25/07/2018
Pakistan voted on Wednesday for the country’s second consecutive democratic transfer of power.
Polling began at 8AM across the country's 85,307 polling stations and continued until 6PM despite calls by several major parties, including PML-N, PPP and PTI, to extend the polling time by an hour.
The parties had complained of “a slow voting process” and thus sought more time to facilitate voters — a request that was dismissed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The election campaign was marred by violence with three candidates killed in targetted attacks and culminated with a su***de blast outside a polling station in Quetta which claimed at least 29 lives.
However, undeterred, several of Pakistan’s nearly 106 million registered voters stepped out to cast their ballot, including women in areas where they previously stood disenfranchised due to various issues.
Doors of polling stations were closed as the clock struck 6PM. However, voters present inside were being allowed to cast their votes.
As many as 12,570 candidates contested for a total of 849 seats of national and provincial assemblies in the country's 11th General Election.
Counting has now begun at the polling stations where the process has been completed.
Geo News started transmitting results from 7PM onwards as per the ECP's code of conduct.
Preliminary, Unofficial Results
Unofficial and unconfirmed results from different constituencies started pouring in as the clock struck 07:00 PM, an hour after the polling process came to an end across the country.
Currently, the PTI is leading the polls in 102 National Assembly constituencies, followed by PML-N leading in 64 constituencies.
Real-time preliminary results
NA-54: PTI’s Asad Umar leads with 26,443 in NA-54 Islamabad-3, while PML-N’s Najam Aqeel Khan follows behind with 11,188 votes.
NA-124: PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz leads NA-124 Lahore-2 polls with 14,336 votes. The son of former Punjab CM is followed by PTI's Nauman Qaisar, who has so far bagged 8,277 votes.
NA-95: PTI chairman Imran Khan leads polls in NA-95 Mianwali with 29,228 votes, followed by PML-N's Obaidullah Shadikhel, who has so far bagged 6,008 votes.
NA-156: PTI's Shah Mehmood Qureshi wins polls in NA-156 Multan-3 by securing 93,500 votes, unofficial and unconfirmed results from all polling station suggested. PML-N's Amir Saeed Ansari stood runner-up with 74,624 votes to his credit.
NA-228: PPP's Naveed Qamar leads NA-228 Tando Mohammad Khan polls with 15,850 votes, trailed by GDA's Mir Ali Nawaz Talpur, who has so far attained 6,190.
NA-4: PTI's Murad Saeed leads the polls in NA-4 Swat-3 with 434 votes. Saeed is followed by ANP's Salim Khan, who has so far secured 198 votes.
NA-110: PTI's Raja Riaz leads NA-110 Faisalabad-10 polls with 6,984 votes. Riaz is trailed by PML-N's Mohammad Afzal Khan, who has so far attained 6,124 votes.
NA-15: PML-N's Murtaza Javed Abbasi leads the polls in NA-15 Abbottabad with 14,855 votes. Abbasi is followed by PTI's Ali Asghar Khan, who has so far bagged 12,500 votes.
NA-78: PML-N's Ahsan Iqbal leads the polls in NA-78 Narowal-2 with 30,998 votes. Iqbal is followed by Abrarul Haq, who has so far secured 13,755 votes.
NA-131: PTI chairman Imran Khan leads the polls in NA-131 Lahore with 726 votes. Khan is trailed by PML-N heavyweight Khawaja Saad Rafique, who has so far attained 196 votes.
NA-158: PPP's Yousuf Raza Gilani leads the polls in NA-158 Multan-5 with 5,200 votes. Gilani is trailed by PTI's Mohammad Ibrahim, who has so far attained 3,996 votes.
NA-114: Independent candidate Ali Shah Iftikhar leads NA-114 Jhang-1 polls with 4,695 votes, followed by PPP's Faisal Saleh Hayat, who has so far bagged 3,038 votes.
NA-244: PTI’s Ali Zaidi leads with 280 votes in NA-244 Karachi, while PML-N’s Miftah Ismail trails behind with 116 votes.
NA-213: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari leads with 2,022 votes in NA-213 Sujawal, while GDA candidate Sardar Sher Rind follows with 1,043 votes.
NA-189: PTI’S Sheraz Mahmood leads with 4,830 votes in NA-189 DG Khan polls. Independent candidate Mir Badshah is second in the race so far, with 2,476 votes.
NA-35: MMA candidate Akram Khan Durrani leads polls in NA-35 Bannu with 3,836 votes, while PTI chairman Imran Khan follows by 3,285 votes.
NA-246: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto leads with 1,155 votes in NA-246 Karachi, he is followed by PTI candidate Shakoor Shad with 765 votes.
NA-67: PML-N's Raja Matloob Mehdi leads the polls in NA-67 Jhelum-2 with 1056 votes. Mehdi is followed by Fawad Chaudhry, who has so far attained 457 votes.
NA-200: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari leads NA-200 Larkana polls with 420 votes. Bilawal is followed by MMA's Rashid Soomro, who has so far managed to gain 128 votes.
NA-193: PTI's Sardar Jafar Laghari leads the polls in NA-193 Rajanpur-1 with 4343 votes. Laghari is followed by independent candidate Sher Ali Gorchani, who has so far secured 3836 votes.
NA-248: PPP's Abdul Qadir Patel leads polls in NA-248 Karachi West with 61 votes, followed by PTI's Sardar Aziz, who has so far secured 50 votes.
NA-125: PML-N's Waheed Alam leads the polls in NA-125 Lahore with 2313 votes. Alam is followed by PTI's Yasmin Rashid who has so far bagged 673 votes.
NA-128: PML-N's Rohail Asghar leads in NA-128 election with 88 votes, followed by PTI's Aijaz Ahmed with 41 votes.
NA-115: PTI's Ghulam Bibi Bhirwana leads NA-115 Jhang-2 polls with 71 votes. Bhirwana is followed by independent candidate Mohammad Ahmed, who has so far secured 50 votes.
NA-96: PTI's Amjad Ali Khan leads the polls in NA-96 Mianwali with 1177 votes, followed by PML-N's Mohammad Humair Hayat Khan, who has so far bagged 342 votes.
NA-206: PPP's Khursheed Shah leads with 627 votes NA-206 SUKKUR-1, followed by PTI's Tahir Hussain with 40 votes.
NA-208: PPP's Nafisa Shah leads with 438 votes in NA-208 Khairpur-1. GDA's Ghaus Ali Shah follows Shah with 67 votes.
