SWAT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Fazal Maula On Sunday won the PK-7 Swat by-poll as per the unofficial and unconfirmed results received from all 124 polling stations. Â
As per details, PTI’s Fazal Maula secured 18,042 votes, while ANP candidate, Hussain Ahmed managed to bag 14,665 votes, as per unconfirmed and unofficial results.
The seat had fallen vacant following the death of ANP MPA Waqar Ahmad Khan from cardiac arrest on April 30.
Haji Fazal Maula of the PTI, Hussain Ahmad Khan of the ANP, Daulat Khan of the Tehreek-i-Inqilab Political Movement, and independent Mohammad Ali Shah were in the running.
The mainstream political parties except the PTI had decided not to contest the election citing the sacrifices of the deceased’s family during the 2007-09 Swat insurgency as the reason.
PK-7 is the home constituency of the central PTI leader and former communications minister, Murad Saeed. The ANP has already complained about the ‘active campaign’ by provincial ministers for the PTI nominee.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, the constituency has 183,308 registered voters, including 102,088 men and 81,220 women. The polling will begin at 8am and continue until 5pm.
A total of 124 polling stations had been established for the by-election. Of them, 41 have been declared sensitive and 12 sensitive.
