MQM-P candidate Hashim Raza wins PS-94 by-election: unofficial results

KARACHI: Counting of votes for by-polls at PS-94 Korangi (Karachi-III) has culminated and Muttahida Qoumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) candidate Syed Hashim Raza is leading on all 149 polling stations, ARY News reported on Sunday.

According to preliminary, unofficial results obtained from 149 polling stations, Raza led the vote count by obtaining 215,367 votes whereas Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi trailed behind him, bagging 8978 votes.

The number of registered voters in the constituency is 246, 477, of which 136,808 are male and 109, 641 are female.

According to sources, voters’ turnout remained 18 per cent, however, the final count will be announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in days to come.

PS-94 Karachi-III comprises of Karachi’s Korangi area and includes several areas of Landhi sub-division.

The seat fell vacant on November 27 last year after the death of MQM-P MPA Muhammad Wajahat, who was suffering from cancer.

Wajahat had won the seat in the general elections by securing 32,729 votes; however his contender Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) candidate Muhammad Shoaibur Rehman had bagged 14,030 votes.

Earlier in the day, polling had started amid tight security at all polling stations in the constituency.

As many as 149 polling stations were set up for PS-94 by-polls. CCTV cameras have been installed at all the polling stations.

The electoral body on Thursday (January 17) had decided to deploy Army and Rangers personnel in and outside all the polling stations to ensure security and transparency of the polling process.

Above results are provisional and unofficial. We will update the count as further results arrive.