As the clock is ticking to general elections slated to be held on February 8, at least 17 candidates are vying for NA-119 Lahore-III. The NA-119 Lahore-III constituency was previously NA-127 Lahore-V before new delimitations notified in November last year in the light of the 2023 digital census data. In 2018 elections, PML-N’s candidate Ali Pervaiz won election from NA-127 Lahore-V by securing 113,265 votes. Jamsheed Iqbal candidate of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) stood second by security 66,818 votes in the polls. This year, PML-N field its Senior Vice-President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz from the constituency. Besides Maryam, PPPP’s Iftikhar Shahid, MQM-P’s Kiran Muhammad Ali, PTI-backed independent candidate Shehzad Farooq, JUI-F’s Rashid Ahmed Khan and TLP’s Muhammad Zaheer are vying for the seat of the NA, the house which votes for the prime minister. A neck-and-neck fight is expected between PTI-supported candidate Farooq and PML-N Chief Organiser Maryam on February 8.