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Polls close in Pakistan ...

Polls closed 2:45 minutes ago.

Dawn is live blogging the vote. See blog.dawn.com.

Early returns show the PML-Q losing nearly every seat contested by the PPP.

The South Asian media hasn't got anything up on their main sites.

Updates as usual.

1. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed (PML-Q) is trailing behind Javed Hashmi (PML-N) and second place Sardar Shuakat Hayat (PPP) in Rawalpindi. He's been minister of railways in the Musharaff government, has won seven prior elections, and is a "close confident" of the General.

2. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (PML-Q), and party chairman, has lost one of his two current parliamentary seat to a candidate from the PPP.

3. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (PML-Q), and party chairman, has lost the other of his two current parliamentary seat, also to a candidate from the PPP.

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