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Mayor of Sukkur
ناظم سکھر
Sukkur Municipal Corporation
Incumbent
Arsalan Sheikh
since February 2023
ResidenceSukkur
AppointerElectorate of Sukkur
Term lengthFour years
DeputyDeputy Mayor of Sukkur
WebsiteOfficial website

Nazim-e-Sukkur (Urdu: ناظم سکھر) is the Mayor who heads the Sukkur Municipal Corporation (SMC) which controls the Local Government system of Sukkur.

Sukkur Municipal Corporation

There are 32 Union Councils in Sukkur Municipal Corporation(SMC), the body which controls local government of Sukkur. The Union Councils elect their chairmen and Vice Chairmen who then elect their Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively.

List of mayors

Following is the list of mayors of Sukkur in recent times

# Mayor Starting term Ending term Deputy Mayor Affiliation Notes
1 Nasir Hussain Shah (1st Term) 2001 2005 PPP City District Government Sukkur
2 Nasir Hussain Shah (2nd Term) 2005 2010 PPP
Commissioner System was implemented during 2010 - 2016
3 Arsalan Shaikh (1st Term) 2016 2020 Tariq Chauhan PPP Sindh Local Govt Act 2013 (SLGA), youngest mayor of Pakistan
Administrator System was implemented from September 2020 - July 2023
4 Arsalan Sheikh (2nd Term) 2023 Incumbent PPP

Mayor elections history

Mayor elections 2015

Sukkur Municipal Elections 2015
# Party SMC Percentage %
1 Pakistan Peoples Party 18 69%
2 Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan 3 11.5%
3 Independents 5 19.5%
Total 26 100%
Votes Polled 291,092 53.5%
Total Votes 543,947 100%

As a result, PPP mayor and deputy mayors were elected as Mayors of Sukkur. They took oath on August 30, 2016.

See also

References

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  2. "City Mayors: Mayors in Asia and Asia-Pacific". www.citymayors.com. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  3. "Local bodies across province dissolved after completion of term". Dawn (newspaper). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. "Pakistan's youngest mayor tells his priorities for Sukkur". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  5. "Sindh govt announces appointments of district administrators". Business Recorder (newspaper). 7 September 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  7. "Local Government election 2015, Sindh phase-2 voter turnout". Archived from the original on 2016-11-07.
  8. Kalhoro, M.B. (2016-06-14). "PPP nominates mayor, deputy mayor for Larkana". Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  9. "Open workplace: Sukkur mayor holds maiden meeting, inside a tent - The Express Tribune". 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
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