PML-N candidate Mamnoon wins presidential poll with thumping majority
Out of total Electoral College votes Mamnoon Hussain secured 432 and Wajih got 77 votes.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Chief Election Commissioner Fakhuddun G Ibrahiem Tuesday offcialy declared PML-N candidate successful in the presidential elections 2013.
According to the official results by PEC, Mamnoon Hussain secured 432 Electoral College votes and his competitor PTI’s Justice rtd Wajihuddin could manage only 77.
According to the breakup of votes, Mamnoon Hussain clinched 277 votes from Parliament; 54.14 from Punjab Assembly, 24.76 from Sindh Assembly; 21.49 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and; 55 from Balochistan Assembly.
Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed clinched 34 votes from Parliament; 4 from Punjab Assembly; 1.9 from Sindh Assembly; 36.17 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and 01 from Balochistan Assembly.
Members of National Assembly, Senate and four provincial assemblies voted in the election
887 votes were cast in total in the parliament and provincial assemblies out of which 09 votes were declared invalid by the presiding officers.
Out of the 878 valid votes Mamnoon Hussain bagged 746 and Wajih got 132.
The total vote count in the parliament and four provincial assemblies was as under:
NA and Senate: Mamnoon 277 votes and Wajih 34
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Mamnoon 22, and Wajih 36
Balochistan: Mamnoon 55 and Wajih 01
Sindh: Mamnoon: 25, Wajih 02
Punjab: Mamnoon 309 and Wajih 23
51 seats in NA and provincial assemblies are vacant awaiting by-elections
Three votes in NA and 6 votes in Punjab Assembly declared invalid.
It may be mentioned here that Mian Raza Rabbani, the presidential candidate of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), had boycotted the polls following its rescheduling by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in compliance with the orders issued by the Supreme Court on PML-N’s petition.
PPP’s candidate Rabbani was of the view that the new schedule would not leave sufficient time for campaigning in the four provincial capitals and in Islamabad.
The Constitutional tenure of the incumbent President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, is set to expire on September 8, 2013.
Mamnoon Hussain’s profile
Originally a businessman, Mamnoon Hussain started his politics as a Muslim Leaguer in 1969.
At the time, he was made joint secretary of the Karachi chapter of the League when former minister of state for foreign affairs Zain Noorani was its president.
He has done MBA from the prestigious Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi as well as Darse Nizami course. Mamnoon Hussain originally hails from Agra (India).
Mamnoon Hussain has his textile business and office in Allahwali Market Karachi.
He was seen actively involved in the PML-N since 1993 when Nawaz Sharif was in the opposition.
Before Mamnoon Hussain was appointed governor of Sindh by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1999 to serve in this position for less than six months, he worked as advisor to the provincial chief minister (Liaquat Ali Jatoi) for an insignificant portfolio.
After the promulgation of military rule in October 1999, Mamnoon Hussain firmly stood with Nawaz Sharif when multitudes of PML-N leaders simply abandoned their party.
During all this period starting in 1993, Mamnoon Hussain has held different positions in the Sindh branch of the party. However, he would leave the PML-N post after his election as president. His son holds a senior executive post in the Citibank.
