- Unofficial results show, PTI candidate secures 1,33,000 votes while PML-N 80,586 in lodhran by-polls
MULTAN/ISLAMABAD, December 23: Jehangir Tareen of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) defeated Sadiq Baloch, the candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-N in NA-154 by-election in Lodhran on Wednesday. Unofficial results show that Jehangir Tareen of PTI secured 1,33000 votes while PML-N candidate Siddique Khan Baloch 80,586 votes.
Polling concluded for the National Assembly constituency NA-154 Lodhran-I on Wednesday.
Polling started at 8:00 AM and continued till 5 in the evening without any interval.
Siddique Khan Baloch of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jahangir Khan Tareen of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are among the twenty contesting candidates.
The seat fell vacant after Baloch had been disqualified by an election tribunal on Aug 26 on a petition filed by Tareen, who had accused the former of possessing a fake educational degree and committing massive irregularities during the 2013 general elections.
The Supreme Court however set aside the tribunal’s decisions and ordered re-election, allowing Siddique Baloch to take part in the by-polls.
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235 general polling stations for both male and female voters.
Strict security arrangements have been made to avoid any untoward incident. 47 polling stations have been declared most sensitive while 256 polling stations are slotted in the sensitive category. The constituency holds about 419,182 registered voters; in which there are 228,870 male and 190,312 female voters.
