PESHAWAR: After making history by winning six National Assembly seats in October 16 by-polls, PTI Chairman Imran Khan is likely to add yet another feather to his cap — winning from the NA-45 Kurram constituency.
As per the unofficial and unconfirmed results from 113 out of 143 polling stations of NA 45, Imran Khan is leading with 16,441 votes, while his close contender JUI-F's Jamil Khan bagged 9,231 votes.
The opposition alliance — Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — was supporting Jamil Khan in the by-election.
Polling started at 8am and continued till 5pm without any break.
Aside from Imran Khan and Jamil Khan, 14 other candidates contested the elections.
There are 198,618 registered voters — 111,349 men and 87,269 women — in the constituency, according to the spokesman of the election commission.
District Police Officer (DPO) Kurram, Arbab Shafiullah said that security arrangements had been completed for by-elections in NA-45 and transportation of election material had been started.
He said that 2,100 policemen had been deputed on polling duty.
The DPO has called on political leaders and workers to abide by rules and cooperate with police to maintain peace during the election today.
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