ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has beendeclared wining candidate from NA-131 after recounting of 2,835 rejectedvotes.
Imran Khan emerged as the winner again by 602 votes whose victory waschallenged by the runner-up candidate, Khawaja Saad Rafique of the PakistanMuslim League-N (PML-N).
Meanwhile, PML-N leader Khawaja Asif retained his NA-73, Sialkot 2 seat asre-tabulation of votes in different constituencies across the countrycontinued for a second day today.
The vote recount was completed in NA-73 with Asif receiving 45 more votesthan before. The vote count of PTI’s Muhammad Usman Dar, who had requestedthe re-tally in the constituency, increased by 132 but he still remainedbehind the PML-N leader.
Khawaja Saad Rafique and Imran’s representative Shoaib Siddiqui remainedpresent during the process of recounting.
It is pertinent to mention here that PTI Chief Imran Khan had won electionsfrom the National Assembly constituency by securing 84,313 votes whereasKhawaja Saad Rafique stood second by getting 83,633 votes.