Daily Times

After withdrawing candidates from the contest for three seats of the National Assembly and 6 of the Sindh Assembly in Hyderabad, some 304 candidates are still running for the nine seats. According to details in Form-32 after the withdrawals, 87 candidates are still in the electoral fray for the 3 NA seats and 217 for the 6 PS seats. As many as 11 candidates are contending for NA-218, 40 for NA-219, and 36 for NA-220. Likewise, 24 candidates will fight the election to get elected from PS-60, 22 from PS-61, 41 from PS-62 and PS-63, 46 from PS-64, and 43 from PS-65. The political parties have started the election canvassing by organizing rallies and corner meetings. The Pakistan People’s Party’s candidates held a rally here on Saturday in City Taluka and Qasimabad. Historically, MQM-P wins the 2 NA seats based in City Taluka and Latifabad taluka, while the third seat always goes to the PPP, found in Qasimabad taluka and Hyderabad taluka. In the 2018 general elections, PPP won 3 seats of NA from Qasimabad, Hyderabad, and Latifabad, while MQM-P also won as many seats from City and Latifabad.