- PTI emerges the biggest victor with 18 seats, followed by PPP with 8.
- The most-watched contest took place between PDM’s Yousuf Raza Gilani and PTI’s Hafeez Shaikh with the former emerging victorious.
- MPs voted for 37 vacant seats of the Senate with 11 senators previously elected unopposed from Punjab.
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited Senate elections ended with PTI emerging as the top victor with 18 seats, followed by PPP with eight.
Victory for PTI, however, was bittersweet, as in the contest between both parties for the Islamabad general seat, PPP’s Yousuf Raza Gillani defeated PTI’s Hafeez Shaikh.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari triumphantly tweeted: “Democracy is the best revenge. Jeya Bhutto!”
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari triumphantly tweeted: “Democracy is the best revenge. Jeya Bhutto!”
According to the returning officer, who announced the results after counting ended in the National Assembly, six of the total 340 ballots cast in the National Assembly were rejected.
Gillani obtained 169 votes, whereas Shaikh got 164. One vote was not cast.