In a victory for Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), the party retained Khanewal district’s PP-206 constituency. PML-N candidate Rana Muhammad Saleem bagged 47,649 votes.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI)’s Noreen Nishat Daha amassed 34,030 votes whereas PPP’s Syed Wisaq gained 15,059, according to unofficial results from all the 183 polling stations.
As PML-N celebrates its recent victory, it must be noted that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won a majority of the by-elections held in 2021. Out of the 18 by-elections to date, PPP won 7 of them, with PML-N coming to a close second. The ruling party PTI managed to win 3 by-elections.
By Elections in 2021
Total- 18
PPP- 7 (Won one extra seat of PTI)
PMLN- 6 (Lost one but won one extra of PTI)
PTI- 3 (Lost two but won two extra seats of PMLN and JUIF)
JUIF- 1 (Retained)
ITP- 1 (Won PPP seat)— Ali Raza (@AliRazaTweets) December 16, 2021
According to details, PPP won the first by-election of 2021. PPP candidate Syed Ameer Ali Shah secured 55,904 to win the PS-52 Umerkot-II by-election. Subsequently, PPP’s Pir Ameer Ali Shah Jillani won the Tharparkar NA-221 by-election with 103,502 votes. Later, candidate Jam Shabbir Ali won PS-43 by-election in Sanghar.
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PPP also managed to secure a comfortable win in Karachi’s PS-88 Malir by-election, with Yousuf Murtaza Baloch securing more than 24,000 votes. Interestingly, in the PS-88 by-election, the now-unbanned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) beat PTI’s candidate with a margin of 1000 votes.
In NA-249 and Badin’s PS-70 by-election, PPP again won. Furthermore, both PPP and PTI managed to retain seats in AJK by-polls 2021.
Badin main teeron ki barish! Jiye Bhutto Benazir!#PS70 pic.twitter.com/sYLLKfB56A
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) May 20, 2021
PML-N vs PTI
According to unofficial results, PML-N defeated PTI in both PK-63 Nowshera and PP-51 Wazirabad. Meanwhile, PTI scored a victory in Kurram NA-45 with Fakharuzzaman Bangash receiving 16,911 votes. Important to note, PTI snatched the seat from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) with a margin of more than 1,100 votes.
However, JUI-F did manage to secure one seat. JUI-F candidate defeated rival Asmatullah Tareen of ruling Balochistan Awami Party by winning the seat of PB-20 Pishin-III this year.
Sialkot’s NA-75 became controversial when PML-N accused PTI of rigging. As a result, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared the NA-75 by-polls as null and void and re-held the elections where PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar won with 110,075 votes.
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رانا محمد سلیم صاحب اور مسلم لیگ ن کو بہت بہت مبارک! جن رہنماؤں اور کارکنوں نے محنت کی ، کام کیا، ان سب کو شاباش 🙌 pic.twitter.com/wsf2DbxAXp
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) December 16, 2021
PML-N also subsequently won PP-84 Khushab by-election after securing 73,081 votes. Among PML-N’s latest victories are the NA-133 and PP-206 by-elections.
As mentioned above, PTI clinched LA-3, Mirpur-III seat in AJK by-elections. Most importantly, prior to this, PTI won the AJK general elections back in July this year. Additionally, PTI also won the PP-38 by-election with candidate Ahsan Saleem Baryar receiving 60,588 from 165 polling stations.
Celebrations all over Kashmir as PTI is declared Winner of AJK Elections. The Ambassador of Kashmir has won, congratulations Pakistan!
#بلے_پہ_ٹھپہ#ہوگئی_انصاف_کی_جیت pic.twitter.com/LHpQ52S7F9— PTI (@PTIofficial) July 25, 2021
On the other hand, Islami Tehreek Pakistan (ITP) candidate Ayub Waziri won the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly by-election in the Nagar constituency defeating ruling PTI candidate Zulfiqar Ali Behashti by 279 votes.