ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan on won the crucial Islamabad 2 seat with a massive margin of 92,891 votes, defeating former PM and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
Amid massive and allegations of rigging, a clear picture of Pakistan general elections 2018 started emerging in the wee hours of Thursday. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), was heading towards a clear majority. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, party of jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, outrightly rejected the results, alleging “blatant” rigging of the election while the counting of votes was underway.
The updated election trend numbers:
PML-N: 64
PTI: 113
PPP: 43
AAT: 00
Others: 50
Pakistan Chief Election Commissioner Muhammad Raza Khan acknowledged that there has been delay in announcement of election results which “caused some annoyance.”
The primary race for the next Prime Minister of Pakistan is between Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief and former cricketer Imran Khan, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Nawaz and Bilawal Bhutto Zadari of the Pakistan People’s Party.
The voting had begun at 8 am on Wednesday concluded at 6 pm. Millions of voters flocked at the polling stations across the country to cast their votes. There was a total of 85,307 polling stations, out of which 17,007 were announced as ‘highly sensitive’.
There are a total of 105, 955, 409 number of registered voters. Nearly 12,570 candidates are in fray for a total of 849 seats of national and provincial assemblies in the general election. Of these, votes shall be cast in 271 constituencies out of 272 National Assembly seats. While in the four provinces, candidates will battle it out in 500 of the 507 seats available.
Around 220 million ballot papers have been printed for the election. The colour of ballot paper for the National Assembly is green whereas white coloured paper shall be used for the Provincial Assembly.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), however, deferred polling in eight national and provincial assembly constituencies which include PK-78 Peshawar, PP-87 Mianwali, PS-87 Malir, PK-99 Dera Ismail Khan, PB-35 Mastung, PP-103 and NA-103 Faisalabad.
The run-up to the elections has been one of the bloodiest in the countries history which saw string of deadly attacks by terrorists targeting election candidates and their supporters.
PTI chief Imran Khan wins NA-53 Islamabad 2 with 92,891 votes, as per Geo TV news. He defeated former PM and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi runner-up with 44,314 votes.
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