Imran Khan won the third Consecutive by-election
NA 45 Karam-One PDM supported candidate Jameel Khan defeated, Imran Khan got 20,748 votes, Jameel Khan got only 12,718 votes, turnout was 18.4%, Imran Khan won all four seats in National Assembly in KPK.
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and former prime minister Imran Khan won the third consecutive by-election in National Assembly Constituency NA-45 Karm One on Sunday, defeating Pakistan Democratic Movement-backed JUI’s Jameel Khan and other candidates.
According to the unofficial results of all 143 polling stations, Imran Khan got 20,748 votes while his closest rival Jameel Khan got 12,718 votes. The majority of the voters remained indifferent to the by-election process and the turnout was around 18.4 percent.
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After the success of this by-election, Imran Khan won all four seats in the National Assembly that were vacant from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the resignation of PTI members.
In the by-election, 16 candidates including Imran Khan were competing. The Election Commission had set up 143 polling stations, out of which 119 were classified as highly sensitive and 24 as sensitive. Police, levies, and paramilitary forces were deployed at the polling stations. No untoward incident was reported from any polling station.
There were a total of 198,618 voters in the constituency, including 111,349 men and 87,269 women, but only about 33,500 voters exercised their right to vote.
Polling in NA-45 was initially scheduled to be held on October 16 along with three other constituencies, but the Election Commission postponed it and later fixed October 30 for the purpose.
It should be remembered that on October 16, Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan won in the by-elections on NA-22 Mardan, NA-24 Charsadda, and NA-31 Peshawar constituencies.
