KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrike-e-Insaf has retained the NA-245 seat of Karachi in the by-election. The seat seat fell vacant following the death of PTI MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain, who was elected on a PTI ticket in 2018.
Unofficial results from 263 polling stations showed that PTI candidate Mehmood Maulvi has secured the seat with 29,475 votes while his rival candidate could get only around 13,000 votes.
The polling process started at 8am and continued till 5pm on Sunday. The polling time was extended by an hour at Polling Stations 55, 143 and 144.
MQM-P’s candidate Mueed Anwar received 13,193 votes, TLP’s Muhammed Ahmed Raza got 9,836 votes, Farooq Sattar bagged 3,479 votes and MQM-H came last with 1,177 votes.
As per the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) the voter turnout was 11.8% in the by-poll.
The polling for the by-poll was held amid strict security on the 263 polling stations. Out of the 263, 60 were declared sensitive and 203 most sensitive.
The by-poll in this constituency was scheduled for July 27, however, the ECP postponed the election owing to the lashing rains in the metropolis.
