Waning support: In Punjab, only 10 MPAs-elect secured over 70,000 votes

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The contest for the 2018 election was undoubtedly close. In many constituencies of Punjab, it was too close for comfort, with a razor-thin margin of victory.

Out of the 295 Punjab Assembly seats on which elections took place, only 10 politicians secured over 70,000 votes.

Of these 10, five belonged to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, three to the Pakistan Muslim League-N, and two to the Pakistan Muslim League-Q.

The most noticeable lead was that of Ammar Yasir of the PML-Q. He picked up PP-24 (Chakwal) with 81,005 ballots. The slimmest of victories was that of Irfan Aqeel Daultana, of only 17,110 votes, in PP-231 (Vehari). Daultana is the son of the PML-N’s Tehmina Daultana.

Hafiz Ammar Yasir
Pakistan Muslim League-Q
81,005 votes
Ch. Pervaiz Elahi
Pakistan Muslim League-Q
PP-30 (Gujrat-III)

75,724 votes

Sardar Aftab Akbar Khan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
 
PP-23 (Chakwal-III)

77,949 votes

Yasir Humayon
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
PP-21 (Chakwal-I)

77,425 votes

 

Ghazanfar Abbas
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
PP-91 (Bhakkar-III)

75,119 votes

 

Fateh Khaliq
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
PP-82 (Khushab)

71,831 votes

 

Abdur Rehman Khan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
PP-85 (Mianwali)

75,398 votes

 

Hamza Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
PP-146 (Lahore-III)

71,389 votes

 

Muhammad Ayub Khan
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
PP-120 (Toba Tek Singh-III)
71,374 votes
Tanvir Aslam Malik
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
PP-22 (Chakwal-II)

73,140 votes