Additionally, the results of the elections in the nation’s political center will directly affect the center.
The incident has upended all prior meticulous political calculations and appears to have given PTI candidate Pervez Elahi a much-needed reprieve; Elahi would not have stood a chance if voting had taken place in accordance with the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) directives.
Even if ECP grants PTI the five reserve seats prior to the CM Punjab polls, the PML-N now has a four-vote advantage in the Punjab Assembly, ensuring that it will still win even if it loses more than 50% of the seats in by-elections.