Noor Elahi Bugti
Quetta (July 20, 2017) Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday notified Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Usman Badeni as returned candidate in the recently held by-election on NA-260 Quetta-Chagai.
The JUI-F candidate had bagged 44, 898 votes to defeat his closest rival Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) candidate Sardar Bahadur Khan Mengal, who secured over 38,000 votes.
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) had won the NA-260 by-election after a tough contest with the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M).
The JUI-F candidate was backed by the National Party (NP), a coalition partner in the Balochistan government, as well as MPA Amanullah Notezai.
The by-elections were held after the death of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader Abdul Rahim Mandokhail, who was elected to the seat during the general elections of 2013 on the party’s ticket.
PkMAP candidate Jamal Tarakai, however, suffered a major blow in Saturday’s polls and secured only 20,169 votes.
According to the ECP, a total of 407 polling stations were established in the constituency, out of which 320 polling stations were declared ‘most sensitive’, 50 were said to be ‘sensitive’, and 37 polling stations were declared normal.
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