This is more than double the 16 candidates who were vying for the two seats in the July elections when eight candidates were running for each of the two seats. Of the provincial assembly seats, two Punjab provincial assembly seats are up for grabs in the division including PP-3 Attock-III and PP-27 Jhelum-III. Elahi also gave up his NA-69 seat as he retained his provincial assembly seat of PP-30 to become the speaker of the Punjab Assembly. In PP-3 Attock-III, PTI’s Sadik — who had won it by securing 62,337votes — vacated the seat in favour of his national assembly seat. Of the 35 candidates vying for the October 14 by-elections in Rawalpindi, 24 candidates are in the running for NA-60.

Source: The Express Tribune September 10, 2018 05:48 UTC