In the 2018 election, 11 of these seats were won by Independents, 8 were won by candidates on the PTI-ticket, and 1 by a PML(N) candidate; the 11 independents all subsequently joined the PTI and the PML(N) seat was won by the PTI in a 2018 by-election. The by-elections were triggered after these 20 PTI MPAs voted in favor of the opposition candidate belonging to the PML(N), Hamza Shahbaz, to become the Chief Minister of Punjab, which violated Article 63-A of the Constitution of Pakistan according to the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of Pakistan in regards to defecting from a party.
During a political crisis in Pakistan after the successful no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, another motion of no confidence was filed against Chief MinisterUsman Buzdar, as well as against Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Dost Muhammad Mazari, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly, respectively. Buzdar resigned before a vote on the motion of no confidence could be held and as a consequence, an election for a new Chief Minister was scheduled on 16 April between PML(N)'s Hamza Shahbaz, the joint candidate of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, and PML(Q)'s Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the joint candidate of his party and PTI. On the day of the election, 25 PTI MPAs crossed the floor to support Shahbaz, violating party policy. During the very beginning of the Assembly session on 16 April, a riot began between PTI and PML-N supporters. PTI MPAs threw ewers at the Deputy Speaker, as well as slapping him. The police entered the Assembly for the first time in its history and arrested 3 MPAs.[3] The Deputy Speaker then presided over the Assembly session in the visitors gallery and declared Shahbaz the winner by securing 197 votes.[4]
After the floor crossing, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) de-seated 25 dissident PTI MPAs for defection in the light of Article 63-A of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 20 May 2022.[5] Five of these MPAs were elected on reserved seats (three for women and two for minorities) and new PTI MPAs were notified on these seats on 7 July.[6]
The ECP announced on 25 May 2022 that the by-elections would be held on 17 July 2022.[7] The government held 177 seats in the assembly. This included 165 PML(N) MPAs, 7 PPP MPAs, 1 PRHP MPA, and 4 independent MPAs. Therefore, they needed to win 9 seats to gain a majority in the assembly. On the other hand, the opposition held 173 seats. This included 163 PTI MPAs and 10 PML(Q) MPAs. Therefore, they needed to win 13 seats to gain a majority in the assembly.
The nominations of 175 candidates were accepted from across Punjab and they contested in these by-elections. 3,131 Polling Stations were created in 20 Constituencies out of which 731 were for men, 700 for women, and 1700 were combined polling stations. The ECP declared 1304 polling stations sensitive and 690 highly sensitive. All polling stations from the 4 constituencies of Lahore and the constituency of Multan were declared sensitive.[12]
In the aftermath of the by-election, it was claimed that PTI MPA from PP-257 (Rahim Yar Khan-II), Chaudhry Masood Ahmad had become a turncoat after his loyalty was allegedly bought, whereafter he soon fled to Turkey.[14] Allegations of rigging were also put forward by PTI in the PP-7 (Rawalpindi-II) constituency, where the PML(N) candidate emerged as the victor with a margin of 49 votes.[15] A plea for a recount was also presented, which was subsequently rejected by the ECP.[16] 2 PML(N) MPAs, Faisal Niazi from PP-209 (Khanewal-VII) and Jaleel Ahmed Sharaqpuri from PP-139 (Sheikhupura-V), also resigned from their seats before the election for Chief Minister.[17][18]
Election for Chief Ministeredit
The election for Chief Minister took place on 22 July 2022 among members of the Provincial Assembly.[19] Controversially, the votes of ten PML(Q) MPAs were rejected by Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari, citing an interpretation of Article 63A of the Constitution and a letter from the leader Shujaat Hussain stating he had "issued directions to all my provincial members to cast their votes in favour of Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz Sharif". This resulted in a majority of valid votes, 179, for Hamza Shahbaz to Pervaiz Elahi's 176. Article 63A states:
63A.
(1) If a member of a Parliamentary Party composed of a single political party in a House— (a) resigns from membership of his political party or joins another Parliamentary party; or (b) votes or abstains from voting in the House contrary to any direction issued by the Parliamentary Party to which he belongs, in relation to— (i) election of the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister; or (ii) a vote of confidence or a vote of no-confidence; or (iii) a Money Bill or a Constitution (Amendment) Bill; he may be declared in writing by the Party Head to have defected from the political party, and the Party Head may forward a copy of the declaration to the Presiding Officer and the Chief Election Commissioner and shall similarly forward a copy thereof to the member concerned : Provided that before making the declaration, the Party Head shall provide such member with an opportunity to show cause as to why such declaration may not be made against him.
