LODHRAN: Polling for by-election in the National Assembly constituency NA-154 Lodhran-I has concluded.
Polling started at 8:00 AM and continued till 5:00 PM in the evening without any interval.
Siddique Khan Baloch of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jahangir Khan Tareen of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are among the twenty contesting candidates.
The seat fell vacant after Baloch had been disqualified by an election tribunal on Aug 26 on a petition filed by Tareen, who had accused the former of possessing a fake educational degree and committing massive irregularities during the 2013 general elections.
The Supreme Court however set aside the tribunal’s decisions and ordered re-election, allowing Siddique Baloch to take part in the by-polls.
Total 303 polling stations were set up for today’s polls; out of which six polling stations were declared most sensitive and 41 sensitive.
Strict security arrangements were made to avoid any untoward incident.
The total number of registered voters in NA-154 stood at about 419,183 out of which 228,870 were males and 190,312 females.
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