'Sharif's PML-N wins big in Parliament's upper house polls'

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Mar 03 2018 | 10:55 PM IST
Pakistan's ruling PML-N of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif today won 15 seats in Senate and became the largest party in the upper house of Parliament, according to provisional results.
Provincial and federal lawmakers voted to elect 52 Senators in the Senate elections that started at 9 AM and continued till 4 PM, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Twelve seats each from Punjab and Sindh, 11 each from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, four from tribal region and two from federal capital territory were up for grab due to retirement of 52 senators this month.
More than 130 candidates including those nominated by political parties and independent candidates were in the contest.
PML-N won 15 seats including 11 from Punjab and two each from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and federal capital territory.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) got 12 seats, including 10 from Sindh and two from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to become the second largest party.

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First Published: Mar 03 2018 | 10:55 PM IST

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