ECP orders recounting in NA-19 Haripur

The application for recounting of votes was submitted by PML-N candidate, who lost the seat to a PTI candidate.


Web Desk May 17, 2013
The application for recoun­ting of votes was submitted by PML-N candidate, who lost the seat to a PTI candid­ate. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

HARIPUR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ordered recounting of votes on the NA-19 Haripur constituency on May 22, radio.gov.pk reported Friday.

The application for recounting of votes was submitted by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Omar Ayub, who lost the seat to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate Raja Aamer Zaman.

Zaman secured the Haripur seat with 116,579 votes, while Ayub bagged only 114,374 votes.

Earlier on Friday, MQM had demanded re-polling in all polling stations of the NA-250 constituency in Karachi.

Similarly, PTI had asked for re-polling all across Karachi and to recount votes for Lahore’s NA-122. The ECP rejected MQM’s appeal and PTI’s request for recounting.

COMMENTS (18)

uet | 10 years ago | Reply

Evidence was vote difference, on Ballot count form given to every polling agent at every polling station signed and sealed by every polling agent, and results announced on these polling stations by District returning officer.

Evidence was clear and sound enough to proceed further.

Arbab | 10 years ago | Reply

Reservations, doubts and challenges to the results in a number of seats notwithstanding, all the parties should emulate the example set by the PPP and ANP in accepting the mandate of the people even when it went against them. This is the true democratic spirit. The more gracefully all parties handle themselves in the aftermath of the elections, the smoother will be the task of government formation, and the sooner will the country settle down to the real task: confronting the myriads of serious issues afflicting the country. We hope the political parties will live up to the expectations of the people in this regard and behave with exemplary maturity and in a true democratic spirit.

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