LIVE Updates: By-election results 2018

ISLAMABAD: Unofficial results continue to pour in from across Pakistan after a daylong  polling on  35 national and provincial seats on Sunday. 

According to unofficial results being received the PTI and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are in a neck to neck competition.

NA-35 Bannu: MMA's Zahid Akram Durrani wins the seat by acquiring 60,944 votes against PTI's Naseem Ali Shah who has bagged 37,489 votes. The seat was won by PTI chief Imran Khan in the July 25 polls. Zahid Akram Durrani wins

NA-53, Islamabad: PTI candidate Ali Nawaz Awan wins by begging 50,943 against PML-N 's Waqar Ahmed who falls behind with 32,313 votes. Ali Nawaz wins the seat.

NA-56, Attock: Malik Sohail Khan of PML-N leads with 1,15,273 votes against PTI's Malik Khurram Ali who is second with over 80,092 votes. Malik Sohail Khan wins the seat

NA-60, Rawalpindi: Sheikh Rashid Shafique wins by securing 44,483 votes against PML-N’s Sajjad Khan who stood second by begging 43,836 votes. Sheikh Rashid Shafiq wins

NA-63: PTI's Mansoor Hayat wins by begging 71,782 votes against PML-N's Aqeel Malik who has got 43,836 votes. Mansoor Hayat wins

NA-65, Chakwal: PML leader Chaudhry Salik Hussain, son of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain leads with 100, 917 votes against TLP's candidate who has bagged 32, 326 votes. Chaudhry Salik Hussain wins the NA-65 seat.

NA-69: PML leader Moonis Elahi leads with 65,759 votes against PML-N candidate against Imran Zafar who has bagged 14,956 votes. Moonis Elahi win the seat.

NA-103 Faisalabad: PML-N's Ali Gohar leads with 76,626 votes against PTI's Saad Ullah who falls behind with 63,583 votes. Ali Gohar wins the seat

NA-124, Lahore: Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi wins by securing 80, 789 votes against PTI's Ghulam Mahiuddin who stood second with 33, 256 votes. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi wins

NA 131, LAHORE: PML-N's Khawaja Saad Rafique wins by begging 60,352 votes against PTI's Humayun Akhtar who secured 50,155 to stand second in the constituency that was won by PTI's chief Imran Khan in the July 25 polls. Khawaja Saad Rafique wins

NA-243, Karachi: PTI leader Muhammad Alamgir Khan wins by securing 35,727 votes against MQM's Amir Chishti who has acquired 15,113 votes. Alamgir Khan wins

Provincial assemblies  seats unofficial results

PS-30: PPP's Syed Ahmed Raza Shah Jeelani won by acquiring 32,233 votes against GDA's Syed Muharram Ali Shah who stood second by begging 20733 votes .

PS-87: PPP's Muhammad Sajid won by taking 32,241 against PTI's Qadir Bux Khan Gabol who secured 12,448 votes.

PB-35: Independent candidate Nawab Muhammad Aslam Khan won by securing 13,155 while BAP's Sardar Noor Ahmed stood runner-up with 9,870.

PB-40: BNP's Muhammad Akbar won the by-polls, while an independent candidate Mir Shafiqur Rehman Mengal secured the second slot.

PP-3: PML-N's Iftikhar Ahmed Khan won with 43,259 votes to his credit. PTI's Muhammad Akbar Khan stood second in the race by securing 43,032 votes.

PP-27: PML-N's Nasir Mehmood won by bagging 61,542 votes. PTI’s Shahnawaz Raja stood runner-up with 60,886 votes.

PP-87: PTI's Malik Ahmad Khan was elected unopposed.

PP-103: PML-N's Jafar Ali won PP-103 by-polls by securing 39,512 votes. He was followed by PTI's Shamsher Haider who attained 33,373votes.

PP-118: Independent candidate Chaudhry Bilal Asghar won PP-118 by-polls with 55,286 votes. He was followed by PTI’s Asad Zaman, who secured 50,097 votes.

PP-164: PML-N's Sohail Shaukat Butt emerged victorious in PP-164 by-election by securing 34,608 votes. He was followed by PTI's Yousuf Ali with 27,047 votes.

PP-165: PML-N's Malik Saiful Malook Khokhar won by bagging 37,911 votes, according to unofficial and unconfirmed results. PTI's Mohammad Mansha Sindhu stood runner-up with 32,169 votes.

PP-201: PTI's Samsam Bukhari won by-polls in PP-201 Sahiwal with 54,699 votes, he was followed by PML-N's Muhammad Tufail, who secured 47,675 votes.

