[1] A total of 84,420 candidates contested 41,762 seats on district, town, neighbourhood and village councils.

[5] To elect the 41,762 councillors, 11,261 polling stations were set up for the 13.1 million people who were eligible to vote.

[5] Each voter could cast seven votes, which meant 72.2 million ballot papers were printed.

[5] However, there were no elections in Kohistan after its division into two districts was challenged at Peshawar High Court.

[4] In one incident in Tank District ten people were killed and 10 wounded after supporters of a losing candidate threw hand grenades at the celebrating supporters of the winner.