NA-33 Hangu: PTI leads as vote counting underway

HANGU: Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI) is leading in the NA-33 Hangu by-polls, according to the unofficial results that emerged so far.

According to unofficial and unconfirmed results of 34 polling stations, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Nadeem Khyal is leading with 4,199 votes, while Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s Mufti Ubaidullah is second with 3,555 votes.

Awami National Party’s Umar Saeed has bagged 546 votes.

The polling for the vacant seat of NA-33 Hangu that started at 8 am concluded at 5 pm without any break.

The seat got vacated following the death of PTI MNA Khayal Zaman.

The ECP said that 210 polling stations were established for the by-poll. The ECP set up 64 polling stations for men and 55 polling stations for women. 110 polling stations were declared sensitive while 77 were declared highly sensitive.