Explanation―Party Head means any person, by whatever name called, declared as such by the Party.
(2) A member of a House shall be deemed to be a member of a Parliamentary Party if he, having been elected as a candidate or nominee of a political party which constitutes the Parliamentary Party in the House or, having been elected otherwise than as a candidate or nominee of a political party, has become a member of such Parliamentary Party after such election by means of a declaration in writing.
The PTI filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Pakistan, stating that as PML(Q) leader Hussain was not a member of the Punjab Assembly, he did not have the authority to make the decision to back Shahbaz under section 2 of the constitutional article cited, as only the Parliamentary Party has the authority to decide which candidate its members are to vote for.[20][21] Additionally, under a 17 May Supreme Court ruling, although defecting lawmakers' votes will not be counted for purposes of voting in Article 63A, section 1, subsection b,[22] none of the 10 PML(Q) members had been deemed to have defected, as that would have required a letter stating as such from the leader, which was Shujaat Hussain. As a consequence of the court proceedings, Shahbaz was made a “trustee Chief Minister” until the three-judge bench of Chief JusticeUmar Ata Bandial, Justice Munib Akhtar, and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, could reach a decision.
^Although Elahi was a part of the PML(Q), the majority of his support in the assembly was from the PTI, and all the 20 candidates nominated by the PTI-PML(Q) alliance in the constituencies were also members of the PTI.
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Not to be confused with 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election By elections were held in Punjab Pakistan on 17 July 2022 to elect 20 members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf won a landslide victory on 15 of those 20 seats leading to the collapse of Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz s PML N led coalition government as it became 7 seats short of a majority 1 2022 Punjab provincial by election 2018 17 July 2022 2022 Oct elected members 20 of the 371 seats in the Punjab Assembly186 seats needed for a majorityRegistered4 579 898Turnout49 71 First party Second party Leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Hamza ShahbazParty PML Q PML N Alliance PTI PDMLeader s seat Gujrat III Lahore XXIIISeats before 173 175Seats won 15 4Seats after 188 179Seat change 15 4Popular vote 1 049 183 883 632Percentage 46 83 39 44 Map of Punjab showing Assembly constituencies up for electionChief Minister before electionHamza ShahbazPML N Elected Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz ElahiPML Q a The by elections were held on these seats PP 7 Rawalpindi II PP 83 Khushab II PP 90 Bhakkar II PP 97 Faisalabad I PP 125 Jhang II PP 127 Jhang IV PP 140 Sheikhupura VI PP 158 Lahore XV PP 167 Lahore XXIV PP 168 Lahore XXV PP 170 Lahore XXVII PP 202 Sahiwal VII PP 217 Multan VII PP 224 Lodhran I PP 228 Lodhran V PP 237 Bahawalnagar I PP 272 Muzaffargarh V PP 273 Muzaffargarh VI PP 282 Layyah III and PP 288 Dera Ghazi Khan IV In the 2018 election 11 of these seats were won by Independents 8 were won by candidates on the PTI ticket and 1 by a PML N candidate the 11 independents all subsequently joined the PTI and the PML N seat was won by the PTI in a 2018 by election The by elections were triggered after these 20 PTI MPAs voted in favor of the opposition candidate belonging to the PML N Hamza Shahbaz to become the Chief Minister of Punjab which violated Article 63 A of the Constitution of Pakistan according to the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of