Maryam Nawaz, the PML-N leader and Punjab’s chief minister-elect, has announced her resignation from the National Assembly’s NA-119 seat.
This move follows her nomination and subsequent decision to become Punjab’s chief minister, indicating a substantial shift in the province’s political scene.
Maryam Nawaz’s resignation from NA-119 Lahore III was confirmed by people close to her. Maryam Nawaz won this constituency by 83,855 votes over PTI-backed candidate Shehzad Farooq, who received 68,376 votes.
Other contenders for the seat included Muhammad Zaheer of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and Iftikhar Shahid of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
In the 2018 general elections, PML-N’s Ali Pervaiz Malik won this constituency with 113,265 votes.
The overall population of this constituency is 916,577, with 520,829 registered voters. There are 277,172 males and 243,657 females.
Furthermore, Maryam won the battle for the Punjab Assembly’s PP-159 constituency in Lahore, which she intends to maintain in order to become Punjab’s chief minister. Maryam won the tightly contested race with 23,598 votes, while her challenger
