In the by-elections held yesterday, two provincial and one National Assembly seats have been won so far, out of which two provincial seats have been won by PML-N, one by PTI and one by NA-75. The result has now been withheld as DROs and returning officers suspect that the results of the base polling stations have been tampered with.
According to the details, the Election Commission has issued a statement on the situation in NA-75 stating that the DRO and the Returning Officer are in danger of changing the results of 20 polling stations. Returning from the unconfirmed results of NA-75 Officer stopped, it is not possible to release result without full inquiry report, DRO is sending full inquiry report to Election Commission, preliminary result from NA-75 will be released after review of inquiry report, provincial The Joint Provincial Election Commissioner was also directed to reach the DRO and RO offices. The ECP said in a statement that it has also been directed to preserve the record completely.
According to the statement, the ECP understands that the whole affair was due to the weakness of the administration and law enforcement agencies. The ECP said that the results of NA-75 were received with unnecessary delays, and the presiding officers were contacted several times. Attempts were made but failed. On the information of RO, the Chief Election Commissioner tried to contact the IG and Deputy Commissioner but no reply was received. The Chief Secretary was contacted at 3 pm and the Presiding Officer with the polling bag was present at 6 pm. The RO and DRO suspected that the results of the base polling station had been altered, which led to the withholding of the results.
