Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Rana Muhammad Saleem defeated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate Noreen Nishat Daha by a decent margin in the by-election in the Punjab Assembly constituency PP-206, Khanewal.
Winner Rana Saleem secured 47,649 votes and runner up Noreen Daha bagged 34,030 votes in the by-election where voting continued without any interruption from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 16.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate Mir Wasiq got 15059 votes and stood third in Thursday’s race.
ECP declares Noreen’s vote invalid
PTI candidate Noreen Nishat violated the code of conduct as the candidate cast her vote and showed the stamped ballot paper to the media.
Taking notice of the incident, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared Noreen’s vote invalid.
According to the code of conduct set by the ECP, no voter can show their ballot paper to anyone.
