Mamnoon Hussain elected 12th President of Pakistan

Ruling party’s candidate Mamnoon Hussain has made it to the Presidency securing overwhelming majority in the election held on Tuesday.

He polled 432 electoral votes as against his lone rival retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmad of PTI’s 77 votes. The result was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim after tabulation and consolidation in Islamabad on Tuesday evening.

Polling was held at the Parliament House in Islamabad and four provincial assemblies where Senators‚ Members of the National Assembly and Members of the Provincial Assemblies cast their votes.

In Islamabad‚ 314 votes were cast out of which 311 were declared valid by the Presiding Officer Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Justice Anwar Kasi. Mamnoon Hussain secured 277 votes while Wajihuddin Ahmad got 34 votes.

In Sindh Assembly twenty-seven electoral votes were cast by the members. Mamnoon Hussain bagged 25 votes while Wajihuddin received just two votes.

In Balochistan Assembly fifty-six votes were cast by the members. Mamnoon Hussain secured fifty-five votes while Wajihuddin got only one vote.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly‚ fifty-seven electoral votes were cast. Mamnoon Hussain got twenty-one votes while Wajihuddin bagged thirty-six votes.

In the Punjab Assembly fifty-eight electoral votes were validly cast by the members. Mamnoon Hussain bagged 54 votes while Wajihuddin got four votes.

The opposition Peoples Party and its erstwhile allies ANP and BNP Awami boycotted the presidential election. It is significant to note that in 2008 presidential elections‚ incumbent President Asif Ali Zardari got just 22 votes from Punjab Assembly whereas Mamnoon Hussain has bagged 25 votes from the Sindh Assembly despite boycott by the majority party there.

The Chief Election Commissioner‚ while announcing the result‚ said the Commission has conducted free and fair elections and hoped now the authorities would concentrate on good governance.