Celebrations everywhere as unofficial by-election results announced
Supporters of winning candidates carried out fireworks and distributed sweets.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The passionate supporters on Sunday night came out of their houses and celebrated victory of their favorite candidates as unofficial results of by-elections announced.
According to details, the citizens danced on the drum beats to express happiness over the win of former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Lahore’s NA-124 while a celebration was also witnessed in NA-103 where Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) Ali Gohar Baloch emerged victorious.
Meanwhile, the supporters of winning candidates in NA-243 and PS-30 also carried out fireworks and distributed sweets.
It is to be mentioned here that PTI and PML-N won four National Assembly seats each in the by-election, according to unofficial results.
A total of 370 candidates contested the by-election on 11 National Assembly seats.
The total registered voters in the country reached the figure of 106,000,239 with 59,243,889 male (55.89 percent) and 46,756,350 female (44.11 percent) voters. 60,697,418 voters were from Punjab, 22,394,212 voters from Sindh, 17,839,845 voters from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (including FATA), 4,302,304 voters from Balochistan and 766,460 voters from federal capital.
Overseas Pakistanis voted for the first time in the by-polls. The commission said that as many as 7,364 eligible I-voters received their voters’ passes to participate in the polling.
