Syed Waqar Mehdi of PPP won the partial election held for the vacant general seat of the Senate of Sindh in Karachi on Tuesday, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.
PPP ruler and the muttahida opposition Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) had nominated Waqar Mehdi and Nighat Mirza, respectively. Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf (PTI) did not present any candidate and on Monday he also announced boycott the voting process.
In the partial election held at the Sindh Assembly, Mehdi obtained 111 votes, while the Nighat Mirza of MQM-P received 36, and two were rejected, said the officer who returns, the commissioner of provincial elections Sindh ejaz ejaz Anwar Chauhan.
The survey was conducted from 9 am to 4 pm without any rest. A total of 149 votes were issued during the scheduled voting time.
The headquarters of the General Senate of the Province of Sindh was vacant after the death of the PPP senator, Taj Haider, on April 8 in Karachi. He was chosen a senator in a PPP ticket of a general seat of the Senate in Sindh in March 2021 for a period of six years.
The authorities had said that the candidate who will be chosen on Tuesday will serve as a member of the Senate for a period of about two years until March 2027.
