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Published 12 Feb, 2024 09:03am

Rejected ballots exceed victory margin in 24 NA constituencies

In at least 24 National Assembly constituencies, the number of rejected ballots was found to be greater than the margin of victory, an analysis of provisional results reveals.

Twenty-two of these constituencies fall in Punjab, with one each in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh.

PML-N won the electoral race in 13 of these constituencies, five were claimed by PPP, four by the PTI-backed independents and two by other independents.

Around two million ballot papers have been excluded from the count from the 265 National Assembly constituencies.

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