended all Khyber Pakhtunkhwa poll preparations.

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A busy market street in Peshawar's old city, with Urdu and English shop signs, bolts of cloth hanging outside the stalls, motorbikes at the kerb and pedestrians passing an old building with arched windows and domed turrets.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

ECP orders local government polls in 23 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts and holds back 12

The Election Commission has ordered local government elections to be prepared in 23 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts, holding back the 12 districts under the emergency arrangement.

The exterior of the Election Commission of Pakistan headquarters in Islamabad, a low-rise building behind a wide gate, photographed in 2013.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

ECP rejects Punjab plea to delay local government polls until April 2027

The Election Commission of Pakistan on 15 October 2026 rejected Punjab's request to push local government polls to April 2027, ordering immediate election schedules.

A woman voter at a segregated polling station casting a folded ballot into a ballot box during Pakistan's 2013 general election.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan ECC approves Rs18.5bn for local polls but releases Rs2bn

Pakistan's ECC approved Rs18.5 billion for local-government elections but released only Rs2 billion, despite the Election Commission asking for the full amount.