Pakistan in regards to defecting from a party Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates 3 Results 3 1 Result by Constituency 3 2 Constituency wise Detailed Result 3 2 1 PP 7 Rawalpindi 3 2 2 PP 83 Khushab 3 2 3 PP 90 Bhakkar 3 2 4 PP 97 Faisalabad 3 2 5 PP 125 Jhang 3 2 6 PP 127 Jhang 3 2 7 PP 140 Sheikhupura 3 2 8 PP 158 Lahore 3 2 9 PP 167 Lahore 3 2 10 PP 168 Lahore 3 2 11 PP 170 Lahore 3 2 12 PP 202 Sahiwal 3 2 13 PP 217 Multan 3 2 14 PP 224 Lodhran 3 2 15 PP 228 Lodhran 3 2 16 PP 237 Bahawalnagar 3 2 17 PP 272 Muzaffargarh 3 2 18 PP 273 Muzaffargarh 3 2 19 PP 282 Layyah 3 2 20 PP 288 Dera Ghazi Khan 4 Aftermath 5 Election for Chief Minister 6 Notes 7 ReferencesBackground editMain article Constitutional crisis in Punjab Pakistan 2022 After the 2018 Provincial Elections Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf PTI won 159 seats and Pakistan Muslim League N PML N won 164 seats Soon after 25 out of 30 Independents joined PTI but it was still 2 seats short of a majority of 186 Pakistan Muslim League Q PML Q with 10 seats formed alliance with PTI 2 PTI was able to form government in Punjab During a political crisis in Pakistan after the successful no confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan another motion of no confidence was filed against Chief Minister Usman Buzdar as well as against Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Dost Muhammad Mazari the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly respectively Buzdar resigned before a vote on the motion of no confidence could be held and as a consequence an election for a new Chief Minister was scheduled on 16 April between PML N s Hamza Shahbaz the joint candidate of the Pakistan Democratic Movement and PML Q s Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi the joint candidate of his party and PTI On the day of the election 25 PTI MPAs crossed the floor to support Shahbaz violating party policy During the very beginning of the Assembly session on 16 April a riot began between PTI and PML N supporters PTI MPAs threw ewers at the Deputy Speaker as well as slapping him The police entered the Assembly for the first time in its history and arrested 3 MPAs 3 The Deputy Speaker then presided over the Assembly session in the visitors gallery and declared Shahbaz the winner by securing 197 votes 4 After the floor crossing the Election Commission of Pakistan ECP de seated 25 dissident PTI MPAs for defection in the light of Article 63 A of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 20 May 2022 5 Five of these MPAs were elected on reserved seats three for women and two for minorities and new PTI MPAs were notified on these seats on 7 July 6 The ECP announced on 25 May 2022 that the by elections would be held on 17 July 2022 7 The government held 177 seats in the assembly This included 165 PML N MPAs 7 PPP MPAs 1 PRHP MPA and 4 independent MPAs Therefore they needed to win 9 seats to gain a majority in the assembly On the other hand the opposition held 173 seats This included 163 PTI MPAs and 10 PML Q MPAs Therefore they needed to win 13 seats to gain a majority in the assembly Candidates editA total number of 330 candidates filed nominations for the 20 constituencies citation needed The major contest was between Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League N 8 The Pakistan Peoples Party PPP withdrew its candidates in favor of PML N 9 whereas PML Q withdrew its candidates in favor of PTI 10 11 The nominations of 175 candidates were accepted from across Punjab and they contested in these by elections 3 131 Polling Stations were created in 20 Constituencies out of which 731 were for men 700 for women and 1700 were combined polling stations The ECP declared 