LAHORE – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan thrashed PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) strong candidate Khawaja Saad Rafique inNA-131.

According to unofficial election results, Imran Khan obtained 84,313 votesin a nail-biting contest against Saad Rafique who secured 83,633 votes.

Khan has clinched the victory with a lead of 680 votes.

PTI is leading on 119 National Assembly seats whereas PML-N has managed totake 63 seats so far in general election 2018.

Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) stands at third positionwith 38 seats while 17 seats have been claimed by independent candidates.

So far in Punjab, the preliminary results showed PML-N has taken 131 seatswith PTI holding 126 provincial seats. Independent candidates, PakistanMuslim League-Quaid and other parties have bagged 28, four and nine seatsapiece

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PTI stood on top slot with 65 seats whereas ANP onlyclaimed eight seats. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) took nine seats, PPP twoand other parties grabbed eight seats.

However in Sindh, PPP grabbed 70 seats while PTI emerged as second largestparty with 22 seats. Muttahida Qaumi Movement bagged 20 seats, GrandDemocratic Alliance (GDA) and other parties clinched eight seats each.

The situation is different in Balochistan where Balochistan Awami Partytook 14 seats but PTI failed to impress the voters. MMA and BalochistanNational Party (BNP) stood at same level with eight seats each whileindependent candidates and other parties held seat seats each.

A majority of 137 seats is needed to form a government.