By-polls for 2 National, 7 provincial assembly seats underway
Polling started at 8am and will continue till 5pm.
The National Assembly constituencies are NA-107 Gujrat-IV and NA-162 Sahiwal-III.
The provincial assemblies constituencies include one for Sindh Assembly - PS-21 Naushero Feroz-III and the others are for Punjab Assembly - PP-26 Jhelum-III, PP-92 Gujranwala-II, PP-122 Sialkot-II, PP-129 Sialkot-IX, PP-133 Narowal-II and PP-226 Sahiwal-VII.
Voting at some stations started late as polling staff failed to reach on time.
Authorities have declared 59 polling stations as sensitive. Police and Rangers have also been deployed near certain stations to maintain law and order.
After firing incidents, few of the polling stations were closed.
NA-162 Sahiwal-III
Around 11 candidates are contesting for this seat, including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Chaudhy Zahid Malik and the joint candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) Mehar Muhammad Ali Kathia and independent candidate Rai Hasan Nawaz.
NA-107 Gujrat-IV
The constituency is considered a stronghold of Pakistan Muslim League - both Quaid and Nawaz - and comprises Sarai Alamgir, Kharian Cantt and urban and rural areas of tehsil Kharian of district Gujrat.
PS-21 Naushero Feroz-III
The number of voters in the constituency is 119,884, out of which 54,711 are female voters and 65,173 are male. Around 129 polling stations have been established with 325 booths. This seat has fallen vacant after PPP MPA Dr Ahmed Ali Shah resigned for holding dual nationality.
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PML-N beat PPP&PMLQ, but next elections in Punjab will be like so: PML-N vs PPP+PMLQ+PTI
Ahem Ahem ....did someone say Tsunami ?? Where art thou Imran the Kaput Khan .
PPP will win as usual.
PML-N will clean sweep the election InshaAllah. Rest inPeace the NRO legacies of runaway dictator General Musharraf!
@ikhlass: Grapes are sour my friend
Voting at some stations started late as polling staff failed to reach on time. --- Well Done ECP!!
Rai Hassan Nawaz is a PTI member. I was under impression that PTI is not contesting elections, but it seems that they are contesting but do not want to own the results in case they lose.
ecp has failed. Open rigging was taking place
pmln wil win
i think n league will win where its candidates contesting....