Dasti clinches Muzaffargarh's NA-178
The 2013 election saw Jamshed Dasti, PPP’s Iftikhar Ahmed Khan and Mohammad Abad as key contenders for the seat.
Dasti is a former member of the PPP and won from the same seat in 2008 on a PPP ticket.
The 2013 election saw Jamshed Dasti, PPP’s Iftikhar Ahmed Khan and Mohammad Abad as key contenders for the seat.
Dasti is a former member of the PPP and won from the same seat in 2008 on a PPP ticket.
On PK-12 (Nowshera-I), Iftikhar Hussain got only 11, 835 votes while Khaliqur Rehman secured 25,432 votes surprising many.
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Chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazalur Rehman won from Dera Ismail Khan's NA-25 constituency.
Pakistan Peoples Party leaders Sharjeel Inam Memon and Owais Muzaffar Tappi won a seat in the Sindh Assembly each.
Memon won PS-50 (Hyderabad-VI) with 32,000 votes. According to unofficial results, Memon, the former Sindh Information Minister, secured 32,000 votes, while his rival independent contender Khawand Buksh got 13,740 votes.
Moreover, Tappi, a foster brother of President Asif Ali Zardari, clinched PS-88 (Thatta-5) by securing 27,100 votes, while his rival contender Haji Usman, an independent candidate, obtained 12,300 votes, unofficial results said.
Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry won from Islamabad-2 NA-49 constituency whereas the party's candidate from NA-86 Jhang secured 78,253 votes from the constituency.
The Muttahida Quami Movement secured six more seats in Karachi's NA-241, NA-243, NA-252, NA-255, NA-256 and NA-257 constituencies.
MQM's Abdul Waseem grabbed 200,000 votes winning in NA-243 whereas another candidate from NA-241 S.A. Iqbal Qadri won with 35,000 votes.
The party's candidate from NA-252 Abdul Rasheed Godil won grabbing 18,197 votes while the party's candidate from NA-255 Syed Asif Hasnain lead with 125,000 votes.
Moreover Iqbal Muhammad Ali and Sajid Ahmed secured two more MQM seats from NA-256 and NA-257 constituencies of Karachi with 65,000 votes each.
—Unofficial results
Pir Muhammad Shah Khagga of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has bagged second National Assembly seat for his party from NA-164 Pakpattan-1. Khagga secured 30,139 votes while his opponent Sardar Mansab Ali Dogar of PML-N received 27,626 votes.
Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has secured the National Assembly seat of NA-199 Sukkur-2 by getting 79,350 votes. His opponent Inayatullah of PML-F secured 39,225 votes.
He has been elected MNA four times. In 2002, Shah was elected from NA-198 (Sukkur-cum-Shikarpur – I) and won from NA-199 (Sukkur-cum-Shikarpur – II) in the 2008 general election.
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Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate Waleed Iqbal has won NA-24 (Lahore-VII) seat by 37995 votes. PML-N's Sheikh Rohail Asghar came in second with 19533 votes.
Faryal Talpur, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and sister of President Asif Ali Zardari, won NA-207 Larkana seat in the general elections.
According to unofficial results, Faryal won the seat with a heavy majority by securing 70,800 votes against Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) chief Ghinwa Bhutto.
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) vice-president Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has lost NA-228 election to Nawab Yousuf Talpur who managed 37,835 votes. Qureshi secured 33,895 votes.
Qureshi has remained a rather controversial figure in Imran Khan’s party, reportedly due to tensions between himself and his traditional rival Javed Hashmi.
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Azhar Qayyum Nahra of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has secured NA-100 seat in Gujranwala by getting 54,644 votes. Independent candidate Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz came second with 39,341 votes.
Opposition Leader in the outgoing National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has secured NA-52 seat in Rawalpindi leaving behind his competitors Lt-Gen Ajmal Sabir Raja of PTI and PML-Q’s Muhammad Basharat Raja.
Nisar has been elected an MNA seven times (in 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2008) –from NA-52 (Rawalpindi-III) in 2002 and from NA-53 (Rawalpindi – IV) in 2008.
He has served as federal minister for petroleum and natural resources in PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif’s governments and was placed under house arrest after the 1999 coup staged by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
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Sardar Kamal Khan Chang of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has secured the NA-224 Badin-cum-Tando M. Khan-1 seat by defeating Ali Asghar Halepoto of PML-F.
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has lost the NA-122 National Assembly seat from NA-122 Lahore-5 to PML-N’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
Dr M. Azhar Khan Jadoon of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has won NA-17 Abbottabad-I seat defeating PML-N’s Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan.
Nawabzada Iqbal Mehdi of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has won NA-63 election in Jhelum by getting 46,763 votes.
Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim addressed a press conference late night, congratulating voters, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) team, the law enforcement agencies and army and others on the successful conducting of elections.
Declaring them free and fair elections, he said the only constituency where polls were held today and where re-polling is to take place is in NA-250. He said the reasons that warranted this re-polling will be examined in detail.
In addition, he said that almost 60 % of registered voters came out to vote -- a large leap from the last elections' voter turnout.
As the camera cut at the end of his speech, Ebrahim was heard saying, "It's a day to celebrate".
Ali Muhammad Mahar of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has won NA-201 National Assembly seat from Ghotki in Sinsdh by obtaining 1,20,000 votes.
The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) said that it would form the next government in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“For Tehrik-i-Insaf it is a big day, a golden day,” PTI leader Assad Omar told a private tv channel.
“A party which has no existence in parliament has emerged the second largest national party and the leading party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where God willing it is going to form a government.”
Muhammad Afzal Khokhar of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has won NA-128 National Assembly seat from Lahore by getting 98,491 votes. His PTI competitor Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar manage 57,020 votes.
According to unofficial results, Abdul Qadir Patel of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) clings on to NA-239 seat he had won in 2008 general elections. He obtained 38,000 votes while his opponent, MQM’s Mohammad Salman Khan Baloch managed to get 34,000 votes.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's Muzammil Qureshi has won the NA-253 poll with over 60,000 votes.
Deputy convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita (coordination) Committee Dr Farooq Sattar has won NA-249 constituency in Karachi by obtaining 40,000 votes. His opponent Abdul Aziz Memon of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) managed to get 35,000 votes.
Since 1988, Sattar has consistently been part of either the National Assembly or the Sindh Assembly. He won a seat in the NA in the 1988, 1990 and 1997 election from Karachi and won in 2008 from NA-249 (Karachi – XI).
His association with MQM goes back a long way — APMSO (All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation) was formed in 1978, and Sattar became its member as early as 1979. The APMSO was the student body which served as the precursor to MQM.
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