{"id":17573,"date":"2025-11-24T12:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T07:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=17573"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T07:21:44","slug":"pml-n-dominates-by-elections-secures-majority-of-national-and-provincial-assembly-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=17573","title":{"rendered":"PML-N dominates by-elections, secures majority of National and Provincial Assembly seats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pakistan Muslim League (N) emerged as the leading party in the latest by-elections, securing victories on six National Assembly seats and seven Provincial Assembly constituencies. <\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the unofficial and unconfirmed results, PML-N managed to reclaim nearly all seats previously vacated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Meanwhile, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) succeeded in winning only one provincial seat.<\/p>\n

National Assembly Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n

NA-129 Lahore<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PML-N\u2019s Hafiz Mian Muhammad Nauman claimed a decisive lead with 63,441 votes<\/strong>, while PTI-backed independent candidate Arsalan Ahmed secured 29,099 votes<\/strong>. The seat had fallen vacant after the demise of PTI\u2019s Mian Azhar.<\/p>\n

NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PML-N\u2019s Mahmood Qadir Khan won the contest with 82,416 votes<\/strong>, defeating PPP\u2019s Dost Muhammad Khosa, who obtained 49,262 votes<\/strong>. This constituency was vacated after the disqualification of PTI\u2019s Zartaj Gul.<\/p>\n

NA-143 Sahiwal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

According to non-official results, PML-N\u2019s Muhammad Tufail Jutt secured a commanding victory with 136,223 votes<\/strong>, while independent candidate Zarrar Akbar Chaudhry managed only 13,220 votes<\/strong>. The seat was left vacant after the disqualification of PTI\u2019s Hassan Nawaz.<\/p>\n

NA-104 Faisalabad<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PML-N\u2019s Daniyal Ahmed emerged victorious with 52,791 votes<\/strong>, while independent candidate Rana Adnan Javed followed with 19,262 votes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

NA-96 Faisalabad<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All 345 polling stations reported PML-N\u2019s Bilal Badar Chaudhry as the winning candidate with 93,009 votes<\/strong>. He is the brother of Minister of State Tallal Chaudhry.<\/p>\n

Provincial Assembly Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n

PP-87 Mianwali<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PML-N\u2019s Ali Haider Noor Khan Niazi secured 67,986 votes<\/strong>, defeating independent candidate Muhammad Ayaz Khan Niazi, who received 3,310 votes<\/strong>. The seat had earlier been held by former Opposition Leader Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar.<\/p>\n

PP-98 Faisalabad<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PML-N\u2019s Azad Ali Tabassum won with 44,388 votes<\/strong>, while independent candidate Muhammad Ajmal obtained 35,245 votes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PP-115 Faisalabad<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As per unofficial results, PML-N\u2019s Muhammad Tahir Pervaiz took the lead with 49,049 votes<\/strong>, while independent contender Muhammad Asghar secured 18,098 votes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PP-116 Faisalabad<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All 190 polling station results confirm that PML-N\u2019s Ahmed Shehryar won the seat with 48,824 votes<\/strong>, defeating independent candidate Malik Asghar Ali Qaiser, who secured 11,429 votes<\/strong>. Ahmed Shehryar is the son-in-law of Adviser to the Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah. This seat had been vacated after the disqualification of PTI\u2019s Ismail Silla.<\/p>\n

PP-203 Sahiwal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PML-N\u2019s Muhammad Hanif achieved victory with 46,900 votes<\/strong>, while independent candidate Falak Sher obtained 10,895 votes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PP-73 Sargodha<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PML-N\u2019s Sultan Ali Ranjha claimed a strong win with 71,770 votes<\/strong>, while independent candidate Mehr Mohsin Raza received 12,970 votes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PP-269 Muzaffargarh<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This was the only provincial constituency where the PML-N faced defeat. PPP\u2019s Mian Almdar Abbas Qureshi won the seat with 55,611 votes<\/strong>, based on the results from all 156 polling stations.<\/p>\n

Major Upset: NA-18 Haripur<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The biggest surprise of the by-elections came from NA-18 Haripur, where PML-N\u2019s Babar Nawaz Khan defeated Shahrnaz Umar Ayub, the wife of PTI leader and former Opposition Leader Umar Ayub.
Babar Nawaz secured 163,996 votes<\/strong>, while Shahrnaz obtained 120,220 votes<\/strong>.
The seat had been left vacant after Umar Ayub was disqualified in a May 9-related case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pakistan Muslim League (N) emerged as the leading party in the latest by-elections, securing victories on six National Assembly seats and seven Provincial Assembly constituencies. According to the unofficial and unconfirmed results, PML-N managed to reclaim nearly all seats previously vacated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Meanwhile, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) succeeded in winning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[285,9469,9467,4622,9466,9468],"class_list":["post-17573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-by-elections","tag-haripur-upset","tag-national-assembly-results","tag-pakistan-politics","tag-pml-n-victories","tag-provincial-assembly-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17575,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17573\/revisions\/17575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}