Unofficial results of by-elections announced

Unofficial results in three constituencies of Punjab - Gujranwala, Sargodha and Lodhran - have been announced.

SARGODHA: Unofficial results of by-elections in three constituencies of  Punjab - Gujranwala, Sargodha and Lodhran - where voting was held after the disqualification of elected MNAs, have been announced.

According to the results, PML-N candidate Shafqat Hayat Baloch has won in NA-168 of Sargodha .

In Lodhran NA-155 constituency, PML-N backed independent candidate Akhtar Kanju has won by securing 79,744 votes.

In NA-100 of Gujranwala, PPP's Tassadaq Masood has been declared winner. According to the latest figures, Masood beat his PML-N rival by a margin of 4,000 votes.

Earlier, PPP candidate in NA-100 Nowshera Warkan, Tassaduq Massod had accused PML-N ministers, the DCO and police officers of kidnapping 9 presiding officers.

Tassaduq and other PPP workers surrounded the office of the returning officer.

The PPP workers claimed that they had uncovered a plan devised by their opponents for rigging polls.