Election Results: After a long night of waiting and a very tough competition, PPP’s Qadir Khan Mandokhail has emerged victorious after securing 16,156 votes. Miftah Ismail of the PML-N missed out on the seat by just 683 votes. The banned outfit TLP’s candidate Nazeer Ahmed came in third place , while PSP’s Mustafa Kamal came in fourth.
Thank you Karachi. #NA249 pic.twitter.com/LwZGlvoH0k
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) April 29, 2021
PPP celebrate, PTI & PML-N question results: The chairman of the PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari sent out congratulatory Tweets on his personal profile and claimed that Karachi was and always had belonged to ‘Bhutto’.
Congratulations PPP Karachi for this historic victory. Aik Teer say itnay shikar. Yeh shehr Karachi Kis Ka? Bhutto ka! #NA249 pic.twitter.com/ff1SoE1MWp
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) April 30, 2021
Federal Minister Ali Haider Zaidi questioned the polling process and called the provincial election commission ‘crooked’. He stated that all those in contention are crying foul except the candidate who was nowhere in the run.
It is obvious to all that the crooked PPP & the Provincial Election Commission are hand in glove in this mess!
In an election held in the biggest city of Pakistan, with very low turnout, 8 hrs later every candidate is crying foul except one who was no where in the run! #NA249 pic.twitter.com/9zCANljKQ5
— Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) April 29, 2021
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz claimed that the election ‘was stolen’. She said that the Election Commission must investigate because the seat will inevitably come back to PML-N.
Election stolen from PMLN by only a few hundred votes. ECP must withhold the results of one of the most disputed & controversial elections. Even if it doesn’t, this victory will be temporary and will Insha’Allah come back to PMLN soon.
ووٹ کو عزت مل رہی ہے اور مل کر رہے گی— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) April 29, 2021
She further congratulated Miftah Ismail in a taunting way to other parties on a victory achieved which shall manifest soon.
Congratulations @MiftahIsmail Allah has blessed you with a glorious victory & it will come to you soonest Insha’Allah pic.twitter.com/sYJG2B1jeY
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) April 29, 2021
Low-turnout: Due to a variety of factors that include the widespread of COVID-19 and fasting during the heatwave, the voter turnout was quite low in such a densely populated area for such a contested seat