LAHORE, Aug 5 Results of by-polls for three National Assembly seats held on Thursday shocked the two major parties as the PPP lost its seat in Lodhran which adjoins the district of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, while the PML-N was facing defeat in its Gujranwala stronghold.
In Sargodha, however, the PML-N comfortably won a seat vacated by its MNA.
Independent candidate Akhtar Khan Kanjo won the by-election for NA-155, Lodhran, defeating PPP's Nawab Hayatullah Tareen. According to unofficial results, Mr Kanjo bagged 79,744 votes and Mr Tareen 68,920. The seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Mr Tareen.
In NA-100, Gujranwala, PPP's Chaudhry Tassaduque Masood Khan was leading with 69,159 votes against PML-N's Azhar Qayyum Nahra who got 61,818. The seat was likely to go to the PPP as the results of only 10 of the 226 polling stations were awaited. The seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Muddasir Qayyum Nahra of the PML-N.
In NA 68, Sargodha, PML-N's Shafqat Husain Baloch won comfortably with 90,253 votes, defeating PPP-backed Mazhar Qureshi who ended up with 56,747 votes.
