Asif Ali Zardari was once again elected as the President of Pakistan.
After the time of polling in the national and four provincial assemblies for the election of the 14th president of the country ended at 4 o’clock, the counting of votes took place in the presence of the two presidential candidates, in which Asif Ali Zardari nominated the nominees of the Sunni Unity Council and others. The candidate for the presidency Mahmood Khan gained a clear advantage over Achakzai.
How many votes did Zardari get?
After the counting of the votes of the national and provincial assemblies in the presidential election, the results were announced, according to which the candidate of the ruling coalition, Asif Zardari, was declared successful with a huge majority.
He got 255 votes from the National Assembly and the Senate and 119 votes from Sunni Ittehad Council candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
Huge majority from Punjab
Asif Ali Zardari, the candidate of the ruling coalition, won the Punjab Assembly with a huge majority. Zardari secured 246 votes in the Punjab Assembly of Electroal College, while the Sunni Ittehad Council presidential candidate Mehmood Khan Achakzai secured 100 votes.
A total of 6 votes were rejected during the presidential election. Punjab Assembly Presiding Officer Nisar Durrani announced the results of the presidential election.
Out of total 353 in Punjab Assembly, 352 exercised their right to vote. Tehreek Labeek did not participate in the voting in the presidential election in the Punjab Assembly. People’s Party members of the assembly shouted slogans in celebration of victory.
The situation in Sindh
Presidential election candidate Asif Ali Zardari won 151 votes from Sindh Assembly. Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the nominated presidential candidate of the Sunni Unity Council, got 09 votes. Two votes were not counted due to a court order.
Clean sweep in Balochistan
In the Balochistan Assembly, Asif Zardari got 47 votes, while Mehmood Khan Achakzai did not get any votes.
On this occasion, Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti said that he is grateful to all parties and members who supported him. Asif Zardari has got historic success from Balochistan.
62 out of 65 votes of Balochistan Assembly were usable. 47 members out of 65 cast their vote, while 15 members did not vote.
Balochistan National Party Awami chief Mir Asad Baloch announced a boycott of the presidential election.
Environment of the National Assembly
Earlier this morning, the management of the National Assembly Hall was handed over to the Election Commission and the doors of the Assembly Hall were closed by the Election Commission.
Apart from this, the procedures related to the presidential election and the guidelines for the guidance of the members were displayed while there were adequate arrangements for the security of the Parliament around the National Assembly Hall.
After the National Assembly Hall was allocated for the polling process for the presidential election, 2 polling booths were set up.
The presiding officer in the National Assembly of the presidential election was Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Amir Farooq who started the election process at 10 am. He said that the use of mobile phones is prohibited, no member will use mobile phones.
In the presidential election, Senator Sherry Rehman was appointed polling agent of Asif Ali Zardari while Senator Shafiq Tareen was appointed polling agent of Mahmood Khan Achakzai, after which the polling agents were shown empty ballot boxes and sealed.
Before the polling, presidential candidates Asif Zardari and Mahmood Khan Achakzai had reached the Parliament House, while the arrival of other members continued later.
When Tehreek-e-Insaf Senator Aoun Abbas cast his vote, he raised slogans in favor of Imran Khan. Later, when the name of Senator Ejaz Chaudhry was called for vote, the members of the Sunni Alliance Council raised slogans of Shame Shame. Members of PTI and Sunni Ittehad Council raised slogans to release Ijaz Chaudhry.
Later, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari also cast their votes. After that, Ishaq Dar and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also exercised their right to vote.
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