Summary
- The seat was previously contested in a by-election in November 2025 after its original winner, PTI-backed independent candidate Rai Murtaza Iqbal, was disqualified following his conviction by an anti-terrorism court.
- Jutt had won the previous by-election in November 2025 with 46,820 votes, defeating independent candidate Falik Sher, who received 10,975 votes.
- The earlier vacancy had arisen after Rai Murtaza Iqbal, who won the seat in the 2024 general elections as a PTI-backed independent candidate with 55,874 votes, was disqualified along with four other PTI-backed lawmakers following their convictions by an anti-terrorism court in Faisalabad on July 31.
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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken notice of an alleged violation of its election code by Information Minister Attaullah Tarar during campaigning for the upcoming by-election in NA-77 Gujranwala.
According to the commission, Tarar travelled to the constituency by helicopter and addressed an election gathering in support of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Rashid Basheer Virk.
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