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Pakistan Election Results 2024: Victory was declared on Friday (Feb 9) for the former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif from his NA-130 constituency in Lahore. But ousted former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claimed that "the number of total valid votes is greater than total number of votes cast" in the NA-130 constituency in Lahore.

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The PTI posted a paper on social media which appears to show a document from the Returning Officer at National Assembly-130 constituency (Lahore XIV). According to the document, while the total number of votes cast is 293,693, the total number of valid votes are higher.

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The document showed 294,043 votes as the total number of valid votes, which is 350 more than total number of votes polled. 

"Nawaz Sharif should be ashamed of himself for stealing public mandate," PTI further added on X.

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As of 4:45PM (local time), of the 149 National Assembly results announced, the Independent candidates are leading on 61 seats, followed by PML(N) on 43 seats, PPP on 38, MQM on 4. While JUIP, BNP and PMLQ were leading on 1 seat each. Results of 116 seats are awaited.

Among the heavyweights, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz won her first-ever National Assembly seat with 83,855 votes. 

The prime minister of Pakistan's caretaker government Shehbaz Sharif won from both NA-123 and PP-158 seats for national and provincial assembly respectively.

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf president Gohar Ali Khan, who is fronting the party due to the incarcerated absence of founder Imran Khan, won NA-10 seat in Buner by nearly 70,000 votes.

Former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari won by over 50,000 votes from Qamber Shahdkot seat. While his father and former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardan won by nearly 96,000 votes from Shaheed Benazirabad constituency.

(With inputs from agencies)