By-elections for National Assembly (NA) seat NA-247, Sindh Assembly seat PS-111 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat PK-71 started at 8am and ended at 5pm on Sunday.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) did not extend the time for voting and, after the polling procedure ended, vote count began for the constituencies. Earlier, Pakistan Army officers supervised the polling material’s transportation to the polling stations.

There were 546,451 registered voters in NA-247 and 178,965 registered voters in PS-111, according to the ECP. Twelve candidates contested for the NA-247 seat, while 11 were in the run for the Sindh Assembly seat.

NA-247 was vacated by President Dr Arif Alvi while PS-111 was vacated by Sindh Governor Imran Ismail.

Prominent candidates in the run for NA-247 seat include PTI’s Aftab Hussain Siddiqui, Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Qaiser Nizamani, Sadiq Iftikhar of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Pak Sarzameen Party’s (PSP) Arshad Vohra.

Seven independent candidates also contested the by-polls for the constituency: Syed Adil Askari, Syed Mujahid Rasool, Shaikh Samir Mir, Tahir Ashraf Hashmi, Abdul Jalil Khan, Muhammad Ayaz, and Muhammad Sharif Awan. Ali Nawab of Pakistan Sunni Tehreek is also in the run.

PTI’s Shehzad Qureshi, MQM-P’s Jehanzeb Mughal, PML-N’s Mohammad Zahid Hussain and activist Muhammad Jibran Nasir were among those contesting on PS-111.

President Arif Alvi cast his vote at the Defence Authority Model High School earlier today. Speaking to media on the occasion, he requested the public to come out and vote. Responding to a question, he said everyone knew why the inflation had risen in the past 15 days.

Governor Imran Ismail also cast his vote at DHA Girls' College Phase 8. KP's PK-71 fell vacant after Shah Farman was appointed as Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

PTI's Zulfiqar Khan, Awami National Party candidate Salahuddin, and independent candidates Dildar Khan, Abdul Karim Khan, and Fazale Haq Kohi Damani are contesting on the seat.