{"id":4014,"date":"2026-11-08T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4014"},"modified":"2026-11-08T11:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:03:51","slug":"polling-begins-in-by-elections-for-gujranwala-sahiwal-constituencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4014","title":{"rendered":"Polling begins in by-elections for Gujranwala, Sahiwal constituencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Polling began on Sunday in by-elections for National Assembly constituency NA-77 in Gujranwala and Punjab Assembly constituency PP-203 in Sahiwal, with voting scheduled to continue until 5pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PP-203 seat fell vacant following the death of PML-N lawmaker Chaudhry Haneef Jutt.<\/p>\n<p>Seven candidates are contesting the by-election, with a close contest expected between PML-N candidate Chaudhry Asad Haneef Jutt and Tehreek-e-Ahsas Pakistan\u2019s Owais Mahmood Gujjar.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 258,122 registered voters are eligible to cast their ballots at 185 polling stations in the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven polling stations have been declared highly sensitive, while more than 1,100 police personnel have been deployed to ensure security and maintain order.<\/p>\n<p>The NA-77 seat in Gujranwala also fell vacant following the death of PML-N lawmaker Mahmood Bashir Virk.<\/p>\n<p>Election materials have been delivered and security arrangements completed for both constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan has issued a notice to Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar over his participation in the NA-77 election campaign and alleged violations of the electoral code of conduct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polling began on Sunday in by-elections for National Assembly constituency NA-77 in Gujranwala and Punjab Assembly constituency PP-203 in Sahiwal, with voting scheduled to continue until 5pm. The PP-203 seat fell vacant following the death of PML-N lawmaker Chaudhry Haneef Jutt. Seven candidates are contesting the by-election, with a close contest expected between PML-N candidate Chaudhry Asad Haneef Jutt and Tehreek-e-Ahsas Pakistan\u2019s Owais Mahmood Gujjar. A total of 258,122 registered voters are eligible to cast their ballots at 185 polling stations in the constituency. Eleven polling stations have been declared&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}