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Vote count underway as re-polling in NA-75 Daska concludes
Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja personally supervising the electoral process
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Vote count is under way after re-polling concluded at 5pm in the hotly-contested constituency of NA-75 Daska with a tough fight expected between the ruling PTI and the PML-N.
As per the unconfirmed and unofficial results of 24 polling stations, ruling PTI is leading with a narrow margin.
PTI candidate Ali Asjad Malhi has bagged 10,113 votes whereas Nosheen Iftikhar of PML-N is trailing behind with 9,665 votes.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rescheduled the NA-75 Sialkot-IV (Daska) re-polls to March 18 at first then later to April 10 (today) as it declared the by-polls held on February 19 in the constituency void after clashes between workers of PTI and the PML-N. The mysterious disappearance of around 20 presiding officers and suspected tampering with the results was another cause to call
PML-N clinches much-hyped Daska by-poll with huge margin
Maryam Nawaz celebrates election victory on Twitter saying people of Daska won war of ‘restoring the sanctity of vote’
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ISLAMABAD:
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was dealt a major blow after opposition Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) emerged victorious in the much-hyped NA-75 Daska by-election with a huge margin of over 19,000 votes on Saturday.
As per the unconfirmed and unofficial results of all 360 polling stations, PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar bagged 111,220 votes against PTI’s Ali Asjad Malhi, who managed to secure 92,019 votes.
Polling began at 8am and continued uninterrupted till 5pm in the constituency. After 5pm, only those voters who were inside the polling stations were allowed to cast their votes.