2018 Pakistani general election
25 July 2018
All 342 seats in the National Assembly
172 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.7%[1] (Decrease3.3pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Party PTI PML(N) PPP
Last election 16.92%, 35 seats 32.77%, 166 seats 15.23%, 42 seats
Seats won 149 82 54
Seat change Increase114 Decrease84 Increase12
Popular vote 16,903,702 12,934,589 6,924,356
Percentage 31.82% 24.35% 13.03%
Swing Increase14.90pp Decrease8.42pp Decrease2.29pp
Prime Minister before election

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
PML(N)

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Imran Khan
PTI

General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim League led by Shehbaz Sharif and the Pakistan Peoples Party led by Bilawal Bhutto. The PTI won the most seats in the National Assembly but fell short of a majority; the party subsequently formed a coalition government with several smaller parties. At the provincial level, the PTI remained the largest party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP); the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) retained its dominance in Sindh and the newly formed Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) emerged as the largest party in Balochistan. In Punjab, the result was a hung parliament with the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) winning the most seats. However, after several independents MPAs joined the PTI, the latter became the largest party and was able to form a government.

Opinion polling prior to the campaigns starting had initially shown leads for the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) over the PTI. However, from an 11-point lead, the PML(N)'s lead began to diminish in the final weeks of the campaign, with some polls close to the election showing the PTI with a marginal but increasing lead. In the lead-up to the elections, there were rumours about some pre-poll rigging being conducted by the judiciary, the military and the intelligence agencies to sway the election results in favour of the PTI and against the PML(N).[2][3] However, Reuters polling suggested PML(N)'s lead had genuinely narrowed in the run-up to the elections, and that the party had suffered "blow after blow" which caused setbacks to any hopes of re-election.[4]

Election day saw the PTI receive 32% of the vote (its highest share of the vote since its foundation), while the PML(N) received 24%. Following the elections, six major parties including PML(N) claimed there had been large-scale vote rigging and administrative malpractices.[5][6][7] Imran Khan, chairman of the PTI, proceeded to form a coalition government, announcing his cabinet shortly after the elections.[8] The newly formed coalition government included members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Muslim League (Q).[9]

Regarding the voting process, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) outrightly rejected reports of rigging and stated that the elections had been fair and free.[10][11][12] A top electoral watchdog, Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), also said that the 2018 general elections in Pakistan had been "more transparent in some aspects" than the previous polls.[13] In its preliminary report, the European Union Election Observation Mission said that no rigging had been observed during the election day in general, but found a "lack of equality" and criticized the process more than it had in the Pakistani election of 2013.[14][15]

This was also the third consecutive election from Pakistan's most recent transition to democracy where a democratic handover of power was observed.[16] The day after the election, despite reservations over the result, PML(N) conceded defeat.[17] Pakistan's election commission reiterated its position, rejecting reports of rigging.[18] The voter turnout dropped from 55.0% in 2013 to 51.7%.[19]

Although the election commission rejected rigging allegations,[20] there were claims that Khan was able to lure more electable candidates to his party than PML(N), which led to suggestions that there was electoral inequality.[21] However, the newly minted opposition decided against boycotting parliament, lending legitimacy to the electoral process by parliamentary participation.[22][23][24] Initially a recount was ordered in 14 constituencies because of procedural errors.[25] Moreover, procedural errors then led to a recount on 70 constituencies by the election commission (more than the winners margin of victory in Punjab and Federal elections).[26] After the conclusion of these recounts, the ECP published a seat tally which confirmed PTI's position of being the largest party in the National Assembly.[27] The margin for the Punjab election was narrow between Khan's PTI and Pakistan Muslim League (N), but independents and Pakistan Muslim League (Q) factions endorsed federal winners PTI, which led to Khan's party forming government in Punjab also.[28] Thus PML(N) lost the elections both at the provincial and the federal level,[29] becoming the opposition, nominating Shehbaz Sharif to be leader of the opposition at the federal level[30] and his son Hamza Shahbaz as opposition leader in Punjab.[31]

Background

2013 elections

Following the elections in 2013, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), led by twice Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, emerged as the largest party with 166 seats out of a total of 342 in the National Assembly. Although this was short of a majority, Sharif was able to form a government after several independents joined his party.[32]

During the election campaign, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by prominent cricketer turned politician Imran Khan, was widely expected to have huge success in the polls. The party fell short of these expectations, instead only taking 35 seats. It became the 3rd largest party in the National Assembly and formed a coalition government in the restive north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[33]

