While poll-related violence claimed lives of two persons in Punjab, the victory of a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate from a stronghold of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa came as a big surprise for the ruling party as it failed to retain the provincial assembly seat it won in 2018.

Polling for by-elections on two National Assembly seats, in Daska (NA-75) and Kurram tribal district (NA-45), and as many provincial constituencies, in Gujranwala (PP-51) and Nowshera (PK-63), was held on Friday amid a supercharged environment with traditional rivals contesting against each other.

نوشہرہ زندہ باد ۔ نواز شریف زندہ باد pic.twitter.com/ukuyHiJpOA

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) February 19, 2021

According to unofficial results received on Friday night, PML-N emerged victorious on three of the four constituencies.

شکریہ وزیرآباد ۔۔۔ نواز شریف زندہ باد pic.twitter.com/zG46XPzkM2

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) February 19, 2021