3,216 candidates contesting in Haripur LG polls

HARIPUR: About 3,216 candidates are contesting the May 30 local government elections from Haripur district.
According to the office of District Returning Officer, tehsil Ghazi and Haripur have 45 union councils that have been further subdivided into 155 village councils and 25 neighborhood councils with a total of 2004 seats.
There are 171 candidates in the run for 45 seats of District Council, while 234 aspirants are contesting for the same number of seats from two tehsils.
There are 1,426 candidates against 1,104 general category seats while for 360 seats of women there are 262 contestants; 569 candidates are contesting for 180 seats of peasants/workers category while 540 are trying their luck for youth councillors.