PTI candidate leads PK-7 Swat by-polls

Bypolls were held on PK-7 Swat constituency.

SWAT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Haji Fazl Mulla is leading the by-polls for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat PK-7 Swat. According to unofficial results from 113 polling stations out of 124, Mulla is leading the count with 15,401 votes. He is closely followed by Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Hussain Ahmed who has secured 13,302 votes. ANP’s Husain Ahmed is supported by PPP, PML-N, QWP, JUI-F and others. The PK-7 Swat seat fell vacant after ANP MPA Waqar Ahmad Khan passed away on April 30 this year. As per the Constitution, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is required to hold a by-election on any lawmaker’s seat within 60 days from it having fallen vacant. READ MORE: NA-245 bypolls: ECP to deploy army outside polling stations

The constituency has 183,308 voters in total out of which 100,288 are male and 81,220 are female. The ECP had set up a total of 124 polling stations in the constituency with 308 booths. Of them, 41 polling stations were declared sensitive and 12 sensitive.

PTI’s Haji Fazal Mulla, ANP’s Hussain Ahmad Khan, Daulat Khan of the Tehreek-e-Inqilab, and independent candidate Mohammad Ali Shah were the leading candidates. It may be mentioned that PK-7 is the home constituency of the PTI leader and former communications minister Murad Saeed. The ANP has complained about the active campaign by provincial ministers for the PTI candidate.  

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