Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shaista Pervaiz Malik, wife of late Malik Pervaiz won the National Assembly (NA)-133 constituency on Sunday against Pakistan People Party’s (PPP) opponent Aslam Gill.
The PML-N won the seat for the fourth time since 2008, although by a smaller margin this time.
The results showed Gill was defeated by a margin of 14,498 votes. Shaista Malik secured 46,811 votes while Gill’s votes were 32,313.
In 2018 elections, Pervaiz Malik secured 89,699 votes, which means PML-N got 42,888 fewer votes this time. However, PPP’s Gill got 26,728 more votes now as compared to the 2018 polls when he obtained only 5,585.
President Of the Pakistan Institute Of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) Ahmed Bilal Mehboob shared the turnout of the constituency’s elections in a tweet.
Meanwhile, despite PPP’s defeat in the election, the party’s Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari congratulated his party and he tweeted, “Congratulations to PPP Punjab for a fantastic performance in Lahore by-election. PPP went from 5,000 votes to 32,000+. While Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lost more than 50% of its votes”, adding that they hope to form the government in Punjab and centre in the general election.
PML-N president and Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif dedicated this victory to Late Pervaiz Malik and said, “We bow our heads before Allah in all humility for this election win today.”