PP-222: Independent candidate Qasim Abbas Khan won  by bagging 36,190 votes. PTI's Sohail Ahmed Noon followed Khan with 30,160 votes.

PP-261: PTI’s Fawaz Ahmed won with 29,526 votes against PPP's Makhdoom Hassan Raza Hashim, who bagged 14,995 votes.

PP-272: PTI’s Zahra Batool won by-polls with 27,752 votes against independent candidate Syed Haroon Ahmed Sultan who secured 18,853.

PP-292: PML-N's Sardar Awais Leghari won by attaining 32,059 votes, against PTI's Sardar Maqsood Laghari stood runner-up with 21,367 votes.

PK-3: PML-N's Sardar Khan won with 16,859 votes, while PTI's Sajid Ali stood second with 15,696 votes.

PK-7: ANP’s Waqar Ahmad Khan won by securing 13,997 votes. PTI's Fazal Maula followed Khan with 13,663 votes.

PK-44: PTI's Aqibullah Khan won with 18,723 votes. He was followed by ANP's Ghulam Hassan, who secured 17,093 votes.

PK-53: PTI’s Muhammad Abdul Salam won with 19,192 votes. ANP’s Ahmed Khan stood second with 19,131 votes.

PK-61: PTI's Mohammad Ibrahim Khattak won  by attaining 14,713 votes. He was followed by ANP's Noor Alam Khan with 9,466 votes.

PK-64: PTI’s Liaquat Khan won securing 22,775 votes. ANP’s Mohammad Shahid stood runner-up with 9,560 votes.

PK-78: ANP's Samar Haroon Bilour won  by attaining 20,916 votes. PTI’s Muhammad Irfan Abdul Salman followed Bilour with 16,819 votes.

PK-97: PTI's Faisal Amin Khan won  by bagging 18,124 votes. He was followed by PPP's Farhan Afzal Malik, who secured 7,952 votes.

PK-99: PTI's Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur won by securing 33,289 votes. The independent candidate Fatehullah Khan stood runner-up in the race with 24,976 votes.

NA-35 Bannu: JUI-F's Zahid Akram Durrani leads with 51,144 votes against PTI's Naseem Ali Shah who has acquired 32,033 votes. 

 NA-243, Karachi: PTI leader Muhammad Alamgir Khan leads with 23,764 votes against MQM's Amir Chishti who has acquired 10,019 votes. 

NA-103 Faisalabad: PML-N's Ali Gohar leads with 76,626 votes against PTI's Saad Ullah who falls behind with 63,583 votes. Ali Gohar wins the seat

NA-60, Rawalpindi: Sheikh Rashid Shafiq leads with 36,035 against PML-N’s Sajjad Khan who is closing in with over 35,792 votes. 

NA-53, Islamabad: PTI candidate Ali Nawaz Awan leads with 40,907 against PML-N 's Waqar Ahmed who is falling behind with 25,170 votes.  Ali Nawaz is likely to win this seat. 

NA-56, Attock: Malik Sohail Khan of PML-N leads with 1,15,273 votes against PTI's Malik Khurram Ali who is second with over 80,092 votes.  Malik Sohail Khan wins the seat

NA-69, PMLQ leader Moonis Elahi leads with 65,759 votes against PML-N candidate against Imran Zafar who has bagged 14,956 votes.  Moonis Elahi win the seat.

NA-63: PTI's Mansoor Hayat leads with 59,329 votes against PML-N's Aqeel Malik who has got 36,109 votes.  Mansoor Hayat is likely to win this seat. 

NA-103, Faisalabad: Ali Gaulhar of PML-N leads with 55,757 votes against PTI 's Saadullah who has bagged 46,539 votes. 

NA-56, Malik Sohail Khan leads with 1,12,032 votes against PTI's candidate Malik Khurram Ali Khan who bagged 77,641.

NA-53 Islamabad: PTI’s Ali Nawaz Aiwan leads with 36025 votes against PLM-N’s Waqar Ahmed who came second with 21,041 votes.

PK-44: PTI’s Aqibullah Khan bagged 18,676 votes, followed by ANP’s Ghulam Hassan, who secured 17,067 votes. PTI’s Aqibullah Khan win

PK-97: PTI’s Faisal Amin Khan secured 18,170 votes,  followed by PPP’s Farhan Afzal Malik, who secured 7,609 votes. PTI’s Faisal Amin Khan won

PP-261 Rahimyar Khan, PTI's Fawad Ahmed leads with 29526 votes against PPP's Hasan Raza Hashmi who secured 14996 votes. Fawad Ahmed wins PP-261 seat.

