Polling underway for PP-218 Multan by-poll

MULTAN (92 News) – The polling is underway for the vacant seat of PP-218 Multan by-poll on Sunday.

A tough contest is expected between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Malik Wasif Mazhar and Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Malik Muhammad Arshad.

A total of 203,188 voters will elect their representative to the Punjab Assembly. Strict security measures have been made for the by-poll. Police personnel are present inside and outside polling stations.

The polling will continue till 5:00pm without any break. The Punjab Assembly seat fell vacant after the death of MPA Mazhar Abbas Raan.

138 polling stations, together with 25 for males, 24 for females and 89 combined, will be set up in the constituency.

MPA Malik Mazhar Abbas Raan had got 45,817 votes in the July 2018 general elections while PPP candidate Malik Muhammad Abbas bagged 37,417 votes. PML-N’s Zaffar Ahmed had secured 25,000 votes.

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