Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz-backed Yasir Zafar Sindhu and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Rao Sajid Mehmood will face each other in the by-poll for PP-30 in Sargodha here on March 4, 2018. Photo: Geo News file

 

SARGODHA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) backed independent candidate Yasir Zafar Sindhu has been leading in PP-30 Sargodha by-polls, unofficial and unconfirmed results from 106 polling stations suggest.

Sindhu has so far bagged 34,164 votes. He is followed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) nominee Sajid Mehmood, who until now has secured 18,462 votes.

A total of 135 polling stations have been set up in the constituency, which includes 16 Union Councils (UCs) of Tehsil Kot Momin and Tehsil Bhalwal.

Rangers and police personnel have been deployed in the constituency for security during the by-polls. 

Female voters casting their votes for the PP-30 in Sargodha on March 4, 2018. Photo: Geo News

Of the 1,73,912 registered voters in the constituency, 75,776 are women.

Arrangements for the by-poll were completed early in the day, with two SP's, five DSP's, seven inspectors, and a thousand officers deployed to ensure a smooth voting process. Personnel of the armed forces are also on standby.

The candidates

PML-N backed Yasir Zafar Sindhu (left) and PTI's Rao Sajid Mehmood (right). Photo: Geo News file

 

The PML-N-backed Yasir Zafar Sindhu is contesting as an independent candidate. His electoral symbol is a pickup van, following   

Rao Sajid Mehmood has recently joined PTI after quitting Jamiat Ulema-e Islam - Fazal (JUI-F).