PML-N wins NA 123 PP 82 slots Pakistan Tahreek e Insaf stood second
Pakistan Muslim League-N won Wednesday’s by-elections in NA-123 Lahore and PP-82 Jhang while PML-Zia and Pakistan People’s Party clinched PP-284 Bahawalnagar and PP-25 Jafarabad, according to unofficial results received so far from the majority of the polling stations.
Malik Pervez of PML-N has returned successful with sizeable margin in NA-123 Lahore while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s candidate Hamid Khan Mairaj stood second.
Azam Cheela of PML-N has secured PP-82 Jhang (runner up Ghazanfar Ali Khan of PPP); Shahid Anjum of PML-Zia won PP-284 Bahawalnagar (runner up Kashif Naveed of PPP) while Sardar Nasir Khan Jamali of Pakistan People Party grabbed PP-25 Jafarabad (runner up Attaulla Bulaidi – Independent).
PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif felicitated the party’s winning candidates, terming it a victory of the people.
The vote count continues after polling process completed in four constituencies of Punjab and Balochistan during by-election.
These constituencies include NA-123 Lahore, PP-82 Jhang, PP-284 Bahawalnagar and BP-25 Jaffarabad where the strict security measures are in place.
Earlier, the polling in the above constituencies took place during 8am to 5pm.
Overall, complete calm was witnessed during the day, but some candidates leveled charges of riggings against their rival candidates.
In Bahawalnagar area of Fort Abbas, the polling had to be discontinued as a result of dispute between the polling agents of different candidates in polling station-295.
Jamaat Islami’s Hafiz Salman Butt and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) candidate Shahbaz Sharif came face to face at Lahore’s polling station-38, where the workers of both the parties raised slogans.
On this, police arrived on the spot to quench the slogans and confrontation. Police took Hamza in their cordon.
Talking to Geo News, Razia Sultana—Presiding Officer at Polling Station-126—said serial numbers are missing from the dozens of ballot papers, adding she told the same to Election Commission.
Government has announced public holiday on the occasion of by-polls in three constituencies including Bahawalnagar, Jhang and Jaffarabad.
Government and private educational institutions will remain closed in Lahore and Bahawalnagar for by-polls.
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