MULTAN: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday ordered recounting of votes in seven polling stations of PP-198.
The decision came after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate from the area Wasim Khan Badozai filed an application. He claimed that he had almost won the provincial seat but the results were manipulated and he lost seat by about 3,000 votes.
Badozai was defeated by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate, Shehzad Maqbool Bhutta in close competition.
Earlier, PP-198 was considered as stronghold of the PPP since 1988 and no PPP candidate had suffered defeat in the constituency. However, in the May 11 elections, the PPP candidate in the constituency Adnan Dogar came in a distant third with about 17,000 votes trailing the leading candidates by thousands of votes.
Shehzad Maqbool Bhutta secured 32,394 votes while Badozai, the runner up, bagged 29,381 votes.