PML-Ns Pervez Malik won his seat of NA-123 Lahore with heavy margin on Wednesday while PML-N candidate Azam Chaila clinched his seat of PP-82 Jhang. PPPs candidate Nasir Jamali won his seat of PP-25 Jaffarabad and Muslim League Zias candidate Shahid Anjum declared successful in PP-284 Bahawalnagar. Activists and members of winnings parties celebrated victories of their candidates and distributed sweets. Poling for the by-elections on one National and two Provincial Assembly seats in Lahore, Jhang, Bahawalpur and Jaffarabad held today and counting of votes in this regard has been completed. Unofficial vote count at all 268 polling stations set up in NA-123 shows PML-Ns Pervez Malik in a clear lead with 45,889 votes against his rival Hamid Miraj of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf who stood second with 9,440 votes. According to unofficial results, PML-N candidate Azam Chaila declared successful in PP-82 Jhang with 42,145 votes in all the 127 polling stations. While PPPs candidate Nasir Jamali clinched his seat in PP-25 Jaffarabad with 26169 votes and Muslim League Zias candidate Shahid Anjum remained successful with 52,605 votes, followed by Kashif Naveed of PPP with 26814 votes in all the 130 polling stations results. Thirteen candidates including Mai Juri and Ataullah Baledi have boycotted the by-polls in Jaffarabad. Polling in constituencies including NA-123 Lahore, PP-82 Jhang, PP-284 Bahawalnagar and BP-25 Jaffarabad was started at 8am and remained continue till 5pm without any break. The tunrout in the by-polls remained below 30 percent. Old ID cards were also used for voting in Jaffarabad. Polling disrupted for some time at polling station 93 Fort Abbas due to clash between activists of Mulsim League Zia and PPP while 12 people were injured in the clashes at 9R polling station.Clash was also erupted at Kandal Sherowana polling station of PP-82 Jhang due to which polling was stopped. FC raided the camp of independent candidate Ataullah Baledi and arrested 15 people holding batons. Jammat-e-Islami and Tehreek-e-Insaaf levelled rigging allegations on PML-N in NA-123. According to the initial reports, PML-Ns candidates are leading in NA-123 Lahore and PP-82 Jhang while PPPs candidate is ahead in Jaffarabad while thirteen candidates including Mai Juri and Ataullah Baledi have boycotted the by-polls in Jaffarabad. PML-N candidate Pervez Malik has majority against the opponents.
