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The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) swept the bye-elections held connected Sunday (November 23, 2025), winning 12 retired of 13 seats, according to unofficial results.
Bye-elections were conducted for six seats of the National Assembly (NA) and 7 of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab. All NA seats were successful Punjab but 1 successful Haripur country of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
The six NA constituencies wherever polling was conducted included NA-18 (Haripur), NA-96 and NA-104 (Faisalabad), NA-129 (Lahore), NA-143 (Sahiwal) and NA-185 (Dera Ghazi Khan).
The 7 Punjab Assembly constituencies up for grabs included PP-73 (Sargodha), PP-87 (Mianwali), PP-98, PP-115, PP-116 (Faisalabad), PP-203 (Sahiwal), and PP-269 (Muzaffargarh).
The PML-N had won each seats, but for 1 successful Muzzafargarh, which was secured by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), according to the unofficial results, reported Dunya News TV.
According to the unofficial results for the Punjab Assembly constituency, PP-269 Muzaffargarh, PPP’s Mian Alamdar Abbas Qureshi was declared victorious by securing 55,868 votes, portion his opponent, autarkic campaigner Muhammad Iqbal Khan Pitafi, came successful 2nd place.
The bye-elections were held aft the disqualification of respective Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers pursuing their condemnation connected May 9 unit cases. The main Opposition PTI, however, stayed distant from the electoral exercise, prevention for 2 National Assembly constituencies successful Lahore and Haripur.
Dunya News reported that the polling was peaceful, but elector turnout was comparatively low. PML-N workers celebrated the triumph by distributing sweets and exploding fireworks.
