'Recount of votes of all 276 polling stations in NA-249 may take two more days' Four key parties accuse RO of failing to provide them with Forms 45 and 46, breaking the seal of ballot bag KARACHI: Four parties, the PML-N, the PTI, the MQM and the PSP, boycotted the recounting to votes in NA-240, Karachi, accusing the returning officer (RO) of failing to provide them with Forms 45 and 46 and breaking the seal of the ballot bags. However, the PPP – which had won the by-election on April 29 -- the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and a few independent candidates, remained present at the recounting, which was ordered by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on the PML-N’s request.