KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) candidate Mahmood Moulvi on Sunday won by-poll on NA-245 Karachi by securing 29475 votes.
As per unofficial results of all 263 polling stations, Mahmood Moulvi secured 29475 votes, MQM-P candidate Mueed Anwar got 13193 votes, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’S (TLP) Muhammed Ahmed Raza obtained 9836 votes and independent candidate Farooq Sattar received 3479 votes.
In total, 15 candidates were contesting for the National Assembly seat that fell vacant after the death of Aamir Liaquat Hussain, who was elected on a PTI ticket in 2018. Aamir Liaquat beat Dr Farooq Sattar in 2018 after securing 56,673 votes.
The polling process started at 8am and continued till 5pm today (Sunday). However, the polling time has been extended by an hour at Polling Stations 55, 143 and 144.
Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamiat Uleema-e-Islam had withdrawn their candidates in favor of MQM.
Some of the major areas of the constituency are Lines Area, Jutt Lines, Ab Cinia Lin, Martin Quarters, PECHS, Tariq Road, Soldier Bazaar, Patel Para, Garden East, New Town, PIB Colony, Jamshed Road, Jahangir Road, Khudad Colony, Lasbella Chowk and Pakistan Quarters.
The by-polls was scheduled to be held on July 27, however, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) postponed it due to torrential rains in the city.
