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Malik Gul Asghar Baghore of the Istehkam Pakistan Party has won the elections from the National Assembly constituency NA-88 after re-polling at 26 polling stations.
The constituency consists of Noorpur Tthal and Quaidabad tehsils.
According to the unofficial results, Malik Gul Asghar won with 82,577 votes, independent candidate Malik Moazzam Sher stood second with 64,156 votes and Akram Khan Niazi, the candidate supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, got 55,015 votes. Strict security arrangements were made by the police for the re-polling with the help of Rangers.
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The total number of voters who exercised their right to vote in the re-pollng in parts of the constituency was 33,832 at 26 polling stations.
A large number of supporters celebrated the victory of the winning candidate.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th 2024.
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