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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won Punjab by-elections with a great margin over the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N).
An initial trend of the results of Punjab by-polls on the 20 vacant seats of the provincial assembly showed that PTI is close to winning around 15 seats after a good contest against the rival party.
The ruling PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan has said that they accept the defeat in the Punjab by-elections while Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said in a tweet that defeat should be admitted with an open heart.
Soon after getting results, PML-N supremo Mian Nawaz Sharif also made telephonic contact with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from London and advised him to call the party meeting tomorrow (Monday) to make future strategies. PM Shehbaz has summoned party session on Monday.
Coalition partner of the PML-N government, the Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has also summoned a hybrid meeting of the Central Executive Council at Bilawal House Karachi tomorrow (Monday) at 4 pm to discuss the political scenario created after the Punjab by-election results.
According to the results, PTI candidates Sardar Saifuddin Khosa, Zain Qureshi, Mian Akram Usman, Khurram Shehzad Virk, Pir Amir Iqbal Shah, Irfan Ullah Niazi, Qaiser Abbas Magsi, Azam Cheela, Hassan Aslam Awan, Ali Afzal Sahi, Shabbir Gujar, and Maj (R) Ghulam Sarwar have won elections while Zaheer Abbas Khokhar, Mian Azam Cheela from Jhang, Khurram Shehzad from Sheikhupura are also in a clear position to win.
While the ruling Nawaz League’s three candidates Asad Khokhar from Lahore, Sabtain Raza from Muzaffargarh and Fida Hussain from Bahawalnagar won the election after a tough contest with PTI.
Interestingly, an independent candidate Pir Rafiuddin Bukhari has also succeeded to snatch a seat of PP-228 Lodhran from PTI and PML-N. He belongs to the Shaheed Kanju group.
According to unofficial and unauthentic results, PTI candidate Sardar Saifuddin Khosa has won the seat from PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan against PML-N candidate Abdul Qadir Khosa. PTI candidate Saif received a total of 59760 votes while the PML-N candidate Abdul Qadir Khosa obtained only 34701 votes.
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has also issued the results through the RMS and confirmed that PTI candidates Mian Akram Usman, Zain Qureshi, and Shabbir Gujar have won the elections.
ECP said in RMS that the turnout in the by-polls in constituency PP-217 Multan was 42 per cent.
Result of Constituencies:
PP-7 Rawalpindi
PTI———-Col ® Shabbir Awan————61118
PML-N—–Raja Sagheer Ahmed————59887
PP-83 Khushab
PTI———-Hassan Aslam Awan———-48475
Ind. ——–Malik Asif————————-41752
PML-N—–Ameer Haider —————— 10029
PP-90 Bhakkar
PTI———-Irfan Ullah Niazi—————-59161
PML-N—–Saeed Akhbar Nawani———48435
TLP——–Mufti Amjad————————568
PP-97 Faisalabad, Chak Jhumra
PTI———- Ali Afzal Sahi————–64885
PML-N—–Ajmal Cheema————-51669
TLP ——–Naveed Shafi————–7521
PP-125 Jhang
PTI———- Mian Azam Cheela ———82382
PML-N—–Faisal Jabwana—————52178
PP-127 Jhang
PTI———-Nawaz Bharwana———71648
PML-N—–Aslam Bharwana———-47413
PP-140 Sheikhupura
PTI———- Khurram Shahzad———49734
PML-N—–Khalid Arain——————-32812
PP-158 Lahore
PTI——— Mian Akram Usman———-37463
PML-N—–Rana Ahsan Sharafat———31906
PP-167 Lahore
PTI———- Ch Shabbir Gujar———40511
PML-N—–Nazir Chohan————– 26473
TLP———Hasnain Ahmad———–1091
PP-168 Lahore
PML-N—–Malik Asad Khokhar——-26169
PTI———-Malik Nawaz Awan——–15767
PP-170 Lahore
PTI———-Zaheer Abbas Khokhar—–24688
PML-N—–Ch Amin Gujjar —————17519
PP-202 Sahiwal
PTI——–Major (R) Ghulam Sarwar——61989
PML-N———- Noman Langrial———–59167
TLP——— Umair Saleem——————5102
PP-217 Multan
PTI———- Zai Qureshi—————–47252
PML-N—–Salman Naeem————-40203
TLP———Zahid Gujar——————127
PP-224 Lodhran
PTI———-Amir Iqbal Shah—————–69881
PML-N—–Zawar Hussain Waraich——-56214
PP-228 Lodhran
Ind. ——Rafia ud Din Bukhari———–45020
PTI———-Izzat Javed Khan————–38338
PML-N—–Nazar Ahmed Khan————10030
PP-237 Bahawalnagar
PML-N—– Mian Fida Hussain————61248
PTI———- Syed Aftab Raza————–43014
TLP ——–Rashid Mehmood—————-18910
