ISLAMABAD: The vote-counting process began on Sunday in the by-election for 21 seats of National and provincial assemblies across Pakistan, ARY News reported.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) spokesperson said that the polling process would end at 5 pm, however, those inside the polling stations would be able to cast their vote.
A total of 239 candidates are competing for the National and Provincial Assembly seats. By-elections in the constituencies of the National Assembly include two constituencies of Punjab, two constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a constituency of Sindh.
The seats for provincial assemblies included 12 seats of the Punjab Assembly and two seats each of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan Assembly.
Unofficial results;
National Assembly:
NA-44 (Dera Ismail Khan): Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) candidate Faisal Amin won the election.
NA-119 (Lahore): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Ali Pervez won by securing 64,425 votes.
NA-132 (Kasur): PML-N candidate Rasheed Ahmed Khan won by securing the most votes.
NA-196 (Kamber Shahdadtkot): Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) candidate Khursheed Ahmed was declared winner with 68,000 votes.
Provincial Assemblies:
PB-22 (Lasbela): PML-N’s Muhammad Zareen Khan won the election.
PP-22 (Chakwal): PML-N candidate Falak Sher Awan won the seat.
PP-32 (Gujrat): PML-Q’s Musa Elahi won the seat by bagging 70,832 votes.
PP-36 (Wazirabad): PML-N Adnan Afzal Chattha won by securing the most votes.
PP-54 (Narowal): PML-N candidate Ahmed Iqbal was returned winner by securing 60,351 votes.
PK-91 (Kohat): SIC candidate Dawood Afridi won the election.
PP-93 (Bhakkar): PML-N candidate Saeed Akbar won the election.
PP-139 (Sheikhupura): PML-N’s Rana Afzal won by securing 48,347 votes.
PP-147 (Lahore): PML-N candidate Muhammad Riaz bagged 31,860 votes and was declared winner.
PPP-149 (Lahore): IPP’s Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui won the election.
PP-158 (Lahore): PML-N’s Chaudhry Muhammad Nawaz was declared winner with 40,165 votes.
PP-164 (Lahore): PML-N candidate Rashid Minhas won by securing 31,499 votes.
PP-290 (Dera Ghazi Khan): PML-N’s Ali Ahmed Leghari won the seat.
Earlier, the ECP said that there were some complaints of clashes among political workers from Gujrat and Rahim Yar Khan, adding that the polling process was stopped for some time, but resumed after taking immediate action.
The ECP spokesperson said their control room had not yet received any written or telephonic complaints, and the polling process was underway in all 21 constituencies.
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