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Pakistan Polls: Nawaz Sharif's PML-N leading, Imran Khan's PTI second
Sunday May 12, 2013 10:04:55 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad: The initial
results of the Pakistan general elections showed former prime
minister Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
party leading till late Saturday night.
Voting was held Saturday for 269 of the 342 seats of the National
Assembly and 728 seats in four provincial assemblies of Pakistan.
The PML-N was in lead with 115 National Assembly seats than its
arch rivals the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples
Party (PPP), Xinhua reported.
Sharif's party was ahead mostly in Punjab, the country's most
populated province and also the stronghold of the PML-N.
Sharif himself was leading with huge margin from his rivals on two
seats, one in Lahore, his home constituency and the other in
Sargodha, a main city in Punjab province.
Unofficial results said Sharif won election to the parliament from
Sargodha seat, reported Radio Pakistan while stating that the
official results were awaited.
The trend, till late Saturday night, showed that PML-N was likely
to get simple majority to form the government. But it would need
support of other parties for a comfortable majority and a stable
government.
Meanwhile, PTI, led by the cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan,
was emerging as the second largest party with 37 seats. Khan, who
contested on four National Assembly seats, was leading on all
seats.
According to unofficial results, Khan won from the Peshawar city,
defeating Awami National Party (ANP) stalwart Ghulam Ahmed Bilour
for the National Assembly seat, Geo News reported. He won from the
city's National Assembly constituency NA-1.
The former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's son Bilawal Bhutto
Zardari-led Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was placed third in the
race, with lead in 33 National Assembly seats, mostly in southern
Sindh province. The PPP candidates were also showing good results
in southern Punjab.
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