Close contes­t is expect­ed betwee­n PML-N's Haider Sultan and Raja Tariq Afzal of PTI in PP-20A close contest is expected between ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as polling for the PP-20 by-election in Punjab’s Chakwal concludes. The balloting for the key by-poll began at 9am and continued without any break till 5 in the evening, Express News reported. The PP-20 Chakwal-I seat had fallen vacant on October 30 after PML-N MPA Chaudhry Liaquat Ali Khan passed away. Chaudhry Liaquat Ali Khan of PML-N had won the seat with a margin of over 26,000 votes in the 2013 general elections. The constituency has been a stronghold of the ruling party ever since its late MPA Liaquat started winning the seat in 1985.

Source: The Express Tribune January 09, 2018 07:27 UTC