PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has been elected as the 14th president of Pakistan with a wide margin, defeating the opposition candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
As per the final vote tally, Zardari, a former president and candidate fielded by the ruling alliance, won 255 votes, while Achakzai polled 119 votes.
Lawmakers across the country in the Senate, National as well as the four provincial assemblies cast their votes to elect the president. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had finalized all arrangements for the process, which commenced at 10am and concluded at 4pm.
After the voting period ended, the counting of votes started. As per the vote count, Asif Zardari clinched 17 votes in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, while his opponent Achakzai grabbed 91 votes. A total of 109 votes were polled out of which one was rejected. Achakzai bagged 40.8 electoral votes in KP and Zardari 7.62.
In the Balochistan Assembly, all 47 votes have been bagged by Asif Zardari, as claimed by provincial Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti. In terms of electoral votes, This is also the number of electoral votes polled against both candidates.
In the Sindh Assembly, Zardari got 151 votes, while Achakzai polled nine votes. A total of 162 votes were polled out of which one was rejected. Two of the cast votes were not included as per court orders. In terms of electoral votes, the PPP leader bagged 58 votes against Achakzai’s three.
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