NA 259 Dera Bugti: Vote count underway as polling ends
13 candidates are participating in the elections while number of registered voters is 47,269.
QUETTA (Dunya News) – Counting is underway as re-election in 29 polling stations for National Assembly seat NA-259 Dera Bughti was held today (Sunday).
Shahzain Bugti of the Jamhoori Watan Party has taken an early lead in the re election. Bugti got 12366 while Mir Khan Bugti secured 1080 votes, according to unofficial results from 16 polling stations.
According to details, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has established 115 polling booths among which, 18 polling stations were declared sensitive.
13 candidates are participating in the elections while number of registered voters is 47,269 —27,899 females and 19,370 males.
It is to be mentioned here that Supreme Court had directed to hold re-election in NA-259 after Tariq Khetran, runner-up in the 2018 general elections, had challenged the victory of Jamhoori Watan Party leader Shahzain Bugti.
