PTI leads in Cantonment Board polls, PML-N in second place

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the biggest winner in the Cantonment Board elections held across Pakistan on Sunday, reports Radio Pakistan.

According to the unofficial results, PTI got 58 seats, while the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) scored 51. Independent candidates claimed 49 seats.

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has managed to win 14 seats and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) got 10 seats. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) won five seats while Balochistan Awami Party (BNP) got two seats.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in a tweet said the Cantonment Board election results show that the Opposition has left with no standing following a crushing defeat.

کنٹونمنٹ بورڈز الیکشن میں مقابلہ #PTI کے ٹکٹ ہولڈرز اور ان کارکنان کے درمیان رہا جن کو ٹکٹ نہیں مل سکا، اور انھوں نے آزاد حیثئت میں انتخابات میں حصہ لیا، نتائج نے ظاہر کیا ہے کہ اپوزیشن کی رہی سہی حیثئت بھی ختم ہو چکی ہے اور وہ بری طرح شکست کھا چکے ہیں #بلے_کی_بلےبلے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 12, 2021

Reacting to the ruling party’s victory, federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said: “Cantonment elections once again show the PTI not only as the largest party but also the only national party.”

Cantonment elections once again show PTI not only as the largest party but also the only national party. Pti won either highest or second highest seats in every province. PMLN 0 in balochistan, 5th in sind. PPP 0 in punjab & balochistan, 3rd in kp. PMIK only national leader

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) September 13, 2021

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif called party leaders and congratulated them on their success in the cantonment polls.

پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) کے صدر اور قائد حزب اختلاف شہباز شریف کے پارٹی رہنماؤں کو فون، کنٹونمنٹ بورڈ انتخابات میں کامیابی پر مبارک اور شاباش دی

شہباز شریف نے لاہور ڈیویژن ،سیالکوٹ ، راولپنڈی ڈیویژن سمیت ملک بھر میں پارٹی کارکنوں،سپورٹرز، ٹیم پی ایم ایل این کو مبارک دی اور شاباش دی

— PMLN (@pmln_org) September 13, 2021

Province wise results:

PTI won the most number of seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) — 18 — followed by 28 in Punjab, 14 in Sindh, and three in Balochistan.

PML-N won big in Punjab, bagging 51 seats, managing only five in KP, three in Sindh, and none in Balochistan. In Lahore, the PML-N bagged 15 of 19 wards.

PPP was surprisingly unable to defeat PTI in Sindh, instead of tying with them for 14 seats. The remaining three seats were won in KP, meaning none were won in either Punjab or Balochistan.

Independent candidates scored big in Punjab, bagging 32 seats. They secured nine in KP, seven in Sindh, and four in Balochistan.

MQM won all of its 10 seats in Sindh, whereas JI won five in Sindh and two in Punjab.

ANP won two seats in KP, whereas BAP won two in Balochistan.