PESHAWAR: Despite all odds, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday won the by-election held for the vacant seat of chairman in Peshawar’s Mathra tehsil.
According to unofficial results, PTI candidate Inamullah secured victory by grabbing 20,333 votes. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) candidate Rafiullah remained second after receiving 13,564 votes and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Iftikhar Ahmed came third with 9,546 votes.
The seat fell vacant after the death of Tehsil Mathra chairman Faridullah of JUI-F. Six candidates were in the run for the slot of the chairmanship of Mathra tehsil including Rafiullah from the JUI, Inamullah from the PTI, Iftikhar Ahmed from the JI, Aziz Ghaffar Khan from the ANP, Ali Abbas Khan from the PPP and Fazlullah from the PML-N.
The total number of voters in the constituency was 218,630 out of which 120, 738 were male voters and 97, 892 women voters.
A total of 155 polling stations were set up in Mathra tehsil, 496 presiding officers were assigned duties for the election, and district returning and returning officers were given the powers of magistrates.
Meanwhile, an independent candidate won the chairman election in Havelian Tehsil of Abbottabad.. According to unofficial result, independent candidate, Uzair Sher Khan won the chairman election by getting 21,464 votes.
PTI candidate Iftikhar Jadon remained second by securing 18,527 votes and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Malik Talha got third position after bagging 14,892 votes.
Abbottabad’s Havelian tehsil consists of nine union councils and 34 village councils. A total number of voters is 165,800 with 88,364 male voters and 77,436 female voters.
There were 134 polling stations established and 34 were declared sensitive. As many as 2,071 policemen were been deployed for polling duty. The seat fell vacant after Atif Munsif was murdered.
