LAHORE – PTI’s vote bank for the Punjab Assembly more than doubled. It isleading in the Punjab Assembly and its candidates secured 11.1 millionvotes against PMLN securing 10.5 million votes.
PTI had secured 4.9 million votes in 2013. PML-N secured 10.5 million votesfrom Punjab this time against 11.36 million in 2013 and 5.5 million votesin 2008.
Independent candidates secured 6.1 million votes, TLP 1.8 million, PPP 1.7million, MMA 440,000, PML-Q 390,000 votes.
Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek, a shadow party, on whose tickets candidates backedby Hafiz Saeed’s Milli Muslim League contested polls after MML was deniedregistration by the ECP, secured 230,000 votes for Punjab Assembly.Pakistan Rah-e-Haq party, another shadow party, on whose ticket candidatesof the banned ASWJ and former Sipahe Sahaba contested, could secure just4188 votes for the provincial legislature.
Rah-e-Haq candidates for the National Assembly secured 55,184 votes whileAllah-o-Akbar Tehreek’s candidates for NA bagged 171,587 votes.