Islamabad, June 17: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) won the NA-240 by-elections by a close margin of 65 votes against rival TLP, Geo News reported on Friday.
MQM-P’s candidate Mohammad Abubakar secured 10,683 votes, while TLP’s candidate Shahzada Shahbaz e bagged 10,618 votes.
Muhajir Qaumi Movement candidate Syed Rafiuddin secured the third position with 8,349 votes, and PPP’s Nasir Rahim secured the fourth place with 5,240 votes, and PSP’s Shabbir Kaimkhani grabbed 4,782 votes to finish fifth.
The MQM-P had won the same constituency by a huge margin in the 2018 general elections, which it had also won in 2013 and 2008. In the 2002 polls, the Muhajir Qaumi Movement won the polls, but after their MNA passed away, the MQM-P managed to win the seat in the by-poll.
The polling ended at 5pm, but the day witnessed violence across the constituency, with one person belonging to the PSP being killed, while several others were injured including ex-MPA Iftikhar Alam, who is also a member of the PSP.
As many as 25 candidates partook in the contest for the seat a stronghold of the MQM-P that fell vacant after the death of MQM-P MNA Muhammad Ali Khan this year on April 19.
The provincial election commissioner Ijaz Chohan said the turn out in constituency remained very low at just 8.32 per cent where there are more than 500,000 voters.
(UNI)
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