ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notifications for candidates who won in recent by-elections, covering 5 National Assembly (NA) seats and 7 Provincial Assembly (PA) seats.
For the National Assembly, the ECP issued notifications for:
NA-18 Haripur: Babar Nawaz Khan
NA-104 Faisalabad: Daniyal Ahmed
NA-129 Lahore: Muhammad Noman
NA-143 Sahiwal: Muhammad Tufail
NA-185: Mehmood Qadir Khan
However, Bilal Badr, brother of Talal Chaudhry, who won NA-96 Faisalabad, has had his notification withheld due to violations of the code of conduct.
On the Punjab Provincial Assembly front, the ECP issued notifications for:
PP-73: Mian Sultan Ali
PP-87: Ali Haider Noor
PP-98: Azad Ali Tabassum
PP-115: Muhammad Tahir Pervez
PP-116: Ahmed Shaharyar
PP-203: Muhammad Hanif
PP-206: Mian Alamdar Abbas
Overall, 12 of the winning candidates belong to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), while one candidate is from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
The results underscore PML-N’s dominant performance in the recent by-elections, securing all 6 NA seats and 6 out of 7 PA seats in Punjab.
Earlier, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released voter turnout figures for the by-elections held on six National Assembly and seven Provincial Assembly constituencies.
According to the ECP, the overall voter turnout in the by-elections stood at 28.58%.
In the National Assembly constituencies, NA-18 Haripur recorded the highest turnout at 50.82%, followed by NA-185 with 32.61%. Turnout in NA-96 Faisalabad was 26.46%, while NA-143 Sahiwal saw 21.43% voter participation.
In the Provincial Assembly seats, PP-269 Muzaffargarh recorded a high turnout of 50.82%, while PP-98 Faisalabad saw 36.82% voter participation.
As per the data, turnout in PP-73 Sargodha was 34.45%, PP-87 Mianwali saw 27%, PP-116 Faisalabad recorded 22.94%, and PP-203 Sahiwal had 22.4% turnout.