PP-164 Lahore: PML-N's Sohail Shaukat Butt leads with 31099 against PTI's Yousuf Ali who bagged 23591 votes. Sohail Shaukat Butt leads wins PP-164 seat.

PK-64: PTI’s Liaquat Khan secured 22,775 votes against ANP’s Mohammad Shahid who bagged 9560 votes. Liaquat Khan wins the seat

PK-99: PTI's Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur secured 30330 votes followed by Independent candidate Fatehullah Khan who bagged 22,825 votes.  Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur wins the seat

PK-61: PTI's Mohammad Ibrahim Khattak won by securing 14,557 votes  ANP's Noor Alam Khan with 9282 votes.

PK-53: ANP’s Ahmed Khan wins by securing 19,065 votes against PTI’s Muhammad Abdul Salam who bagged 19,044 votes.

PK-7: ANP’s Waqar Ahmad Khan wins by securing 14,096 votes. PTI's Fazal Maula followed Khan was runner up with 13,425 votes.

PK-3: PML-N’s Sardar Khan wins by securing 16,824 votes against PTI’s Sajid Ali who secured 15,911 votes.

PP-272: PTI’s Zahra Batool wins by securing 2,401 votes followed by independent candidate Syed Haroon Ahmed Sultan. 

PP-165, Lahore. Malik Saif ul Muloon leads with 28,589 votes against PTI candidate Mohammad Mansha Sindhu who secured 23,149 votes. Malik Saif ul Mulook has won the seat

PS-30: PPP's Syed Ahmed Raza Shah Jeelani wins by securing 36,600 votes against GDA’s Syed Muharram Ali Shah who secured 21,200 votes.

PB-40: BNP's Mohammad Akbar wins with 23,722 votes, followed by independent candidate Mir Shafiqur Rehman Mengal, who secured 14312 votes.

PP-292, DG Khan: Owais Leghari leads with 32،845 votes against PTI candidate Maqsood Khan Leghari who is trailing behind with 21938 votes. Owais Leghari has won the seat

PK-78: Samar Haroon Bilour leads with 13, 070 votes against PTI’s Muhammad Irfan who is second with 10, 859 votes. 

PK-64, Nowshehra: PTI's Liaquat Khan leads with 9770 votes against ANP's Muhammad Shahid who has bagged 3062 votes. 

PK-53, Mardan: PTI's Muhammad Abdus Salam leads with 8061 votes against ANP's Ahmed Khan who is second with 7976 votes. 

PP-164, Lahore: PML-N Sohail Butt leads against PTI's Yousuf Ali. 

PK-99, Dera Ismail Khan: PTI’s Aghaz Imranullah Gandapur leads with 8073 votes against independent candidate Fatehullah Khan who is second with 4817 votes. 

PB, Mastung: Nawab Aslam Raisani leads with 2535 votes against BAP's candidate who is second with 2000 votes. 

 PP-261, Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Fawad Ahmed exceeds with 1307 votes. PPP's Makhdoom Hassan Raza Hashmi secures the 2nd position with 635 votes Next, PP-3 Attock announces results of one polling station.

PP-222 Multan announces results of 3 polling stations: Independent candidate Qasim Abbas Khan leads with 1356 votes against PTI's Sohail Ahmed who has acquired second position with 354 votes.

PK-7 Swat: PTI is ahead of ANP candidate. 

PP-272, Muzaffargarh: PTI's Zahra Batool leads against Haroon Sultan, an independent candidate. 

PML-N's Iftikhar Ahmed bags 179 votes. PTI's Muhammad Akbar Khan acquires second spot with 85 votes

PP Swat-7: PTI's Fazal Maula leads with 2644 votes against Awami National Party's Waqar Ahmed Khan 1834 from 17 polling stations results. 

Initial results have begun tricking in at 6pm according to the directive of the Election commission of Pakistan (ECP).

The polling remained largely peaceful with the exception of a few sporadic incidents of violence between charged workers.

As many as 370 candidates were in the run for bye-elections being held for 35 seats of national and provincial assemblies.

ECP said 218 candidates were contesting from Punjab, 57 from Sindh, 59 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 36 from Balochistan.

A total total 661 nomination papers were filed with the ECP, out of which 645 nomination papers were accepted while 16 papers were rejected.

Elections are being held on 24 seats from provincial assemblies included 11 seats for Punjab Assembly, nine for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and two each for Sindh and Balochistan.

