The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has dominated the poll arena in the Chakwal and Talagang districts, according to unofficial election results.
Major (Redt) Tahir Iqbal, the PML-N nominee for NA-58, secured a victory with 115,974 votes, surpassing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-supported candidate Ayaz Amir, who garnered 102,537 votes.
The outcome has been described as a remarkable achievement for PML-N in the region.
In NA-59, PML-N's candidate Sardar Ghulam Abbas clinched success with 141,680 votes, while PTI's Malik Roman secured 129,716 votes. The results in this constituency have left some uncertainty among the public.
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The PML-N continued its dominance in the four provincial constituencies of Chakwal and Talagang.
In PP-20, Chaudhry Sultan Haider from PML-N emerged victorious with 52,450 votes, defeating PTI-supported candidate Ali Nasir Bhatti, who secured 43,250 votes. PP-21 saw PML-N's Tanveer Aslam Malik triumph with 83,055 votes, while Raja Tariq Afzal Kalis, backed by PTI, received 75,142 votes.
Sardar Ghulam Abbas, the PML-N ticket holder, secured 61,714 votes in PP-22, prevailing over PTI-supported candidate Hakeem Nisar, who obtained 54,077 votes.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 12th, 2024.
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