Multan: Son of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and PPP candidate Abdul Qadir Gilani has won the by-election in NA-151 with the margin of 4096 votes after the seat was left vacant following his father’s disqualification, according to unofficial results.
Gilani secured 64,628 votes, narrowly defeating independent candidate Shaukat Hayat Bosan who bagged 60,532 votes.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), 245 polling stations had been set up across the Multan constituency out of which 64 had been declared sensitive.
An open violation of the code of conduct set by the ECP was witnessed during the polling.
For the first time in history, the ECP had decided to provide transport to voters in elections in the light of June 8th decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The ECP had directed the District Election Commission Multan to provide transport to the voters during the by-election.
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