Independent candidate Uzair Sher is leading for the slot of Havelian tehsil chairman as he has secured 14456 votes in the results of 95 out of 134 polling stations, reported the 24NewsHD TV channel.

PTI candidate Iftikhar Khan secures 12670 votes while Malik Talha of Muslim League-N has achieved 9135 votes so far till filing this report.  

The seat fell vacant after the death of Atif Munsif who was murdered.

Abbottabad’s Havelian tehsil consists of nine union councils and 34 village councils.

The total number of voters is 165,800 with 88,364 male voters and 77,436 female voters.

As many as 134 polling stations have been established and 34 of them have been declared sensitive.

As many as 2,071 cops have been deployed for polling duty.