1304 polling stations sensitive and 690 highly sensitive All polling stations from the 4 constituencies of Lahore and the constituency of Multan were declared sensitive 12 No District Constituency Candidates Registered voters1 Rawalpindi PP 7 6 335 2952 Khushab PP 83 10 322 4283 Bhakkar PP 90 9 248 9604 Faisalabad PP 97 12 255 8845 Jhang PP 125 10 251 5716 PP 127 10 234 5967 Sheikhupura PP 140 10 241 5988 Lahore PP 158 14 236 3949 PP 167 11 220 34810 PP 168 10 151 48411 PP 170 8 114 65212 Sahiwal PP 202 8 233 07913 Multan PP 217 4 216 99614 Lodhran PP 224 10 232 17315 PP 228 6 226 08816 Bahawalnagar PP 237 6 225 34117 Muzaffargarh PP 272 9 203 56718 PP 273 6 225 20019 Layyah PP 282 10 202 24920 Dera Ghazi Khan PP 288 6 201 995Total 20 175 4 579 898Results editVote Share of different parties in the election PTI 46 83 PML N 39 44 TLP 5 54 JI 0 34 IND amp OTH 7 85 Seat Share of different parties in the election PTI 75 00 PML N 20 00 IND 5 00 Party Votes SeatsNo Contested Won Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf 1 049 183 46 83 20 15 nbsp 5Pakistan Muslim League N 883 632 39 44 20 4 nbsp 4Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan 124 035 5 54 19 0 nbsp Jamaat e Islami Pakistan 7 634 0 34 9 0 nbsp Others amp Independents 175 981 7 85 107 1 nbsp 1Total Valid votes 2 240 465 98 41Invalid Rejected 36 285 1 59Total 2 276 750 100 175 20Registered voters Turnout 4 579 898 49 71Source Election Commission of Pakistan 13 Result by Constituency edit District Assembly Constituency Winner Runner up Margin Turnout Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes Rawalpindi PP 7 Rawalpindi Raja Sagheer Ahmed PML N 68 906 43 29 Muhammad Shabbir Awan PTI 68 857 43 27 49 47 46Khushab PP 83 Khushab Hasan Aslam Awan PTI 50 749 32 90 Muhammad Asif Malik IND 43 587 28 26 7 162 47 84Bhakkar PP 90 Bhakkar Irfan Ullah Khan Niazi PTI 77 865 47 48 Saeed Akbar Khan Niwani PML N 66 513 40 56 11 352 65 86Faisalabad PP 97 Faisalabad Ali Afzal Sahi PTI 67 022 50 08 Muhammad Ajmal Cheema PML N 54 266 40 55 12 756 52 30Jhang PP 125 Jhang Mian Muhammad Azam Cheela PTI 82 297 55 59 Faisal Hayat Jabboana PML N 52 277 35 31 30 020 58 84PP 127 Jhang Mehar Muhammad Nawaz PTI 71 648 56 87 Mehar Muhammad Aslam Bharwana PML N 47 413 37 63 24 235 53 71Sheikhupura PP 140 Sheikhupura Khurram Shahzad Virk PTI 50 166 51 09 Mian Khalid Mehmood PML N 32 105 32 69 18 061 40 65Lahore PP 158 Lahore Mian Akram Usman PTI 37 463 49 02 Rana Ahsan Sharafat PML N 31 906 41 75 5 557 32 33PP 167 Lahore Shabbir Gujjar PTI 40 511 54 78 Nazir Ahmed Chohan PML N 26 473 35 80 14 038 33 56PP 168 Lahore Malik Asad Ali Khokhar PML N 26 169 53 11 Malik Nawaz Awan PTI 15 768 32 00 10 401 32 53PP 170 Lahore Malik Zaheer Abbas PTI 24 688 53 37 Muhammad Amin Zulqarnain PML N 17 519 37 88 7 169 40 34Sahiwal PP 202 Sahiwal Muhammad Gulam Sarwar PTI 62 298 47 89 Nauman Ahmad Langrial PML N 59 191 45 50 3 107 55 81Multan PP 217 Multan Zain Qureshi PTI 47 349 51 76 Salman Naeem PML N 40 425 44 19 6 924 42 16Lodhran PP 224 Lodhran Amir Iqbal Shah PTI 69 881 52 61 Zawar Hussain Warraich PML N 56 214 42 32 13 667 57 21PP 228 Lodhran Syed Rafi Uddin IND 45 020 35 63 Ezat Javaid Khan PTI 38 338 30 34 6 682 55 88Bahawalnagar PP 237 Bahawalnagar Mian Fida Hussain Wattoo PML N 66 881 54 09 Aftab Mehmood PTI 31 148 25 19 35 733 54 87Muzaffargarh PP 272 Muzaffargarh Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi PTI 46 069 44 04 Zehra Basit Bukhari PML N 36 401 34 80 9 668 51 38PP 273 Muzaffargarh Syed Muhammad Sibtain Raza PML N 59 679 49 78 Yasir Khan Jatoi PTI 51 232 42 74 8 447 53 23Layyah PP 282 Layyah Qaisar Abbas Khan Magsi PTI 57 718 47 93 Muhammad Tahir Randhawa PML N 38 758 32 19 18 960 59 54Dera Ghazi Khan PP 288 Dera Ghazi Khan Muhammad Saif ud Din