SWAT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Haji Fazl Mulla has won the by-polls for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat PK-7 Swat.

According to unofficial results from all 124 polling stations, Mulla secured 17,395 votes. He was followed by Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Hussain Ahmed who has secured 14,604 votes.

ANP’s Husain Ahmed is supported by PPP, PML-N, QWP, JUI-F and others. The PK-7 Swat seat fell vacant after ANP MPA Waqar Ahmad Khan passed away on April 30 this year.

As per the Constitution, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is required to hold a by-election on any lawmaker’s seat within 60 days from it having fallen vacant.

The constituency has 183,308 voters in total out of which 100,288 are male and 81,220 are female. The ECP had set up a total of 124 polling stations in the constituency with 308 booths. Of them, 41 polling stations were declared sensitive and 12 sensitive.

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PTI’s Haji Fazal Mulla, ANP’s Hussain Ahmad Khan, Daulat Khan of the Tehreek-e-Inqilab, and independent candidate Mohammad Ali Shah were the leading candidates.

It may be mentioned that PK-7 is the home constituency of the PTI leader and former communications minister Murad Saeed. The ANP has complained about the active campaign by provincial ministers for the PTI candidate.

Reacting to the victory, Murad Saeed said the PTI’s victory is against the thieves and looters. Addressing party workers, he said all parties combined could also not defeat the PTI.

The ANP has refused to accept the result and allegedly that the provincial government was assisting PTI’s candidate. Many ANP also gathered outside the Returning Officer’s office and protested against the election results.