Vote count underway for Rajanpur by-election

The counting of votes is underway after polling ended peacefully for by-election in Rajanpur’s NA-193, Nationwide Meeting constituency.

The NA-193 seat had fallen vacant following the loss of life of PTI’s Sardar Jaffar Khan Leghari in December 2022.

Earlier within the day, polling started at 8am and continued with out a break until 5pm. In the meantime, the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) allowed the voters current inside polling stations to solid their votes past the 5pm deadline.

The interim authorities of Punjab had sought deferral of the by-polls citing safety points, nevertheless, the electoral physique turned down the request.

It mentioned {that a} management room had been established on the fee’s secretariat to watch the election. The management room will likely be accountable for addressing the complaints concerning the polling, it added.

As per the electoral physique, 11 candidates are contesting the by-polls, whereas there are 379,204 registered voters within the constituency, of which 206,497 are male and 172,709 are feminine voters.

The ECP mentioned that 237 polling stations had been established within the constituency, the place police personnel had been deputed for safety. In the meantime, 200 Punjab Rangers personnel are additionally fulfilling the duties as a fast response drive, the electoral physique mentioned, including that strict motion will likely be taken for violating the election code or inflicting disruption within the polling course of.

The Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) had nominated Mohsin Leghari for contesting by-polls on Rajanpur’s NA 193 after PTI chief Imran Khan withdrew his nomination papers on account of fears of disqualification in Tyrian White case.

In the meantime, Ammar Awais Laghari is contesting on a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ticket and Akhtar Hassan Gorchani for Pakistan Peoples Get together amongst eight others. 

The seat fell vacant as a result of loss of life of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Jaffar Khan Leghari. He died on December 31, 2022 in Lahore after a protracted sickness.