The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the by-election in Punjab Assembly seat PP-139 Sheikhupura on Thursday, according to unofficial, inconclusive results.
The seat fell vacant following the death of MPA Rana Afzal Hussain, who had won the seat in the previous by-election after Rana Tanveer Hussain’s vacated.
According to the unofficial results, Rana Tahir got 44,537 votes while Ejaz Hussain got 20,133 votes. There were a total of 124 polling stations in the provincial constituency.
After the victory, PML-N workers started celebrating at Rana Tahir’s residence.
MPA Rana Afzal died of a heart attack in August 2024. He was the elder brother of Federal Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain.