PTI candidate from PK-44, Swabi-II Aqibullah Khan, has retained his winning in the recounting on Friday and lead was further increased, said officials and leaders of the political parties. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) who had issued the notification of some winning candidates on Thursday but delayed the result of 35 seats.
PK-44 was one of the constituencies which result was not declared. Ghulam Hassan, a leader of Awami National Party (ANP) and candidate of Swabi Democratic Alliance (SDA) had submitted an application for recounting on Monday and it was accepted by district returning officer.
The recounting had started on Tuesday and concluded on Friday. Earlier in the unofficial result, Aqibullah who is brother of Asad Qaisar, National Assembly Speaker, received 18,676 votes and Hassan 17,059 votes and there was difference of 1617 votes.
The number of the rejected votes has also been increased. Earlier, there was total 540 rejected votes but now the total number of rejected votes had reached to 824 votes. The rejected votes of Aqibullah were 527 and Hassan 297.