Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was elected the 14th president of Pakistan on Saturday.
Zardari, who was the joint candidate of the PPP, PML-N, MQM-P and other coalition parties, defeated Sunni Ittehad Council-backed Mahmood Khan Achakzai in the presidential race.
It would be his second stint as president of the country as he remained in the office from 2008 to 2013. He will replace outgoing President Dr Arif Alvi.
JUI-F and JI lawmakers did not participate in the process to elect next president of the country.
Of the 398 votes cast in the National Assembly and Senate, Asif Zardari received 255 votes while Achakzai got 119.
In Punjab Assembly, Zardari managed to bag 246 votes, whereas Achakzai received 100 votes.
In 118-member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Achakzai led the race with 91 votes, whereas Zardari received 17 votes; one vote was rejected.
In 65-member Balochistan Assembly, Asif Ali Zardari bagged 47 votes while SIC-backed Achakzai received not a single vote.
In Sindh Assembly, Zardari bagged 151 votes while the SIC candidate received only nine votes.
Out of total cast votes, Asif Ali Zardari bagged 411 electoral votes whereas Mahmood Khan Achakzai secured 181 votes.
In National Assembly and Senate, the PPP co-chairman received 255 votes while its rival bagged 119 votes.
Zardari swept strong-hold Sindh Assembly by securing 58 presidential votes, whereas Achakzai received only three votes.
In Punjab Assembly, the ruling alliance’ candidate got 43 presidential votes while SIC-backed nominee got 18 votes.
Achakzai led the race in KP Assembly as he secured 41 presidential votes while Zardari managed to get only 8 votes.
In Balochistan Assembly, Asif Zardari garnered 47 votes while Achakzai did not secure any vote.
