PP-7 Rawalpindi: ECP rejects PTI's recount plea

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) plea for a recount for the PP-7 Rawalpindi of the Punjab Assembly, ARY News reported. 

According to details, the ECP has rejected PTI candidate Shabbir Awan’s plea for a recount in 21 polling stations of PP-7 Rawalpindi. The ECP said in the verdict that the PTI candidate did not provide any conclusive argument to justify the recount.

The PTI candidate had filed a plea to recount votes in the constituency after he lost the polls by just 49 votes. The Returning Officer (RO) of the constituency had rejected the re-count plea after which the PTI candidate approached the ECP.

PML-N’s Raja Sagheer won the by-poll on the Punjab Assembly seat with a margin of just 49 votes defeating Mohammad Shabbir Awan of the PTI. The PTI also raised questions over the delayed announcement of the result in the constituency.

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The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Wednesday stopped the RO from notifying the results pertaining to the unofficially declared winner of PP-7 Rawalpindi.

The ECP has rejected the PTI’s plea for a recount in 21 polling stations of PP-7 Rawalpindi.