ISLAMABAD: PML-N has nominated 212 candidates to vie for 266 NA seats in the 8th February General Elections.
PML-N candidates are set to leave 51 NA seats uncontested.
Deposed PM Nawaz Sharif will participate in the polls for NA-15 (Mansehra) and NA-130 (Lahore) constituencies.
PML-N Chief Organizer Maryam Nawaz will run for election in NA-119, while Hamza Shehbaz will contest NA-118 in Lahore.
Meanwhile, party President Shehbaz Sharif will vie for seats in NA-123 and NA-132.
PML-N will not field candidates in the following constituencies: NA-4 (Swat-III), NA-19 (Swabi-I), NA-20 (Swabi-II), NA-21 (Mardan-I), NA-22 (Mardan-III), NA-44 (Dera Ismail Khan-I), NA-45 (Dera Ismail Khan-II), NA-48 (Islamabad-III), NA-54 (Islamabad-III), NA-64 (Gujrat-III), NA-88 (Khushab-II), NA-92 (Bhakkar-II), NA-117 (Lahore-I), NA-128 (Lahore-XII), NA-143 (Sahiwal-III), NA-149 (Multan-II).
Additionally, candidates from PML-N are not participating in the elections for NA-165, NA-185, NA-190 to NA-204, NA-206 to NA-210, NA-212, NA-214, NA-215, NA-217, NA-218, NA-221, NA-223, NA-224, NA-228, NA-239, NA-245, NA-264, and NA-266.
PML-N, has been in discussions for seat adjustments with different political parties, notably Jahangir Tareen’s Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP).
The absence of PML-N candidates in certain constituencies is attributed to their seat adjustment agreement with IPP.
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