Get latest results of #PakistanElections2018 here; Imran Khan in talks with smaller parties, independent candidates to form govt
Islamabad, July 28: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has so far declared the provisional results of 267 out of 270 National Assembly (NA) seats of the country’s 11th general elections that were held on July 25.
According to the results, Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has managed to win 115 seats and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 64 while Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) bagged 43 seats. On the other side, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) clinched 13 seats while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) got six and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid got four seats.
There are a total of 13 independents in the NA so far as well. Sindh's Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and Balochistan National Party (BNP) won two seats, the Awami Muslim League led by PTI-allied Sheikh Rasheed, Awami National Party (ANP) secured one seat each. Balochistan Awami Party got three seats.
After winning the majority of the seats, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan started preparations for the formation of his party’s government at the Centre. He is also in a contact with smaller parties and independent candidates for the formation of a government.
Punjab Assembly:
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared the results on all 295 seats. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has won 129 seats while PTI bagged 123 seats. The PML-Q won seven seats, PPP six and the PML-Quaid secured seven seats. Balochistan Awami Party and Pakistan Awami Raj won one seat each. Independents elected to the provincial assembly stand at 28.
However, in the provincial assembly, only the result of PP-1 (Attock) is awaited as in the total house of 297, polling wasn't held on PP-87 and PP-103 due to the death of candidates.
Sindh Assembly:
The Election Commission has declared the results on all129 seats in Sindh Assembly. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has bagged 75 seats while the PTI managed to get 23, MQM-P 16 and GDA 11 seats. Moreover, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan won two seats while the MMA bagged one seat from the province. One independent candidate also got elected to the assembly.
The result for the provincial assembly, with 130 seats in total, is complete as polling in PS-87 (Malir) was postponed after the death of a candidate. Pak Sarzameen Party failed to win a single seat in the provincial assembly.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly:
The Election Commission has declared the results on 95 out of 97 seats where the PTI has managed a majority by bagging 65 seats. The MMA has won 10 seats while the ANP got six and PML-N five seats. The PPP only won four seats in the province while five independents also made it to the provincial assembly.
Election result of PK-80 (Kohat) is yet to be announced by the ECP while polling in two constituencies including PK-78 and PK-99 was postponed after the death of candidates in terrorist attacks.
Balochistan Assembly:
The ECP has declared results for all 50 Balochistan Assembly seat. The newly-formed Balochistan Awami Party bagged 15 seats while MMA stands won 9 seats. The BNP won six seats while the PTI won four seats, whereas the BNP-Awami and ANP got three seats. The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and the PML-N secured one seat, while Hazara Democratic Party got two seats. A total of five candidates have also been elected as independents.
BACKGROUND:
On Wednesday, polling began at 8 AM across the country's 85,307 polling stations and continued until 6 PM. Several major parties including PML-N, PPP and PTI urged Election Commission of Pakistan to extend the polling time by an hour alleging of a slow voting process. However, the request was dismissed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Polling took place was held for members of the lower house of Parliament and four provincial assemblies. As many as 12,570 candidates contested for a total of 849 seats of national and provincial assemblies in the country's 11th General Election. Counting then began at the polling stations on 7 pm across the country after the polling process was completed.
Earlier, the new voting machines suffered some unexpected technical errors due to which results were delayed. The ECP in a statement clarified that the only reason for the delay is a technical fault in the newly-launched Results Transmission System.
The election campaign was marred by violence with three candidates killed in targetted attacks and culminated with a suicide blast outside a polling station in Quetta which claimed at least 29 lives. A party can form the government if it manages to clinch 172 seats out of the total 342. A single party will need at least 137 of the 272 directly-elected seats to be able to form the government on its own.