GUJRANWALA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has m
anaged to clean sweep Gujranwala by securing six national and 14 provincial assembly seats of the district.
According to sources, PML-N
candidate for NA-79 Dr Nisar Ahmed Cheema bagged 142,545 votes, whereas his opponent PTI
candidate Muhammad Ahmed Chatha could only secure 118,709 votes.
Likewise, PML-N
candidate for NA-80 Ch Mehmood Bashir Virk gained 108,653 votes while his opponent PTI
candidate Mian Tariq Mehmood secured 71,937 votes onl
y.
For NA-81, PML-N’s bigwig Khurram Dastagir Khan secured 130,837 votes and defeated PTI
candidate Ch Siddiqui Mehar, who got 88,166 votes only.
For NA-82, PML-N
candidate Barrister Usman Ibrahim bagged 117,520 votes while PTI
candidate Barrister Ali Ashraf Mughal stood second by gaining 67,400 votes.
For NA-83, PML-N
candidate Zulfiqar Ahmad obtained 101,852 votes successfully, whereas PTI
candidate Rana Nazir Ahmad Khan could get 46832 votes onl
y.
For NA-84, PML-N
candidate Azhar Qayyum Nahro bagged 119,612 votes, and defeated PTI
candidate Bilal Ejaz, who stood second with 89,728 votes.
Regarding 14 provincial assembly seats, PML-N
candidate for PP-51 Shaukat Manzoor Cheema secured 59,267 votes, whereas PTI
candidate Muhammad Shabbir Akram got 27,431 votes only.
For PP-52, PML-N
candidate Adil Buksh Chatha bagged 55,710 votes successfully, and defeated PTI
candidate Ch Muhammad Ahmed Chatha, who acquired 54,597 votes.
For PP-53, PML-N
candidate Bilal Farooq Tarrar won the seat by obtaining 45,298 votes while Jamal Nasir Cheema stood second with 35,013 votes.
For PP-54, PML-N
candidate Imran Khalid Butt secured first place by gaining 58,257 votes, whereas PTI
candidate Rizwan Aslam Butt could get 49,800 votes only.
For PP-55, PML-N
candidate Nawaz Chohan grabbed 36,869 votes successfully, and PTI
candidate Mian Arqam Khan stood runner-up with 25,777 votes only.
For PP-56, PML-N
candidate Taufeeq Butt has been declared successful by 45,377 votes while PTI
candidate Ch Tariq Gujjar secured 29,056 votes only.
For PP-57, PML-N
candidate Ashraf Ali Ansari won the seat with 56,504 votes where PTI’s Lala Asad Ullah Papa got 40,697 votes only.
For PP-58, PML-N
candidate Haji Abdul Rauf Mughal bagged 44,232 votes with first place, and PTI’s SA Hameed could get 28,503 votes only.
For PP-59, PML-N
candidate Waqar Cheema secured 40,046 votes successfully, and PTI
candidate Sohail Zafar Cheema got 20,483 votes.
For PP-60, PML-N
candidate Qaiser Iqbal Sandhu won the seat by gaining 39,799 votes, whereas PTI
candidate Ch Zafar Ullah Cheema could get 29,993 votes only.
For PP-61, PML-N
candidate Ch Akhter Ali won the constituency by securing 44,894 votes and PTI
candidate Ehsan Ullah Virk gained 29,288 votes only.
For PP-62, PML-N
candidate Haji Aman Ullah Warriach defeated PTI
candidate Shazia Mazher with a clear margin by gaining 46,913 votes, as she could get 25,878 votes.
For PP-63, PML-N
candidate Ch Muhammad Iqbal Gujjar acquired 30,460 votes and defeated PTI
candidate Rana Umar Nazir, who stood second with 23,845 votes.
For PP-64, PML-N
candidate Irfan Bashir Gujar gained 46,665 successfully, whereas PTI
candidate Khali
d Pervez Virk stood runner-up with 39,100 votes.
Meanwhile, a large number of PML-N supporters gathered in front of the winners’ houses and party offices for celebrations, sweets distrib
ution, and then danced to the beat of drums.
Published in Daily Times, July 27th 2018.