Overview
- Zeeshan defeated PML-N-backed independent Taj Mohammad Afridi, who received 45 votes, with one ballot ruled invalid.
- A total of 137 of the 145 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly members voted, and four ANP lawmakers abstained.
- Polling was held inside the Assembly’s Jirga Hall from 9:30am to 4pm under returning officer and provincial election commissioner Saeed Gul.
- A day before the vote, the Supreme Court dismissed Faraz’s request to halt the by-election after the Peshawar High Court had refused to reinstate him.
- After his win, Zeeshan echoed PTI’s core message in brief remarks, as KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi publicly signaled support during the polling.