Khosa PTI 58 116 59 75 Abdul Qadir Khosa PML N 32 212 33 12 25 904 48 15 Constituency wise Detailed Result edit Detailed results of each constituency are as follows PP 7 Rawalpindi edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 7 Rawalpindi II Party Candidate Votes PML N Raja Sagheer Ahmed 68 918 43 29PTI Muhammad Shabbir Awan 68 863 43 27 nbsp TLP Manzoor Zahoor 14 776 9 28 nbsp JI Tanveer Ahmed 1 666 1 05 nbsp IND 2 candidates 3 436 2 15 nbsp Majority 55 0 02 nbsp Rejected ballots 1 475 0 95Turnout 1 59 143 47 46 nbsp PP 83 Khushab edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 83 Khushab II Party Candidate Votes PTI Hasan Aslam Awan 50 749 32 90IND Muhammad Asif Malik 43 587 28 26 nbsp PML N Ameer Haider Sangha 35 395 22 94 nbsp IND Malik Hamid Mehmood Tiwana 11 533 7 47 nbsp TLP Zamurd Abbas Khan 8 766 5 69 nbsp IND 5 Candidates 2 124 1 38 nbsp Majority 7 162 4 64 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 114 1 37Turnout 1 54 265 47 84 nbsp PP 90 Bhakkar edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 90 Bhakkar I Party Candidate Votes PTI Irfan Ullah Khan Niazi 77 865 47 48PML N Saeed Akbar Khan Niwani 66 513 40 56 nbsp IND Azfar Ali 9 151 5 58 nbsp TLP Muhammad Ajmal Jamil 3 270 1 99 nbsp JUI F Abdul Rauf 2 799 1 71 nbsp JI Naveed Ahsan Niyaz 576 0 35 nbsp IND 3 Candidates 929 0 57 nbsp Majority 11 352 6 92 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 873 1 75Turnout 1 63 976 65 86 nbsp PP 97 Faisalabad edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 97 Faisalabad I Party Candidate Votes PTI Ali Afzal Sahi 67 022 50 08 nbsp 19 34PML N Muhammad Ajmal Cheema 54 266 40 55 nbsp 12 10TLP Naveed Shafi 7 696 5 75 nbsp 2 16IND Tariq Mehmood 1 651 1 23JI Sajid Ismail 966 0 72PNP Shoaib Aslam 229 0 17IND 6 Candidates 507 0 38 nbsp Majority 12 756 9 53 nbsp Rejected ballots 1 482 1 11Turnout 1 33 819 52 30 nbsp PP 125 Jhang edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 125 Jhang II Party Candidate Votes PTI Mian Muhammad Azam Cheela 82 297 55 59PML N Faisal Hayat Jabboana 52 277 35 31 nbsp IND 8 Candidates 10 113 6 83 nbsp Majority 30 020 20 28 nbsp Rejected ballots 3 348 2 26Turnout 1 48 035 58 84 nbsp PP 127 Jhang edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 127 Jhang IV Party Candidate Votes PTI Mehar Muhammad Nawaz 71 648 56 87PML N Mehar Muhammad Aslam Bharwana 47 413 37 63 nbsp TLP Muhammad Usman 2 843 2 26 nbsp IND 7 Candidates 1 501 1 19 nbsp Majority 24 235 19 24 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 707 2 15Turnout 1 25 996 53 71 nbsp PP 140 Sheikhupura edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 140 Sheikhupura I Party Candidate Votes PTI Khurram Shahzad Virk 50 166 51 09PML N Mian Khalid Mehmood 32 105 32 69 nbsp TLP Javed Iqbal 14 032 14 29 nbsp IND Ali Bashir 655 0 67 nbsp JI Muhammad Tauseef 251 0 26 nbsp IND 5 Candidates 291 0 30 nbsp Majority 18 061 18 39 nbsp Rejected ballots 702 0 72Turnout 98 202 40 65 nbsp PP 158 Lahore edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 158 Lahore XV Party Candidate Votes PTI Mian Akram Usman 37 463 49 02PML N Rana Ahsan Sharafat 31 906 41 75 nbsp TLP Muhammad Bilal 5 632 7 37 nbsp JI Umair Awan 569 0 75 nbsp PNP Jamil ur Rehman 114 0 15 nbsp IND 8 Candidates 201 0 26 nbsp ANP Zahid Khan 21 0 03 nbsp Majority 5 557 7 27 nbsp Rejected ballots 516 0 68Turnout 76 422 32 33 nbsp PP 167 Lahore edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 167 Lahore XXIV Party Candidate Votes PTI Shabbir Gujjar 40 511 54 78PML N Nazir Ahmad Chohan 26 473 35 80 nbsp TLP Hasnain Ahmed Shezad 4 536 6 13 nbsp JI Khalid Ahmed 1 665 2 25 nbsp IND 1 TJP and 6 Ind candidates 133 0 18 nbsp Majority 14 038 18 98 nbsp Rejected ballots 640 0 87Turnout 73 948 33 56 nbsp PP 168 