PTI wins 15 seats, PML-N manages four seats in 20 seats of PA by-elections

Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has won 15 seats of the Punjab Assembly in by-elections held in 20 constituencies of the province.

According to unofficial results issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz obtained four seats while one seat was obtained by an independent candidate.

The ECP said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secured 46.08 percent of votes in the by-elections to grab the first position while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) remained second with 39.05 votes.

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, voter turnout remained 49.69 percent in Punjab by-elections.

As per details, the PTI candidates won the by-elections from PP-83 Khushab-2, PP-90 Bhakkar-2, PP-97 Faisalabad-1, PP-125 Jhang-2, PP-127 Jhang-4, PP-140 Sheikhupura-6, PP-158 Lahore-15, PP 167 Lahore-24, PP-170 Lahore 27, PP-202 Sahiwal-7, PP-217 Multan-7, PP-224 Lodhran-1, PP-272, Muzaffargarh-5, PP-282 Layyah-3, and PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan-4.

PML-N candidates won their four seats from constituencies PP-7 Rawalpindi-2, PP-168 Lahore-15, PP-237 Bahawalnagar-1 and PP-273 Muzaffargarh-6.

The only independent candidate won the seat in by-elections from constituency PP-228 Lodhran-5.