PTI candidate retains PK-10 seat after vote recount
Monday, May 20, 2013
PESHAWAR/HAFIZABAD: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for provincial assembly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa retained PK-10 seat after vote recount.
Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Khushdil Khan had pleaded for vote recount on PK-10 after PTIs Shah Farmans lead in polls. The returning officer recounted the votes, however, Shah Farman retained the lead with 1,300 ballots. Later, the Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a notification of the PTI candidates win.
Meanwhile, the ECP has ordered the recounting of votes in NA-103. PML-N candidate Mian Shahid Hussain Bhatti had alleged that bogus votes were cast in the polling stations by his rival candidate (independent) Ch Liaqat Abbas Bhatti, who has also recently joined the PML-N.
According to official sources, the ECP has ordered recounting of votes within three days. agencies
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
Monday, May 20, 2013
PESHAWAR/HAFIZABAD: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for provincial assembly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa retained PK-10 seat after vote recount.
Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Khushdil Khan had pleaded for vote recount on PK-10 after PTIs Shah Farmans lead in polls. The returning officer recounted the votes, however, Shah Farman retained the lead with 1,300 ballots. Later, the Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a notification of the PTI candidates win.
Meanwhile, the ECP has ordered the recounting of votes in NA-103. PML-N candidate Mian Shahid Hussain Bhatti had alleged that bogus votes were cast in the polling stations by his rival candidate (independent) Ch Liaqat Abbas Bhatti, who has also recently joined the PML-N.
According to official sources, the ECP has ordered recounting of votes within three days. agencies
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