Before 1947 the local government system in Sibi district was governed by the Bazar Regulations introduced in 1910 by the British Government. The members of local bodies were nominated members and they were administrated by deputy commissioners. During 1947-58, local bodies stayed inactive in Sibi district, like in the rest of the Province. Local bodies were reactivated in 1958 with the introduction of the Basic Democracies system, as laid down in the Basic Democracies Order of 1959, issued by the martial law regime of General Mohammad Ayub Khan. The Basic Democracies system had four tiers. These were 1) union council, tehsil council, district council, divisional council, in the case of rural areas, and 2) town committee, municipal committee, district council, and divisional council in the case of urban areas.

The Basic Democracies system was amended and superseded by the present system introduced with the Balochistan Local Government Ordinance of 1980. It is a two - tier system comprising union councils and district councils for rural areas, and town committees/ municipal committees and district council for urban areas. For a list of villages, union councils and tehsils, see Annex 1.

Sibi district has one district council, 13 union councils, one town committee, and one municipal committee. Membership of union council is by election, through universal adult franchise. The same applies to town committee and municipal committee. The members of the district council are drawn from the elected members of union councils. The elected chairmen of town committee and municipal committee are ex-officio members of the district council.

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