PML-N candidate Rana Sanaullah has been selected as a senator from the Punjab seat in a choice that secures 250 votes. A total of 251 votes were cast, with a rejected, according to unofficial results.
The election appeared one-sided after Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) Boikotted the election process and warned its members that participation would go against party politics.
The opposition had Felt Salma Ijaz, wife of former PTI leader Ejaz Chaudhry.
The seat fell in place of Chaudhry’s disqualification after an anti-terrorism court sentenced him to 10 years in prison during the revolt on May 9.
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On September 8, the Lahore High Court while hearing a plea who was filed on behalf of Ejaz Chaudhry, who challenged his disqualification and issuance of the electoral plan at the Pakistan Election Commission (ECP), ordered that “further process in progress with introduced notification may continue but its fate should be subject to the result of this petition.”
Rana Sanaullah had previously disputed on February 8th election from Faisalabad, but did not win a national assembly seat.
He served as Minister of the Interior under the last Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government and also held the law minister portfolio twice under Shehbaz Sharif as Punjab Chief Minister.
The Punjab seat is part of a Senate consisting of 363 members across nine political parties. PML-N holds a majority with 229 members, while other parties include Sunni Ittehad Council (73), PTI (24), PPPP (16), Pakistan Muslim League (11), Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (7), Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (1), Pakistan Muslim League Zia (1), and Tehreek-E-Labbaik Pakistan (1). PML-N claimed to have support from over 260 members.
PMLN claimed to have support from over 260 members.