For 11 National Assembly seats, bye-elections are being held in nine constituencies in Punjab, one in Sindh and one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The constituencies of National Assembly included NA-131 Lahore-IX, NA-124 Lahore-II, NA-103 Faisalabad-III, NA-35 Bannu, NA-243 Karachi East-II, NA-69 Gujrat-II, NA-65 Chakwal-II, NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII, NA-60 Rawalpindi-IV, NA-56 Attock-II and from NA-53 Islamabad-II.

It is pertinent to mention here that two candidates have already been elected as unopposed on PP-87 Mianwali-III and PP-296 Rajan Pur-IV.

04:20pm

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was barred from voting by the polling staff as he was not carrying his computerized national identity card. 

The former premier then left the polling station without casting his vote. 

04: 20 pm

The Election Commission  of Pakistan says  voters who will arrive in polling station before 5pm will be allowed to cast their votes. 

03:50 PM

According to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), more than 5, 000 overseas Pakistanis have participated in the by-election through I-voting system. 

The overseas Pakistanis are taking part in the voting process using internet through a pass code.

The commission said so far 76 percent registered overseas Pakistanis have voted.  

03:15 pm

In Lahore, there was a face-off between supporters of PTI and PML-N  before police intervened and forced the two groups to disperse.  Both the sides chanted slogans against each other. 

02:10  pm

As voting opened on 35 national and provincial seats, a low voter turnout is being witnessed in most of the constituencies. According to reports reaching here, turnout has been anything but satisfactory so far but this may pick the pace after mid-day.

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01:25 pm

According to ECP, over 4000 overseas Pakistanis have polled their votes through i-Voting system.

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12:42:pm

Prime Minister Imran Khan arrives in NA-53 to cast his vote for Ali Nawaz Khan, a PTI candidate.  

Strict security measures have been put in place ahead of the prime minister's arrival.  

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11:50 am

Senior PML-N leader  who is party's candidate from Lahore's hotly contested NA-131 has said that his passport  has been blocked last night.  Why this is all happening?

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11:48 am

PTI candidate from NA-131 told Geo News that  he has contested from this  constituency earlier  as well and this time he was observing great enthusiasm from the public.

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11:45 am

Up till now 2800 overseas Pakistani have cast their votes, CEC was informed during briefing.

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11:15 am

Chief Election Commissioner, Justice (retd)  Sardar Raza  visited the Complaint Center set up to monitor the polling process.

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10:13 am

Result Transmission   System (RTS), which was questioned by the political parties after July 25 polls, is made functional again for today's by-poll. 

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09:17 am

ECP Complaint Center has been activated at the headquarters after a delay of more than one hour.

Tel nos: 0519217131 and 0519217133

Fax nos: 051-9217132 and 051-9217134

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A total of 370 candidates are in the electoral arena for 35 constituencies of the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies, as voters in these constituencies will exercise their right to vote today (Sunday) while over 7,000 overseas Pakistanis are also expected to take part in the bye-poll process through I-voting.

Punjab is real battleground again with PTI, PML-N being main players

As many as 661 candidates have filed nomination papers, of whom, 271 either withdrew or retired, whereas the papers of 16 were rejected and hence nominations of 645 were validly accepted. However, almost half of them have bowed out from the poll process. The bye-election enables overseas Pakistanis to mark their participation in the polling for the first time. The Election Commission of Pakistan has again put in place the result transmission system (RTS) with the instructions to the polling staff not to wait if it develops fault (s) and rush to the relevant returning officer along with the results. The failure of RTS in July 25 general election had generated a massive criticism from different segments of the society, particularly political parties. However, the process is on for the constitution of a parliamentary commission to probe alleged rigging and the RTS failure.

The Election Commission notified on Saturday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Ahmad Khan as returned (unopposed) candidate from PP-87, Mianwali. Referring to the Lahore High Court verdict, the Election Commission has directed the electronic media not to issue unofficial results of the bye-election before 6 pm Sunday. Out of total 35 constituencies, 11 belong to the National Assembly and 24 to the provincial assemblies where the polling will commence at 8 am and continue till 5 pm without any break. On its part, the Election Commission has already completed all the arrangements for the smooth conduct of the polls, as ballot papers have also been handed over to the presiding officers, which will be distributed under the supervision of the Pakistan Army. Besides other arrangements, the Election Commission has established a control room for guidance of overseas Pakistanis with regards to the electoral process.

In a statement on the eve of polling, the Election Commission directed those overseas Pakistanis, who may not have yet received voting password, to contact the control room at 0092512778899. The registered voters will not be able to cast their votes without a password. The Election Commission has issued passwords to the registered 7,364 overseas Pakistanis, who fall in these 35 constituencies.