Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won Punjab by-elections with a great margin over the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). Out of 20, the PTI won 15 seats, the PML-N 4 seats and an independent candidate succeeded to come on the victory stand.
The ruling PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan has said that they accept the defeat in the Punjab by-elections while Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said in a tweet that the defeat should be admitted with an open heart.
Soon after getting the results, PML-N supremo Mian Nawaz Sharif also made telephonic contact with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from London and advised him to call the party meeting tomorrow (Monday) to make future strategies. PM Shehbaz has summoned the party session on Monday.
Coalition partner of the PML-N government, the Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has also summoned a hybrid meeting of the Central Executive Council at Bilawal House Karachi tomorrow (Monday) at 4 pm to discuss the political scenario created after the Punjab by-election results.
According to the results, PTI candidates Sardar Saifuddin Khosa, Zain Qureshi, Mian Akram Usman, Khurram Shehzad Virk, Pir Amir Iqbal Shah, Irfan Ullah Niazi, Qaiser Abbas Magsi, Azam Cheela, Hassan Aslam Awan, Ali Afzal Sahi, Shabbir Gujar, and Maj (R) Ghulam Sarwar have won elections while Zaheer Abbas Khokhar, Mian Azam Cheela from Jhang, Khurram Shehzad from Sheikhupura are also in a clear position to win.
While the ruling Nawaz League's three candidates Asad Khokhar from Lahore, Sabtain Raza from Muzaffargarh and Fida Hussain from Bahawalnagar won the election after a tough contest with PTI.
Interestingly, an independent candidate Pir Rafiuddin Bukhari has also succeeded to snatch a seat of PP-228 Lodhran from the PTI and the PML-N. He belongs to the Shaheed Kanju group.
Soon after winning the seats, the PTI distributed sweets among the people and celebrate their victory with dances and fireworks at their offices across the province.
The ECP said in RMS that the turnout in the by-polls in Punjab by-elections was 42 per cent.
The unofficial and unverified initial results from all 20 constituencies received by the 24News HD TV channel are as under:
Result of Constituencies:
PP-7 Rawalpindi
PML-N-----Raja Sagheer Ahmed------------68,906
PTI----------Col ® Shabbir Awan------------ 68,857
PP-83 Khushab
PTI----------Hassan Aslam Awan----------48475
Ind. --------Malik Asif-------------------------41752
PML-N-----Ameer Haider ------------------ 10029
PP-90 Bhakkar
PTI----------Irfan Ullah Niazi----------------77865
PML-N-----Saeed Akhbar Nawani---------66513
TLP--------Mufti Amjad------------------------568
PP-97 Faisalabad, Chak Jhumra
PTI---------- Ali Afzal Sahi--------------67022
PML-N-----Ajmal Cheema-------------54266
TLP --------Naveed Shafi--------------7521
PP-125 Jhang
PTI---------- Mian Azam Cheela ---------82297
PML-N-----Faisal Jabwana---------------52277
PP-127 Jhang
PTI----------Nawaz Bharwana---------71648
PML-N-----Aslam Bharwana----------47413
PP-140 Sheikhupura
PTI---------- Khurram Shahzad---------49734
PML-N-----Khalid Arain-------------------32812
PP-158 Lahore
PTI--------- Mian Akram Usman----------37463
PML-N-----Rana Ahsan Sharafat---------31906
PP-167 Lahore
PTI---------- Ch Shabbir Gujar---------40511
PML-N-----Nazir Chohan-------------- 26473
TLP---------Hasnain Ahmad-----------1091
PP-168 Lahore
PML-N-----Malik Asad Khokhar-------26169
PTI----------Malik Nawaz Awan--------15767
PP-170 Lahore
PTI----------Zaheer Abbas Khokhar-----24688
PML-N-----Ch Amin Gujjar ---------------17519
PP-202 Sahiwal
PTI--------Major (R) Ghulam Sarwar------61989
PML-N---------- Noman Langrial-----------59167
TLP--------- Umair Saleem------------------5102
PP-217 Multan
PTI---------- Zai Qureshi-----------------47252
PML-N-----Salman Naeem-------------40203
TLP---------Zahid Gujar------------------127
PP-224 Lodhran
PTI----------Amir Iqbal Shah-----------------69881
PML-N-----Zawar Hussain Waraich-------56214
PP-228 Lodhran
Ind. ------Rafia ud Din Bukhari-----------45020
PTI----------Izzat Javed Khan--------------38338
PML-N-----Nazar Ahmed Khan------------10030
PP-237 Bahawalnagar
PML-N----- Mian Fida Hussain------------61248
PTI---------- Syed Aftab Raza--------------43014
TLP --------Rashid Mehmood----------------18910
PP-272 Muzaffargarh
PTI---------- Sardar Moazam Jatoi---------46069
PML-N-----Zehra Basit Bukhari------------36401
PP-273 Muzaffargarh
PML-N-----Sibtain Raza----------------59679
PTI---------- Yasir Arafat Jatoi----------51232
PP-282 Layyah
PTI---------- Qaiser Abbas Magsi------43922
PML-N-----Tahir Randhawa-------------29715
PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan
PTI---------- Sardar Saifuddin Khosa-----59760
PML-N-----Abdul Qadir Khosa-------------34701