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Unofficial Count Shows PPP’s Agha Shahbaz Khan Durrani Leading PS-9 Shikarpur By-Poll

Early unofficial tallies put the PPP candidate far ahead pending formal certification.

Overview

  • Polling was held on December 14 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. across 178 stations for 277,792 registered voters in PS-9 Shikarpur.
  • The Express Tribune reported an unofficial total of 73,954 votes for Agha Shahbaz Khan Durrani against 9,412 for JUI-F’s Syed Rushdullah Shah.
  • Authorities designated 54 polling stations as highly sensitive and 84 as sensitive, with more than 3,000 policemen deployed for security.
  • JUI-F’s Syed Rushdullah Shah alleged rigging and said two of his polling agents went missing from a Tarai polling station.
  • The seat was vacated after the death of former Sindh Assembly speaker Agha Siraj Durrani, with his son contesting for PPP.