Azadi march (2014)

PTI had initially conceded the elections to PML (N), although they asked for manual recounts to be carried out in several constituencies where rigging had been allegedly carried out.[34][35] These calls were not answered by the government or the Supreme Court, despite a 2,100 page white paper by the party which allegedly contained evidence of vote-rigging in favour of the PML (N).[36] The Azadi March of 2014 (Azadi meaning Freedom in Urdu) was started by Khan on 14 August 2014 which demanded the government to call a snap election. The sit-in in Islamabad continued for 126 days, until the 2014 Peshawar school massacre occurred, which forced Khan to end the protest for the sake of 'national unity'.[37] A judicial commission was formed by the government which would probe the allegations of vote-rigging: it found the election to have been largely conducted in a free and fair manner, while also stating that PTI's request for a probe was not "entirely unjustified".[38]

Panama Papers case (2016)

On 3 April 2016 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) made 11.5 million secret documents, later known as the Panama Papers, available to the public.[39] The documents, sourced from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, among other revelations about other public figures in many other countries, included details of eight offshore companies with links to the family of Nawaz Sharif, the then-incumbent Prime Minister of Pakistan, and his brother Shehbaz Sharif, the incumbent Chief Minister of Punjab.[40] According to the ICIJ, Sharif's children Maryam Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz "were owners or had the right to authorise transactions for several companies".[41]

Sharif refused to resign and instead make an unsuccessful attempt to form a judicial commission. The opposition leader Khan filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 29 August seeking the disqualification of Sharif from public office (which would automatically remove him of the office of Prime Minister). This petition was also supported by prominent political leaders Sheikh Rasheed (AML) and Siraj-ul-Haq (PAT). Khan called, once again, for his supporters to put Islamabad in lockdown until Sharif resigned, although this was called off soon before it was meant to take place.[42]

On 20 April 2017, on a 3-2 verdict, the Supreme Court decided against the disqualification of Sharif, instead calling for a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to be created which would probe these allegations further.[43]

On 10 July 2017, JIT submitted a 275-page report in the apex court.[44][45] The report requested NAB to file a reference against Sharif, his daughter Maryam, and his sons under section 9 of National Accountability Ordinance. Additionally, the report claimed that his daughter Maryam was guilty of falsifying documents, as she submitted a document from 2006 which used the Calibri font despite the font itself not being available for public use until 2007.[46]

Disqualification of Nawaz Sharif (2017)

On 28 July 2017, following the submittal of the JIT report, the Supreme Court unanimously decided that Sharif was dishonest, therefore not fulfilling the requirements of articles 62 and 63 of the constitution which require one who holds public office to be Sadiq and Ameen (Urdu for Truthful and Virtuous). Hence, he was disqualified as Prime Minister and as a Member of the National Assembly.[47][48] The court also ordered National Accountability Bureau to file a reference against Sharif, his family and his former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on corruption charges.[49]

Electoral system

The 342 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods in three categories; 272 are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting;[50] 60 are reserved for women and 10 for religious minority groups; both sets of reserved seats use proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold.[51] This proportional number, however, is based on the number of seats won rather than votes cast.[52] To win a simple majority, a party would have to take 137 seats.[53]

The 2018 General Elections were held under new delimitation can of constituencies as a result of 2017 Census of Pakistan.[54] Parliament of Pakistan amended the Constitution, allowing a one-time exemption for redrawing constituency boundaries using 2017 provisional census results.[55] As per the notification issued on 5 March 2018, the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) now has three constituencies, Punjab 141, Sindh 61, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 39, Balochistan 16 and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has 12 constituencies in the National Assembly.[56][57][58] 106 million people were registered to vote for members of the National Assembly of Pakistan and four Provincial Assemblies.[59]

Likewise for elections to provincial assemblies, Punjab has 297 constituencies, Sindh 130, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 99 and Balochistan 51.[60]

Electoral reforms

In June 2017 the Economic Coordination Committee approved the procurement of new printing machines with a bridge loan of 864 million rupees.[61] The government has also developed new software for the Election Commission of Pakistan and NADRA to ensure a "free, fair, impartial, transparent and peaceful general election."[62] The former Federal Law Minister Zahid Hamid elaborated that youth reaching the age of 18 will automatically be registered as voters when they apply for a CNIC from NADRA.[62]

Contesting parties

Party Political Position Leader
Pakistan Muslim League (N) Centre-right to Right-wing Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistan Peoples Party Centre-left Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Centre Imran Khan
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan Centre-left to Centre Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Right-wing to Far right Fazl-ur-Rehman
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Left wing Mahmood Khan Achakzai
Awami National Party Left wing to Centre-left Asfandyar Wali Khan
Pak Sarzameen Party Centre-left Syed Mustafa Kamal
Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan Far right Khadim Hussain Rizvi
Balochistan Awami Party Centre Jam Kamal Khan
Grand Democratic Alliance Big tent Pir Pagaro
Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Left wing Akhtar Mengal

Campaign

Major by-elections (2017–2018)

Following the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif, several by-elections were held throughout Pakistan.

