Imran Khans party wins 6 seats from KPK in senate elections: Unofficial results
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Peshawar, Jul 21 (PTI) Former premier Imran Khan's party on Monday secured six of the 11 Senate seats up for grabs from Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, according to unofficial results.
The opposition bagged five seats in the elections held for the Upper House of the Parliament, the returning officer told journalists after the polling.
The voting took place for 11 Senate seats with all 145 members of the provincial assembly casting their votes, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The official results would be declared by the ECP through a notification in a few days.
Out of the seven general seats, Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged victorious on four. Party candidates Murad Saeed, Faisal Javed, Mirza Afridi, and Noorul Haq Qadri won general seats, according to the provincial election commission spokesman. On the opposition side, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's Niaz Ahmad, Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Talha Mahmood, and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam's Atta-ul-Haq secured the remaining three general seats.
PTI's Rubina Naz and PPP's Rubina Khalid bagged the two women-reserved seats.
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