Pakistan election results delayed amid early signs of upset performance

Election results in Pakistan were delayed amid signs that the party of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan had performed much better than expected.

Only a handful of results were available more than 12 hours after polls closed. The Pakistan Muslim League-N party had won four seats, according to Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper. Candidates loyal to Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party had won three.

Both PTI supporters and others said that early counting trends suggested the party, which had been weakened following a military crackdown, had done far better than expected. Mushahid Hussain, a rival senator for PML-N, called it “probably the biggest election upset in Pakistan’s political history”.

PTI leaders early on Friday denounced the delays, which came amid a day-long internet blackout, and what they alleged were efforts to manipulate the results and prevent them from coming to power. 

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