Independent candidate Darren Sammy set to win NA-120 by-election today

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Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy gestures wearing a traditional turban at Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 5, 2017. Sammy led Peshawar Zalmi to the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 title with a 58-run victory against Quetta Gladiators in a trouble-free final on Sunday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Despite being apolitical, unavailable and inelligible, one Darren Sammy is set to win the NA-120 by-polls, The Dependent’s pre-poll survey has revealed.

Sammy, who does not belong to the constituency, city, province, country or even continent of where the election is being held, could become a Member of the National Assembly for that constituency if the Election Commission of Pakistan overlooks some factors as it does for other candidates.

Another surprising aspect of Sammy’s win today would be that he has not even filed his nomination papers for the by-election.

“I would vote for nobody but Sammy. Nobody has made me happier than him in the past six-months” said Asif Basheer, a resident of Shahra-e-Fatima Jinnah.”

“I think he is a better leader than the ones we have and the ones we might have” said Sidra Bashir, a chartered accountant from the Lytton road area.

Little known is political circles, Sammy is said to have begun his campaigning back in early March, five months before former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif even vacated the NA-120 seat.

He has also spent the week leading up to the election in and around the NA-120 constituency. Reliable sources have also learned his stay was at t a hotel in the locality.