Pakistan election results being announced as 'delay' raises eyebrows; PTI-backed candidates win 3 KP seats
The Hindu
The Election Commission of Pakistan announces delayed results of the 2024 polls amid allegations of rigging and violence.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced first results of the 2024 polls in the early hours of Friday, more than 10 hours after voting ended amid allegations of rigging, sporadic violence and a countrywide mobile phone shutdown.
ECP Special Secretary Zafar Iqbal declared the first results at a press conference in Islamabad around 3 a.m. on Feb. 9.
Samiullah Khan, an independent backed by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s PTI, won the PK-76 seat of the Kyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial Assembly by securing over 18,000 votes, he said.
Independent candidate Fazal Hakeem Khan, also backed by the PTI, took 25,330 votes to win PK-6, he said.
PTI-backed independent candidate Ali Shah has bagged Swat’s PK-4 constituency as per initial results from the Election Commission of Pakistan. He secured 30,022 votes.
The polls closed on Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. and ballot counting began but there was no clear picture till about 3 a.m. on Feb. 9 from the ECP about which party was leading.
As political parties complained about the delay and questioned the poll authority, the ECP directed all the provincial Election Commissioners and Returning Officers to announce the results within half-an-hour or else face strict action.
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