Politicians made a final attempt to lure voters, as the election campaign for by-elections on 11 seats – including eight of National and three of Punjab assemblies – ended Friday night.

Former prime minister Imran Khan, who would be contesting elections from seven constituencies, landed in Karachi and addressed a public rally in Shah Faisal Colony. He termed the by-election a do or die fight and ’jihad.

The PTI chief is contesting 7 out of 8 NA seats up for grabs. He was supposed to fight the election on nine seats, however, it was reduced to seven when Abdul Shakoor took back his resignation and the Election Commission of Pakistan delayed the election on one of the constituencies.

The by-elections scheduled for October 16 would be followed by the local government elections in Karachi on October 23, rising the political atmosphere in the economic hub of the country.

Below were the details of the National and Punjab assemblies’ constituencies where by-elections are held:

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Mardan

Four candidates would be contesting the election from NA 22.

• PTI Chairman Imran Khan
• Pakistan Democratic Movement’s Maulana Qasim
• Jamaat-e-Islami’s Abdul Wasay
• Independent candidate Muhammad Sarwar

This seat fell vacant after the resignation of PTI’s Ali Muhammad Khan, who gave a fiery speech when Imran Khan was ousted through a vote of confidence in April.

Charsadda

NA 24 has also four candidates.

• PTI Chairman Imran Khan
• PDM’s Aimal Wali
• JI’s Mujeebur Rehman
• Independent candidate Superly Mohmand

This seat fell vacant after the resignation of PTI’s Fazal Muhammad.

Peshawar

There were seven politicians fighting for the NA 31 seat. But below five were the most important:

• PTI chief Imran Khan
• JI leader Muhammad Aslam
• Rah-e-Haq Party leader Saeed Ullah
• Tehreek-e-Jawanaan’s Abdul Qadir
• Independent candidate Shaukat Ali

Punjab

Faisalabad

There were 10 leaders up for the NA 108 constituency, out of which four were the leading ones.

• PTI chief Imran Khan
• PDM’s Abid Sher
• Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s Mohammad Siddique
• Pakistan Nazirati Party leader Khurram Shehzad

The seat fell vacant after the resignation of Farrukh Habib.

Nankana Sahib

Three candidates were fighting in NA 118 constituency.

• PTI chief Imran Khan
• PDM leader Shezra Mansab Ali
• TLP leader Pir Afzal Hussain Shah

The seat fell vacant after PTI leader Aijaz Shah’s resignation.

Multan

Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s daughter Meherbano was among the eight candidates contesting the election in NA 157, out of which five were important.

• PTI leader Meherbano Qureshi
• PDM’s Ali Musa Gilani
• TLP leader Tahir Ahmed
• Independent candidate Salman Elahi
• Independent candidate Babar Dogar

The seat fell vacant after the resignation of Zain Qureshi, who stepped down to enter the Punjab Assembly.

Because the issue of resignation here was given in protest of other members of the PTI assembly, it was different from resignations, so Imran was not a candidate from this constituency.

Sindh

Malir Karachi

Four out of the 11 candidates contesting elections in NA 237 were:

• PTI leader Imran Khan
• Pakistan Peoples Party Abdul Hakeem Baloch
• TLP leader Samiullah
• Pak Sarzameen Party’s Amir Shekhani

The seat fell vacant after the resignation of PTI leader Jameel Muhammad.

Korangi Karachi

Below were a few of the names out of the 22 candidates up for election in NA 239.

• PTI leader Imran Khan
• Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Nayyar Ali
• Muhajir Qaumi Movement leader Khurram Mansoor
• PPP’s Imran Haider

The seat fell vacant after the resignation of PTI leader Akram Cheema.

Punjab Assembly

Sharaqpur PP 139. A strong fight was expected between the below three candidates out of the total nine.

• PML-N leader Haji Iftikhar
• PTI leader Abu Bakar Sharaqpuri
• TLP’s Dr Rauf Gujjar

The seat fell vacant after the resignation of PML-N leader Jaleel Sharaqpuri. A five-MPA group led by Jaleel in Punjab Assembly remained cut off from its party, PML-N, and supported the PTI.

Khanewal PP 209. A strong contest was expected between the below two candidates out of the total eight.

• PTI leader Faisal Niazi
• PML-N leader Ziaur Rehman

The seat fell vacant after the resignation of erstwhile PML-N leader Faisal Niazi. He had also joined the “rebel MPAs”.

Chishtian PP 241. Four out of the seven candidates were the top most in the constituency.

• PTI’s Malik Muhammad Muzaffar
• PML-N leader Amanullah Sattar
• Jamaat-e-Islami Tahir Muhammad Yousuf
• Pakistan Tehreek Party leader Ghulam Qadir

The seat fell vacant after the resignation of PML-N leader Kashif Mehmood.