Imran Khan wins NA-45 Kurram by-polls by big margin

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has grabbed victory in NA-45 Kurram by-polls by a big margin, according to the unofficial and unconfirmed results

According to unofficial and unconfirmed results, PTI chief Imran Khan won NA-45 Kurram by-polls by securing 20,748 votes as per the unofficial results of 143 polling stations.

The PTI chairman was followed by Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate Jamil Khan who secured 12,718 votes.

Interestingly, Khan defeated his political opponents by a big margin despite being disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the Toshakhana reference.

The counting of votes has concluded after polling in on a National Assembly seat (NA-45) from Kurram tribal district, which started at 8 am today, has ended amid tight security.

The Kurram by-election was originally postponed from Oct 16 due to the law and order situation in the constituency.

There were 16 candidates including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan, Jamil Khan of Jamiat Ulema e Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) and Sher Muhammad Khan of Jamaat Islami (JI) who contested the elections.

There are 198,618 registered voters — 111,349 men and 87,269 women — in the constituency, according to the spokesman of the Election Commission Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).