PP-206 by-poll: PML-N’s Rana Mohammad Saleem wins low turn-out contest

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Rana Mohammad Saleem won the PP-206 (Khanewal) by-election after securing 46,700 votes in a low turn-out contest held on Thursday, confirmed unofficial reports.

The seat fell vacant after the death of PML-N’s Nishat Khan Daha who breathed his last on October 23. In 2018 general elections, Nishat Daha secured this seat by getting 51,353 votes followed by Rana Mohammad Saleem, who contested the polls from PTI’s platform, with 47,807 votes.

All the leading political parties including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) contested the PP-206 Khanewal by-polls.

PTI’s candidate Noreen Nishat – widow of the deceased candidate – came second with 35,390 votes while PPP’s candidate managed to bag 12,327 votes and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan came fourth with 9,347 votes.