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By-election: PTI retains NA-247, PS-111 seats, loses PK-71 to ANP

Vote count got under way after daylong polling for by-polls on National Assembly seat NA-247, Sindh Assembly seat PS-111 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat PK-71.

By Web Desk
October 22, 2018

KARACHI:  PTI candidate Aftab Hussain Siddiqui  on Sunday emerged as victorious by begging 32,456 votes against MQM-P’s Sadiq Iftikhar who secured 14,026 to stand second in Karachi's NA-247 constituency.

According to unofficial and unverified results, PTI has retained Karachi's NA-247 and PS-111 seats in by- polls, while the party has lost Peshawar's PK-71 to Awami National Party (ANP).

NA-247 Karachi

PTI has retained Karachi's NA-247 by begging 32,456 votes against MQM-P’s Sadiq Iftikhar who secured 14,026 to stand second, while Qaisar Nizamani of pppp acquired 13,360.

PS-11 Karachi

In PS-11 Karachi by-polls, PTI’s Shehzad Qureshi won by acquiring 12, 455 votes as compared to PPP’s Fayyaz Pirzada who begged 6, 292 votes , while MQM-P's candidate stood third by securing 2,217 votes in the constituency.

PK-71 Peshawar

ANP candidate Salahuddin has won in Peshawar's constituency  by getting 11, 416  votes against PTI's Zulfiqar Khan who secured 10004 votes. The seat was vacated by PTI's Shah Farman after his appointment as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had made good arrangements for the by-elections  held in a peaceful manner.

The polling material was transported to the polling stations under the supervision of Pakistan Army personnel.

According to the ECP, there are 546,451 registered voters in NA-247 and 178,965 registered voters in PS-111.

Twelve candidates were in the run for the NA-247 seat while 11 were contesting for the Sindh Assembly seat.

NA-247 was vacated by President Dr Arif Alvi, while PS-111 was vacated by Sindh Governor Imran Ismail.

Prominent candidates in the run for NA-247 included, PTI’s Aftab Hussain Siddiqui, PSP’s Arshad Vohra, MQM-P’s Sadiq Iftikhar and PPP’s Qaiser Khan Nizamani, while the PTI’s Shehzad Qureshi, MQM-P’s Jehanzeb Mughal.

Zahid Hussain and activist Muhammad Jibran Nasir were among those in the run for PS-111.