The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released a list of constituencies in which the most number of votes were rejected for National Assembly seats.
The most number of votes were rejected in NA-86, Mandi Bahauddin 2, the electoral body said. As per details, 15,568 votes were rejected in the NA-86 constituency, which saw Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member Nasir Iqbal Bosal win against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Nazar Mohammad Gondal with a margin of around 67,000 votes.
Similarly, 15,340 votes were rejected in NA-197, Kashmore. Pakistan Peoples Party’s Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari secured victory in the constituency.
In NA-196, 13,660 votes were rejected. PTI’s Muhammad Mian Soomro emerged victor from the Jacobabad constituency.
Further, 13,597 votes were rejected in NA-260, Nasirabad-Kachhi-Jhal Magsi constituency from where Balochistan Awami Party’s Khalid Hussain Magsi won during the July 25 polls.
In NA-205, Ghotki 2 where independent candidate Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar won, 13,458 votes were rejected.
Published in Daily Times, July 29th 2018.
