PML-N Top Winner In 4 Years By-polls With 16 NA, 27 PA Seats

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) remained leading political party by winning 16 National Assembly and 27 provincial assembly seats in by-elections during last four years, leaving far behind all other opposition parties including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

LAHORE, Sept 18 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Sep, 2017 ) : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) remained leading political party by winning 16 National Assembly and 27 provincial assembly seats in by-elections during last four years, leaving far behind all other opposition parties including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

According to data given by the Election Commission of Pakistan, PTI secured its second position by grabbing 6 National Assembly and 9 provincial assembly seats while Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) got third position by winning 5 National Assembly and 12 provincial assembly seats during a period of May 2013 to August 2017.

Similarly, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) grabbed 3 national assembly seats, Awami National Party (ANP) 1, Pashtunkhawa Milli Party 1, JUI-F 1, while independent candidates achieved two seats of national assembly.

In provincial assembly competition, MQM grabbed 2 provincial assembly seats, ANP, JUI-F and National Party achieved 1 seat each. Major competition were seen some of the Constituencies including NA-1 Peshawer where Alhaj Ghulam Ahmad Bilour of ANP remained successful with 34,386, NA-19 Haripur where PML-N's Babar Nawaz defeated PTI's candidate Dr Raja Amir Zaman with a huge margin grabbing 137,227 votes, NA-48 Islamabad, where Asad Umar of PTI got success with 48,073 votes, NA-149 where from Malik Muhammad Aamir Dogar, an independent candidate (with the support of PTI) remained successful, Muhammad Ali Rashid of MQM secured NA-254 with huge margin for MQM and NA- 154, where top leader of the PTI Jahangir Khan Tareen defeated PML-N's Siddiq Baloch.

PML-N candidate Begum Kulsoom Nawaz retained her husband's NA-120 Lahore seat by defeating PTI's Dr Yasmeen Rashid in the by-election amid extraordinary competition. Earlier, the most interesting battle of NA-122 went in favour of PML-N's Sardar Ayaz Sadiq who with a small margin defeated PTI's central leader Abdul Aleem Khan.

PML-N's total NA seats were: NA-120, NA-68, NA-71, NA-83, NA-103, NA-129, NA-69, NA-137, NA-108, NA-19, NA-122, NA-153, NA-101, NA-267, NA-63, NA-162. PTI's total NA seats: NA-5, NA-13, NA-25, NA-27, NA-48 and NA-154.

PPP; NA-177, NA-235, NA-237, NA-218, N-258. MQM; NA-254 and NA-246. Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party: NA-262. Independent; NA-149 and NA-144. It may be mentioned here that PTI could not win any NA seat after the first by-polls after the General Elections 2013 except NA-154 Lodhran where Jehangir Khan Tareen defeated PML-N.

On the other hand, PML-N secured all its seats including NA-122, NA-137, NA-153 and NA-101 and grabbed a huge victory in Local Body Polls in Punjab, clean swept in AJK elections and GB polls.