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Senate election: PTI emerges as the victor with 18 seats
Pakistan
Wed, Mar 03, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited Senate elections ended with PTI emerging as the winner with 18 seats, followed by PPP with eight.
Even though the PTI won, PDM s Yousuf Raza Gilani pulled off a major upset, emerging victorious against PTI s Hafeez Shaikh on the Islamabad general seat.
All the eleven candidates for Senate from Punjab were elected unopposed while candidates from Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federal Capital will be elected today.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari triumphantly tweeted: Democracy is the best revenge. Jeya Bhutto!
According to the returning officer, who announced the results after counting ended in the National Assembly, six of the total 340 ballots cast in the National Assembly were rejected.