Lahore edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 168 Lahore XXV Party Candidate Votes PML N Malik Asad Ali Khokhar 26 169 53 11PTI Malik Nawaz Awan 15 768 32 00 nbsp TLP Amjad Hussain Abbasi 6 246 12 68 nbsp JI Usman Ghani 222 0 45 nbsp IND 6 candidates 365 0 74 nbsp Majority 10 401 21 11 nbsp Rejected ballots 502 1 02Turnout 49 272 32 53 nbsp PP 170 Lahore edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 170 Lahore XXVII Party Candidate Votes PTI Malik Zaheer Abbas 24 688 53 37PML N Muhammad Amin Zulqernain 17 519 37 88 nbsp TLP Jamil Ahmed 1728 3 74 nbsp JI Waqas Ahmed Butt 1446 3 13 nbsp IND 4 candidates 324 0 7 nbsp Majority 7 169 15 50 nbsp Rejected ballots 546 1 18Turnout 46 251 40 34 nbsp PP 202 Sahiwal edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 202 Sahiwal VII Party Candidate Votes PTI Major R Ghulam Sarwar 62 298 47 89PML N Nauman Ahmad Langrial 59 191 45 50 nbsp TLP Umair Saleem 5 222 4 01 nbsp IND 5 candidates 1 412 1 08 nbsp Majority 3 107 2 39 nbsp Rejected ballots 1 970 1 51Turnout 1 30 093 55 81 nbsp PP 217 Multan edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 217 Multan VII Party Candidate Votes PTI Zain Qureshi 47 349 51 76PML N Muhammad Salman Naeem 40 425 44 19 nbsp TLP Zahid Hameed Gujjar 2 489 2 72 nbsp JI Sajid Ismail 273 0 30 nbsp Majority 6 924 7 57 nbsp Rejected ballots 943 1 03Turnout 91 479 42 16 nbsp PP 224 Lodhran edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 224 Lodhran I Party Candidate Votes PTI Muhammad Aamir Iqbal Shah 69 881 52 61PML N Zawar Hussain Warraich 56 214 42 32 nbsp TLP Intezar Ahmed Attari 3 525 2 65 nbsp IND 6 candidates 1 232 0 93 nbsp JUI F Hafiz Abdul Shakoor 97 0 07 nbsp Majority 13 667 10 28 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 080 1 57Turnout 1 32 831 57 21 nbsp PP 228 Lodhran edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 228 Lodhran V Party Candidate Votes Independent Syed Rafi Uddin 45 020 35 63PTI Ezat Javaid Khan 38 338 30 34 nbsp PML N Nazir Ahmad Khan 34 929 27 65 nbsp TLP Arshad Ali Shah 4 735 3 75 nbsp IND 2 Independents 1 311 1 04 nbsp Majority 6 682 5 29 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 015 1 60Turnout 1 26 348 55 88 nbsp PP 237 Bahawalnagar edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 237 Bahawalnagar I Party Candidate Votes PML N Mian Fida Hussain Wattoo 66 881 54 09PTI Aftab Mehmood 31 148 25 19 nbsp TLP Mian Rashid Mehmood Watto 21 538 17 42 nbsp IND 1 PTIN and 2 Independents 1 548 1 25 nbsp Majority 35 733 28 90 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 526 2 04Turnout 1 23 641 54 87 nbsp PP 272 Muzaffargarh edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 272 Muzaffargarh V Party Candidate Votes PTI Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi 46 069 44 04PML N Zehra Basit Bukhari 36 401 34 80 nbsp IND Zarina Kausar 7 074 6 76 nbsp IND Haroon Ahmed Sultan 6 962 6 66 nbsp TLP Muhammad Ibrahim 4 360 4 17 nbsp IND 4 Candidates 1 020 0 98 nbsp Majority 9 668 9 24 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 707 2 59Turnout 1 04 593 51 38 nbsp PP 273 Muzaffargarh edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 273 Muzaffargarh VI Party Candidate Votes PML N Syed Muhammad Sibtain Raza 59 679 49 78PTI Yasir Khan Jatoi 51 232 42 74 nbsp TLP Muhammad Shafi Khan 5 053 4 22 nbsp IND 1 PPPSb and 2 Independents 1 053 0 88 nbsp Majority 8 447 7 05 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 858 2 38Turnout 1 19 875 53 23 nbsp PP 282 Layyah edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 282 Layyah III Party Candidate Votes PTI Qaisar Abbas Khan Magsi 57 718 47 93PML N Muhammad Tahir Randhawa 38 758 32 19 nbsp IND Muhammad Riaz 16 193 13 45 nbsp TLP Muhammad Shahid Iqbal 4 319 3 59 nbsp IND 