Quetta by-polls: PPP candidate Tahir wins

Thursday December 24, 2009 (1234 PST)

QUETTA: A woman casting her vote in a polling station during the by-elections of PB-I Quetta-I Circle. PPP candidate Tahir Mehmood won the by-elections. APP Email Most Popular Print Add to Favorite Related Links SC issues notices to EC, Punjab govt in by-polls delay case Musharraf’s face on Gilgit-Baltistan ‘Q’ candidates’ posters Ruling coalition sweeps by-polls Trade of fire between two groups, several arrested in Khaniwal Voting underway for National Assembly, Punjab Assembly by-polls More Related News >>  Pictorial ,  No of Pictures: 13  Cartoons , No of Cartoons: 1  Speak Out Gilgit-Baltistan Election Nawaz`s Disqualifi- cation!!! Elections 2008, the next Prime Minister APDM’s boycott  Opinion Poll Open • Created on November, 22 2007 • Closed on January, 07 2008 • Question: "Do you expect free and fair elections under the emergency rule? " This poll has been closed, view the result of this poll. Show Result

QUETTA: Pakistan People’s Party candidate Tahir Mehmood on Wednesday won the by-elections for PB-I Quetta-I with a thumping majority by bagging 6,357 votes against his rival Amanullah Shadezai’s 387 votes.

According to unofficial results, Tahir Mehmood got 6,357 votes while Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)’s Amanullah Shadezai secured 387 votes out of the total 6,818 votes. The seat had fallen vacant after the murder of Balochistan’s education minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan. He was Tahir’s elder brother.

Tahir had the backing of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), the PML-N, the Pashtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and the JWP-Aali in the by-polls. The estimated turnout remained around 25 per cent. A total of 54 polling stations were set up with 117 polling booths. Due to the cold weather, no rush was seen at polling stations.

Heavy contingent of security personnel were deployed in different parts of the provincial metropolis to avert any untoward incident. Special deployment was also made in and outside the polling stations.

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