The coalition partners, PPP and PML-N, secured victories in polls for 19 Senate seats across Punjab, Sindh, and Islamabad, while the election for 11 seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was delayed over the KP Assembly speaker’s refusal to administer oaths to women and minority lawmakers-elect from the PML-N on the reserved seats.
The PPP obtained the highest number of seats with 11 wins, while the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz obtained six seats. The MQM-Pakistan managed to secure one seat, while an independent candidate also succeeded in winning a seat.
Voting took place for 19 vacant seats in the Senate, including 12 from Sindh, five from Punjab, and two from Islamabad. Voting started at 9 am and continued until 4 pm.
ISLAMABAD
On the general seat from Islamabad, Rana Mahmoodul Hassan of the PPP succeeded with 224 votes, while independent candidate Farzand Hussain Shaqh obtained 79 votes.
On the technocrat seat, PML-N’s Ishaq Dar secured victory with 222 votes, while independent candidate Ansar Kiyani received 81 votes. During the counting on the technocrat and general seats, seven votes were rejected on each seat.
SINDH
The PPP succeeded in securing five general seats, two women seats, two technocrat seats, and one minority seat in Sindh.
PPP’s Quratulain Marri and Rubina Khalid secured Senate seats with 59 and 58 votes, respectively. For the technocrat seat, PPP’s Sarmad Ali and Barrister Zamir Ghumro secured seats with 59 and 58 votes, respectively. On the general seats, PPP’s Kazim Ali with 21 votes, Ashraf Jatoi with 22, Masroor Ahsan with 21, Nadeem Bhutto with 21, and Dost Ali Jaisar with 21 votes stood victorious, while Ponjomal Bheel succeeded on the minority seat with 117 votes.
On one of the two general seats from Sindh, independent candidate Faisal Vawda secured victory with 21 votes, while MQM’s Amir Chishti secured victory with 21 votes on the other seat.
PUNJAB
On the technocrat seat, Mohammad Aurangzeb secured victory with 128 votes, while Masood Malik succeeded with 121 votes. On the minority seat, PML-N’s Khalil Tahir secured victory with 253 votes, while on the women’s seat, Anusha Rahman and Bushra Anjum Butt secured victory with 125 and 123 votes, respectively.
BALOCHISTAN
All candidates for the 11 Senate seats from the Balochistan Assembly have been elected unopposed.
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
The Senate elections for 11 seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been delayed over the controversy of KP Assembly speaker’s refusal to administer the oath to women and minority lawmakers-elect from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on the reserved seats.
Earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan completed all preparations for the nationwide Senate elections scheduled for Tuesday (today). As many as 59 candidates were in the run for the Senate elections.
BREAKUP OF SEATS
The election is being held on one general and one technocrat seat from the federal capital, two women seats, two technocrat/ulema seats, and one non-Muslim seat from Punjab. Similarly, Sindh will see elections for seven general, two women, two technocrat/ulema, and one non-Muslim seat.
Additionally, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is supposed to hold elections for seven general, two women, and two technocrat seats.
The polls are scheduled for 29 general seats, eight seats for women, nine seats for technocrats/ulema, and two seats for non-Muslims.
