Gilani Applies To ECP For Votes Recounting After DRO Rejection
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published July 28, 2018 | 02:45 AM
MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jul, 2018 ) ::After rejection from District Returning Officer (DRO), former prime minister and PPPP candidate from NA-158 Multan-V, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani applied to ECP for recounting.
In a statement issued here on Friday evening, Yusuf Raza Gilani said that constitutionally, if one looses with a margin of 10,000 votes, one can apply for recounting.
He, however, stated that his application was rejected though his opponent PTI candidate Ibrahim Khan had won by around 9,000 votes from NA-158 Multan-V.
He stated that he should be given right of getting his votes recounted.
Gilani bagged 74,443 votes while PTI Ibrahim Khan won by securing 84,304 votes and difference of votes stand at 8,861.
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