6 Candidates 1 592 1 32 nbsp Majority 18 960 15 75 nbsp Rejected ballots 2 437 2 02Turnout 1 20 417 59 54 nbsp PP 288 Dera Ghazi Khan edit 2022 Punjab provincial by election PP 288 Dera Ghazi Khan IV Party Candidate Votes PTI Muhammad Saif ud Din Khosa 58 116 59 75PML N Abdul Qadir Khosa 32 212 33 12 nbsp TLP Irfan Ullah 3 270 3 36 nbsp IND 3 Candidates 1 816 1 87 nbsp Majority 25 904 26 63 nbsp Rejected ballots 1 803 1 85Turnout 97 267 48 15 nbsp Aftermath editIn the aftermath of the by election it was claimed that PTI MPA from PP 257 Rahim Yar Khan II Chaudhry Masood Ahmad had become a turncoat after his loyalty was allegedly bought whereafter he soon fled to Turkey 14 Allegations of rigging were also put forward by PTI in the PP 7 Rawalpindi II constituency where the PML N candidate emerged as the victor with a margin of 49 votes 15 A plea for a recount was also presented which was subsequently rejected by the ECP 16 2 PML N MPAs Faisal Niazi from PP 209 Khanewal VII and Jaleel Ahmed Sharaqpuri from PP 139 Sheikhupura V also resigned from their seats before the election for Chief Minister 17 18 Election for Chief Minister editThe election for Chief Minister took place on 22 July 2022 among members of the Provincial Assembly 19 Controversially the votes of ten PML Q MPAs were rejected by Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari citing an interpretation of Article 63A of the Constitution and a letter from the leader Shujaat Hussain stating he had issued directions to all my provincial members to cast their votes in favour of Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz Sharif This resulted in a majority of valid votes 179 for Hamza Shahbaz to Pervaiz Elahi s 176 Article 63A states 63A 1 If a member of a Parliamentary Party composed of a single political party in a House a resigns from membership of his political party or joins another Parliamentary party or b votes or abstains from voting in the House contrary to any direction issued by the Parliamentary Party to which he belongs in relation to i election of the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister or ii a vote of confidence or a vote of no confidence or iii a Money Bill or a Constitution Amendment Bill he may be declared in writing by the Party Head to have defected from the political party and the Party Head may forward a copy of the declaration to the Presiding Officer and the Chief Election Commissioner and shall similarly forward a copy thereof to the member concerned Provided that before making the declaration the Party Head shall provide such member with an opportunity to show cause as to why such declaration may not be made against him Explanation Party Head means any person by whatever name called declared as such by the Party 2 A member of a House shall be deemed to be a member of a Parliamentary Party if he having been elected as a candidate or nominee of a political party which constitutes the Parliamentary Party in the House or having been elected otherwise than as a candidate or nominee of a political party has become a member of such Parliamentary Party after such election by means of a declaration in writing The PTI filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Pakistan stating that as PML Q leader Hussain was not a member of the Punjab Assembly he did not have the authority to make the decision to back Shahbaz under section 2 of the constitutional article cited as only the Parliamentary Party has the authority to decide which candidate its members are to vote for 20 21 Additionally under a 17 May Supreme Court ruling although defecting lawmakers votes will not be counted for purposes of voting in Article 63A section 1 subsection b 22 none of the 10 PML Q members had been deemed to have