Provisional results of the by-elections in five national and 16 provincial constituencies have begun trickling in as the vote count commenced following the conclusion of polling on Sunday.
Polling continued from 8 am until 5 pm without any break – across five National Assembly seats, 12 Punjab Assembly seats, two Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats and two Balochistan Assembly seats – amid stringent security measures.
Elections were originally scheduled for 23 constituencies. However, the results of two seats, one national [NA-207 Shaheed Benazirabad] and one provincial [PS-80 Dadu], had already been announced.
PPP’s Aseefa Bhutto Zardari was elected unopposed on the NA-207 Shaheed Benazirabad seat, while the PS-80 Dadu seat was secured by Zubair Ahmad Junejo.
During the polling today, cellular and internet services remained suspended in 13 cities of Punjab and are likely to remain off till late night.
As per unverified and unconfirmed reports coming in shortly after by-polls closed, the PML-N is riding the tide in Punjab, with its election candidates attaining lead over competitors mainly from the Sunni Ittehad Council which is backed by the PTI.
National Assembly [by-election on five seats]
NA-8 Bajaur
Independent candidate Mubarak Zaib leading with 10,245 votes. SIC’s Gul Zafar Khan trails behind with 9,784 votes.
NA-44 DI Khan
SIC’s Faisal Amin Khan has won this seat with 56,995 votes, beating PPP’s Abdul Rasheed Khan Kundi who could only garner 9,533 votes.
NA-119 Lahore
PML-N’s Ali Parvez Malik leading with 14,593 votes. SIC’s Shahzad Farooq trails behind with 10,780 votes.
NA-132 Kasur
PML-N’s Rashid Ahmad Khan leading with 57,213 votes. SIC’s Sardar Muhammad Hussain Dogar trailing behind with 30,613 votes.
NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot
PPP’s Khursheed Ahmed Junejo has won this seat with 56,790 votes, beating TLP candidate Muhammad Ali who could only bag 2,896 votes.
Provincial Assemblies [by-election on 16 seats]
Punjab
PP-22 Talagang
PML-N’s Falak Sher Awan leads with 22,409 votes. SIC’s Muhammad Nasir Ahmad trails behind with 19,654 votes.
PP-32 Gujrat
PML-N’s Musa Elahi has won this seat with 71,357 votes, defeating SIC’s Parvez Elahi who could only garner 37,106 votes.
PP-36 Wazirabad
PML-N’s Adnan Afzal leads with 15,202 votes. SIC’s M Fiaz Chattha trails behind with 9,314 votes.
PP-54 Narowal
SIC’s Awais Qasim leads with 26,873 votes. PML-N’s Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhry trails behind with 26,397 votes.
PP-93 Bhakkar
PML-N’s Saeed Akbar Khan leads with 18,922 votes. Independent candidate Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla trails behind with 9,125 votes.
PP-139 Sheikhupura
PML-N’s Rana Afzal Hussain clinched the seat with 46,585 votes, defeating SIC’s Ejaz Hussain who bagged 29,833 votes.
PP-147 Lahore
PML-N’s Muhammad Riaz leads with 5,235 votes. Independent candidate Muhammad Khan Madani trails behind with 4,412 votes.
PP-149 Lahore
IPP candidate Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui leads with 17,213 votes. SIC’s Zeeshan Rasheed trails behind with 13,040 votes.
PP-158 Lahore
PML-N’s Chaudhry Muhammad Nawaz leads with 8,254 votes. SIC’s Moonis Elahi trails behind with 6,215 votes.
PP-164 Lahore
PML-N’s Rashid Minhas won the seat with 31,499 votes, deating SIC’s Muhammad Yousaf who secured 25,721 votes.
PP-266 Rahim Yar Khan
PPP’s Mumtaz Ali leads with 10,212 votes. PML-N’s Muhammad Safdar Khan Laghari trails behind with 9,936 votes.
PP-290 Dera Ghazi Khan
PML-N’s Ali Ahmad Laghari won the seat with 66,413 votes, beating SIC’s Sardar Muhammad Mohiuddin Khosa who got 19,322 votes.
Balochistan
PB-20 Khuzdar
BNP’s Mir Jehanzeb Mengal won the seat with 30,455 votes, beating Independent candidate Mir Shafiqur Rehman Mengal who got 14,311 votes.
PB-22 Lasbela
PML-N’s Muhammad Zareen Khan Magsi leads with 26,101 votes. Independent candidate Shah Nawaz Hassan trails behind with 1,273 votes.
PB-50 Kalla Abdullah
PkMAP’s Mir Wais Khan Achakzai leads with 899 votes. ANP’s Zamarak Khan trails behind with 544 votes.
Khyber Paktunkhwa
PK-22 Bajaur
Independent candidate Mubarak Zaib leads with 2,212 votes. SIC’s Gul Dawood Khan trails behind with 1,622 votes.
PK-91 Kohat
SIC’s Dawood Shah won the seat by getting 22,193 votes, defeating Independent candidate Abdul Masaud who could bag only 11,722 votes.
