{"id":57918,"date":"2024-02-09T02:11:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T02:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/raja-basharat-claims-of-winning-na-55-seats-with-healthy-majority\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T02:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T02:11:59","slug":"raja-basharat-claims-of-winning-na-55-seats-with-healthy-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/raja-basharat-claims-of-winning-na-55-seats-with-healthy-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"Raja Basharat claims of winning NA-55 seats with \u2018healthy majority\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PTI-backed candidate Raja Basharat has alleged post-poll rigging after official results by Election Commission of Pakistan revealed his defeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the results, PML-N candidate Abrar Ahmed won the NA-55 constituency by securing 78,542 votes. Meanwhile, Raja Basharat \u2013 who is the runner-up \u2013 managed to get 67,101 votes.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the PTI-backed candidate claimed a discrepancy in between Form 45 and Form 47 results. \u201cI have Form 45 as proof\u201d, he said, adding that they would not allow anyone to snatch their right.<\/p>\n

Basharat further said he had won the seat with a lead of 50,000 seats and his opponent \u201cdid not win from any polling station in the entire constituency\u201d.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif managed to secure<\/a> national and provincial assembly seats in Lahore.<\/p>\n

According to the results received from all polling stations, Shehbaz Sharif won NA-123 seat by securing 63,953 votes while PTI-backed independent candidate Afzal Azeem managed to get 48,486 votes.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the PML-N president clinched Lahore\u2019s PP-158 seat by securing 38,642 votes while independent candidate Yousuf Ali was in second position with 23,847 votes.<\/p>\n

A daylong polling process concluded on Thursday for the General Election 2024 overall in a peaceful manner, with active participation from all age group voters who came out in droves to elect candidates of their choice.<\/p>\n

The polling started simultaneously across the country at 8 am and continued till 5 pm without any break to provide maximum time to citizens to exercise their right to vote enshrined in the constitution.<\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0Pakistan General Elections 2024 Live Results and Updates<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The voters present in the premises of the polling stations at the poll-ending time were allowed to cast their votes, said a spokesperson for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n