Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 9th Feb. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf backed independent candidates are in lead with 73 seats, followed by PML-N on 48 and PPP on 35, according to Pakistan GEO TV reported on Thursday
According to the unofficial results called by Geo News for 163 out of total 266 seats, PTI-backed independent candidates are leading on 73 seats, followed by PML-N on 48 and PPP on 35.
The provisional results have been released for 72 seats by the Election Commission of Pakistan, Dawn reported.
As per ECP, PTI-backed independents are leading on 28 seats, followed by a tight contest between PML-N (19 seats) and PPP (18 seats).
Former PM and front-runner Nawaz Sharif wonmajority of votes from the NA-130 constituency in Lahore with 1,71,024 votes.
According to ARY News, Nawaz Sharif lost in the NA-15 constituency in Mansehra against PTI-backed independent Gustasap Khan.
His daughter, Maryam Nawaz won the NA-119 seat from Lahore. Former PM Shehbaz Sharif also won from the PP-158 seat in Lahore.
Former President Asif Ali Zardari and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also won from their respective seats in NA-207 and NA-196.
Imran Khan was disqualified from contesting the elections due to criminal convictions.
The electoral symbol of the PTI was taken away by the ECP, in a ruling later backed by the Pakistan apex court.
PTI leaders and supporters contested as independent candidates, Dawn reported.
Local media outlets in Pakistan began reporting the results of the polls conducted in the national and provincial assemblies that began at 8 am on February 8 and was conducted by 5 pm on the same day.
Pakistan’s Interior Ministry said delay in election results which was supposed to be out by Friday morning, was due to a “lack of connectivity,” which it stressed was the result of preventive measures taken to ensure foolproof security.
