ISLAMABAD: PTI has won six seats of National Assembly out of eight and also bagged two seats of Punjab Assembly out of three in by-elections on Sunday.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who was contesting NA election from seven constituencies won six National Assembly seats, according to unofficial results.
Imran Khan won NA seats in Peshawar, Mardan, Charsadda, Faisalabad, and Nankana Sahib after beating the ruling coalition’s candidates.
PTI, however, lost two seats to PPP as PPP’s Abdul Hakeem Baloch and Musa Ali Gillani won the election. As was expected, Meher Bano Qureshi, daughter of Shah Mahmood Qureshi lost by-election to Musa Ali Gillani, PPP candidate and son of former PM Yousuf Raza Gillani.
PTI also won two of three Punjab Assembly seats in the by-elections and further strengthened its position in the province — where it is already ruling in coalition with PML-Q.
The constituencies where polling took place included NA-22 Mardan-III, NA-24 Charsadda-II, NA-31 Peshawar-V, NA-108 Faisalabad-VIII, NA-118 Nankana Sahib-II, NA 157 Multan-IV, NA-237 Malir-II, NA-239 Korangi, Karachi-I.
Who won where?
National Assembly
- PTI — Imran Khan — Mardan, Charsadda, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Nankana Sahib, and Korangi
- PPP — Musa Ali Gillani — Multan
- PPP — Abdul Hakeem Baloch — Malir
Total: PTI 6, PPP 2
Punjab Assembly
- PTI — Muhammad Faisal Khan Niazi — Khanewal
- PTI — Malik Muhammad Muzaffar Khan — Bahawalnagar
- PML-N — Chaudhry Iftikhar Ahmed Bhangoo — Sheikhupura
Total: PTI 2, PML-N 1
The lower house seats were vacated after NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had accepted the resignations of PTI MNAs — nine on general seats and two on reserved seats for women.
By-elections were also held on three Punjab Assembly seats — PP-241 Bahawalnagar-V, PP-209 Khanewal-VII, and PP-139 Sheikhupura-V.
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