defected as that would have required a letter stating as such from the leader which was Shujaat Hussain As a consequence of the court proceedings Shahbaz was made a trustee Chief Minister until the three judge bench of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan could reach a decision The bench ruled on 26 July that the Deputy Speaker s ruling was unconstitutional and that Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi would be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab 23 Punjab Pakistan Chief Ministerial Election 22 July 2022Candidate Party Supporting Parties Votes ObtainedRequired majority 186 out of 371Pervaiz Elahi PML Q PTI 186 nbsp YHamza Shahbaz PML N PPP PRHP Independents 179 nbsp NNotes edit Although Elahi was a part of the PML Q the majority of his support in the assembly was from the PTI and all the 20 candidates nominated by the PTI PML Q alliance in the constituencies were also members of the PTI References edit Pakistan Former PM Imran Khan stuns rivals with Punjab by election upset BBC News 2022 07 18 Retrieved 2022 07 19 PML Q decides to back PTI in Punjab Global Village Space 2018 07 31 Retrieved 2022 07 01 Khawaja Naseer 2022 04 16 Punjab Assembly Police enters house takes MPAs into custody after brawl ARY NEWS Retrieved 2022 07 01 Sheikh Adnan 2022 04 16 Hamza Shehbaz elected Punjab CM after garnering 197 votes in session marred by melees chaos Dawn Retrieved 2022 07 01 Chaudhry Fahad 2022 05 20 ECP de seats 25 dissident PTI MPAs for defection DAWN COM Retrieved 2022 07 01 Virk Saqib Malik Hasnaat 2022 07 07 PTI bags five reserved seats in PA The Express Tribune Retrieved 2022 07 09 ECP announces schedule for by polls on 20 Punjab Assembly seats www thenews com pk 25 May 2022 Retrieved 2022 07 01 PTI vs PML N Who are the candidates contesting in Punjab by polls www geo tv Retrieved 2022 07 01 Punjab by polls PPP candidates to withdraw in favour of PML N Latest News The Nation Retrieved 2022 07 02 Farooq Azhar 2022 06 07 PML Q to support PTI candidates in Punjab by polls ARY NEWS Retrieved 2022 07 02 PTI vs PML N Who are the candidates contesting in Punjab by polls www geo tv Retrieved 2022 07 02 Punjab by elections Voting underway to decide fate of 175 candidates Brecorder 2022 07 17 Retrieved 2022 07 17 Election Commission of Pakistan OFFICIAL on Twitter Twitter 15 July 2022 Retrieved 2022 07 17 With numbers on his side Elahi ready to settle score with Sharifs Minute Mirror 2022 07 21 Retrieved 2022 07 21 RO rejects PTI recounting of votes plea in PP 7 by election Dunya News 20 July 2022 Retrieved 2022 07 21 Yusuf Nausheen 21 July 2022 ECP dismisses PTI plea seeking recount of votes in PP 7 www geo tv Retrieved 2022 07 21 Reporter The Newspaper s Staff 2022 07 16 PML N MPA s resignation accepted DAWN COM Retrieved 2022 08 23 Another setback to PMLN as MPA Sharaqpuri resigns www thenews com pk Retrieved 2022 08 23 Malik Hasnaat Yasif Rana 2022 07 01 SC orders Punjab CM re election on July 22 The Express Tribune Retrieved 2022 07 17 Elahi wins but Hamza gets the prize The Express Tribune 2022 07 22 Retrieved 2022 07 25 Hayat Muhammad Omer Farooq Umar 2022 07 22 Elahi suffers shock defeat as Hamza retains Punjab CM position after deputy speaker s contentious ruling Dawn Retrieved 2022 07 25 Bhatti Haseeb 2022 05 17 Article 63 A SC decides defecting lawmakers votes will not be counted DAWN COM Retrieved 2022 07 25 SC declares ruling on Punjab CM poll null and void The Express Tribune 2022 07 26 Retrieved 2022 07 26 The template below Election History in Pakistan is being considered for deletion See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title July 2022 Punjab provincial by election amp oldid 1189968753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
