**PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has won the by-election of NA-4, Peshawar, by a big margin of over 22, 000 votes, SAMAA reported.
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According to final results obtained from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), PTI candidate Arbab Amir Ayub got 47, 586 votes followed by PML-N’s Nasir Khan Musazai who bagged 25, 267 votes.
Khushdil Khan of ANP was third with 25, 143 votes. PPP’s Asad Gulzar Khan stood fourth with 12, 014 votes while JI candidate Wasil Farooq received 6, 337 votes.
On the other hand, Dr Shafique Ameeni, an independent candidate who was backed by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), also managed to get 8, 218 votes in their maiden election in the provincial capital.
Speaking exclusively to SAMAA, PTI’s winning candidate Arbab Amir Ayub said that nobody can beat the passion of his workers.
The National Assembly seat had fallen vacant after the demise of PTI’s MNA Gulzar Khan.
Marvi Sirmed Retweeted Ahmad Afridi
Aaj TV Bureau Chief reporting on #****NA4****](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NA4?src=hash) election. Media & observers not allowed at many places. Process was influenced, compromised, doubtful.
Its easy to call anything rigged but there is no way you could claim that result would be different. It was PTI’s seat earlier and they won again. Lets congratulate them.
However one thing is interesting. If you add up ANP’s votes with PML, they are more than the winner’s. It means had they agreed on putting up common candidate, they could have won.
JI’s less votes are surprising. However PPP’s just going to be buried very soon everywhere other than Sind.