Shaista Malik, the widow of PML-N stalwart Pervaiz Malik, won the NA-133 by-elections in Lahore by a margin of 14,498 votes over PPP contender Ch Aslam Gill.
The PML-N candidate received 46,811 votes, while the runner-up PPP contender received 32,313 votes, according to unofficial data. The turnout in the NA-133 by-elections remained low at 18.59 percent, with 898 ballots deemed invalid.
The by-elections received a total of 80383 votes. According to the channel, 50,936 male voters and 30,959 female voters exercised their right to vote in the by-elections.
Workers from the PML-N celebrated their victory by dancing to drum beats at the party’s central election office.
Shaista Pervaiz Malik of the Nawaz League took the lead with 46,811 votes. Ch Aslam Gill of the People’s Party received 32,313 votes.
A candidate with a Crane symbol received 8 votes from a polling place as well. Workers from the PML-N began their celebrations at their electoral headquarters with drum-beat dances.
According to unofficial results from polling station 5, the PPP’s Ch Aslam Gill received only six votes, while the PML-Shaista N’s Malik received 40 votes.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 27 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 128 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 14.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 14 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 61 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 15.
According to unofficial results from polling station 25, the PPP’s Ch Aslam Gill received only nine votes, while the PML-Shaista N’s Malik received 89 votes. There were a total of 102 votes cast.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 120 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 180 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 36.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 103 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 275 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 41.
According to unofficial results from polling station 59, PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 59 votes to PML-N candidate Shaista Malik’s 46 votes.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 103 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik collected 211 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 68.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 30 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 176 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 109.
According to unofficial results from polling station 134, the PPP’s Ch Aslam Gill received only 129 votes, while the PML-Shaista N’s Malik received 148 votes. Crane, a candidate with a symbol, received 8 votes as well.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 121 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 79 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 137.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 23 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 56 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 142.
According to unofficial results from polling station 143, the PPP’s Ch Aslam Gill received only 10 votes, while the PML-Shaista N’s Malik received 17. There were a total of 28 votes cast.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill collected 121 nine votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 79 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 157.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 116 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik collected 290 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 164.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 86 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik received 200 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 194.
PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received 130 votes, while PML-N candidate Shaista Malik collected 105 votes, according to unofficial results from polling station 210.
According to unofficial results from polling station 242, PPP candidate Ch Aslam Gill received a seven-vote edge over PML-N candidate Shaista Malik, who received 46 votes. There were a total of 103 votes cast.
According to unofficial results from polling station 248, the PPP’s Ch Aslam Gill received only 48 votes, while the PML-Shaista N’s Malik received 110 votes.
Who will emerge victoriously?
At 5:00 p.m., polling for by-elections in Lahore seat NA-133 came to a close in a calm way.
During the polling hours, a tight race between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidates was noticed.
A total of 11 candidates are running in the by-election, with PML-N candidate Shaista Pervez Malik and PPP candidate Aslam Gill expected to fight it out.
Following the rejection of the ruling party’s Jamshed Cheema and his wife’s nomination papers, PPP candidate Aslam Gill found himself on new ground in what had appeared to be a one-on-one struggle between the PML-N and the PTI.
The seat became vacant after PML-N MNA Pervaiz Malik died on October 11 from heart issues.
Polling stations with a high level of sensitivity
According to the Punjab Election Commission, NA-133 has 254 voting stations, with 22 A category polling stations, 198 B category polling stations, and 34 C category polling stations.
Senior police officials have been deployed to supervise the security arrangements through patrolling and the control room for foolproof polling, according to CCPO Lahore.
Thirty-one polling stations have been designated as highly sensitive, while 119 polling stations have been designated as sensitive, with nearly 2,000 police officers on duty. The NA-133 constituency has a total of 440,485 voters, with 233,585 male voters and 206,927 female voters.
A total of 200 separate polling stations for men and women have been set up, as well as 54 mixed polling stations.
The groom is the first to vote.
During the NA-133 by-election, a groom arrived at a polling place with his music band and friends to vote.
Mudassar Hussain claimed he voted for Shaista Malik of the PML-N at polling station 183, his favourite candidate.
He stated that while the wedding is essential, it is also his responsibility to cast a ballot. “Our devotion to the PML-N is selfless. I’ll also bring my wife to the polls to vote.”
Votes are cast by the disabled.
A sick and crippled guy came out of his home to vote in the by-election. Muhammad Zulfiqar, 54, showed up at the Chandroy polling station to vote for the PPP candidate.
At the Quad-i-Azad Academy for Education Development polling station, Zulfiqar voted. He claimed that the PPP is the only party capable of pulling the country out of its current predicament.
PTI supporters
Despite knowing that no governing party candidate was running, a PTI voter from Chandroy Road and his family went to a polling station to vote.
Without the PTI, Shahbaz Ali believes the poll is being staged by PDM leaders. He went on to say that only Imran Khan has the ability to address all of these issues.
Outlines of politics
There were 11 contestants remaining after the PTI candidate dropped out of the race, including Pervez Malik’s widow Shaista Pervez Malik and PPP’s Aslam Gill.
In the hopes of restoring the PPP in Punjab, the PPP intensively campaigned for the NA-133 by-election in Lahore, which is considered a bastion of the rival PML-N.
Pervez Malik won the seat in 2018 with 89,699 votes, Waheed Alam Khan in 2013 with almost 100,000 votes, and Naseer Bhutta in 2008 with a margin of more than 32,000 votes, all for the PML-N.
Directives of the ECP
The ECP has instructed each presiding officer to photograph the original form 45 and pass it over to the returning officer with forensic details including time and place.
By bringing polling agents on board, the commission has also requested presiding officers to keep their location services turned on, take a picture of form 45, and send it to returning officers through WhatsApp.
In the event that the internet is unavailable, the presiding officer should personally provide the original form 45.
All presiding officers have been instructed by the ECP to save essential information on their laptops. Under the protection of police and Rangers, presiding officers will receive polling bags from the returning officer.
Candidates were also urged to ensure that no polling agent left the voting site without getting 45 votes. At the voting location, each presiding officer is required to give a signed copy of Form 45 to the appropriate polling agents.
Control rooms
Control rooms are places where decisions are made. The ECP said it has set up a control room in the Returning Officer’s office, which would be operational throughout the polling process till the results are gathered.
The ECP has also established separate control centers for registering and resolving complaints at the provincial and national levels. The control room will be open from 7 a.m. until the results are compiled on election day.
