2024 by-election: PML-N leads for provincial seats and NA
For five NA seats and sixteen open provincial assembly seats, by-elections were conducted.
In the National Assembly, the Sunni Ittehad Council, Pakistan People’s Party, and an independent candidate each gained one member, while the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) claimed two seats, according to unofficial and unverified results.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz won nine of the twelve seats up for grabs in the Punjab Assembly. The Pakistan People’s Party, the Istekham-e-Pakistan Party, and the Pakistan Muslim League-Q each secured one seat.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Balochistan National Party each secured one seat in the assembly of Balochistan.
The independent candidate and the Sunni Ittehad Council each secured one seat.
In the by-elections, voting began at 8 AM and went uninterrupted until 5 PM.
“The victory of the PML-N candidates is a manifestation of the people’s trust,” Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said, congratulating the newly elected members of the National and Provincial Assemblies.
According to Shehbaz Sharif, when the economy improves and people receive alleviation, public sentiment is clearly shifting.
According to him, the public benefits from forecasts of economic progress made by news agencies, international financial institutions, and surveys.
According to him, only mutual cooperation and political discourse can eliminate the objections and weaknesses in the democratic process.