LAHORE Results of by-polls for three National Assembly seats held on Thursday shocked the two major parties as the PPP lost its seat in Lodhran which adjoins the district of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, while the PML-N was defeated in its Gujranwala stronghold.
In Sargodha, however, the PML-N comfortably won a seat vacated by its MNA.
Independent candidate Akhtar Khan Kanjo won the by-election for NA-155, Lodhran, defeating PPP's Nawab Hayatullah Tareen. According to unofficial results, Mr Kanjo bagged 79,744 votes and Mr Tareen 68,920. The seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Mr Tareen.
In NA-100, Gujranwala, PPP's Chaudhry Tassaduque Masood Khan got 69,896 votes and defeated PML-N's Azhar Qayyum Nahra. The seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Muddasir Qayyum Nahra of the PML-N.
In NA 68, Sargodha, PML-N's Shafqat Husain Baloch won comfortably with 90,253 votes, defeating PPP-backed Mazhar Qureshi who ended up with 56,747 votes.
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