PTI's Wasif Mazhar wins PP-218 by-polls
PTIs Wasif Mazhar bagged 46,998
MULTAN (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday won PP-218 (Multan) seat with a high margin from its arch rival, the PPP, by grabbing 46,998 votes against 39,486.
According to unofficial results, PTI’s Wasif Mazhar bagged 46,998, while PPP s Arshad Raan, with the support of the PPP, got 39,486 votes, according to unofficial results.
It is pertinent to mention here that the PP-218 seat was vacant after the death of Wasif Raan s father Mazhar Raan.
Amid tight security measures, polling began at 8am and continued till 5pm.
The seat fell vacant after the death of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Mazhar Abbas Raan.
Six candidates were contesting the by-election with the main contest between the PTI’s Malik Wasif Mazhar Raan and Pakistan Peoples Partys (PPP) Malik Muhammad Arshad. The PML-N was backing the PPP’s candidate Arshad.
Besides, Malik Shahid Abbas Raan, Muhammad Tufail, Muhammad Ramzan and Muhammad Israr-Ul-Haq Cheema are contesting as independent candidates.
A total of 203,188 voters, including 111,918 males and 91,270 females, were registered for casting votes in the constituency, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
In the July 2018 General Elections, MPA Malik Mazhar Abbas Raan had got 45,817 votes while PPP candidate Malik Muhammad Abbas bagged 37,417 votes and PML-N’s Zaffar Ahmed had secured 25,000 votes.