Lahore by-election, September 2017

The first of these was the by-election in Sharif's former constituency, NA-120 Lahore, which is located in the capital city of the Punjab province, a province where the PML (N) was the ruling party. It retained this seat, albeit with a much reduced majority due to gains by the PTI and minor Islamist parties.[63]

Peshawar by-election, October 2017

The second of these was a by election in Peshawar, capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf| was the ruling party. NA-4 once again voted for PTI, despite a reduced majority: once again mainly due to the rise of Islamist parties. These by-elections largely were largely seen as indicators that the ruling parties in both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab were still electorally strong.[64]

Lodhran by-election, 2018

On 15 December 2017, Jahangir Khan Tareen, General Secretary of the PTI, was disqualified from holding public office. Hence, his NA-154 Lodhran seat was vacated.[65]

In a previous by-election in this constituency in 2015, Tareen won this seat with a majority in excess of 35,000 votes. Therefore, this seat was seen as a stronghold for the PTI.

In what was seen as an upset result, Iqbal Shah of the PML (N) won this by-election with a majority over 25,000 votes against Jahangir Tareen's son, Ali Tareen. Many saw this as a failure on the PTI's behalf, and the result led to a drop in morale for PTI workers.[66]

Campaigning

The National Assembly and provincial assemblies of Pakistan dissolved as early as 28 May for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, and as late as 31 May for Punjab, Balochistan, and the National Assembly.[67]

The assemblies dissolved during the holy month of Ramadan, a month where Muslims worldwide refrain from eating or drinking from sunrise to sundown. Hence, most major parties did not start campaigning until late June.[68]

Nomination papers

On 4 June, parties and individuals started filing nomination papers for the elections. This process continued until 8 June.[69] After this, the returning officer in each constituency began scrutiny of the nominated candidates and decided whether or not to accept the nomination papers.

The scrutiny resulted in many high-profile politicians having their nomination papers rejected: Imran Khan (chairman of PTI), Farooq Sattar (chairman of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) (MQM-P)) and Pervez Musharraf (chairman of All Pakistan Muslim League and former President), had their nomination papers rejected. Both Sattar and Khan had their nomination papers later accepted.[70][71][72]

Additionally, politicians Fawad Chaudhry (Information Secretary of PTI) and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (former Prime Minister) were disqualified from contesting these elections by election tribunals due to the non declaration of assets in their nomination papers. This was controversial because election tribunals were seen as not having the jurisdiction to disqualify candidates, rather only to accept or reject their nomination papers. The Lahore High Court eventually overturned these judgements and allowed the respective candidates to contest their elections.[73][74] Two major politicians of Tehreek-e-Insaf from Chakwal, Sardar Ghulam Abbas and Sardar Aftab Akbar Khan were disqualified to contest elections producing major problem in Chakwal district for the party.[75]

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) launched its election campaign on 25 June 2018 from Karachi.[76] On 5 July 2018, PMLN unveiled its election manifesto.[77] Nevertheless, it has been stated there was, "lack of equality of opportunity" in the pre-election campaign, and there were systematic attempts to undermine the ruling party PML(N).

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf started its election campaign on 24 June 2018 from Mianwali.[78] On 9 July 2018, Imran Khan launched PTI's election manifesto.[79] On 23 July 2018, PTI concluded its electioneering with rallies in Lahore.[80]

Pakistan Peoples Party

On 28 June 2018, PPP became the first political party to unveil its election manifesto.[81] PPP kicked off its election campaign on 30 June 2018, as Bilawal inaugurated their election office in Lyari, Karachi.[82]

Opinion polls

Each coloured line specifies a political party and how strong their voting intention is nationwide for the National Assembly, based on a 3-point moving average. Parties which poll below 10% are not shown.
  Pakistan Muslim League (N)
  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
  Pakistan Peoples Party
Date Pollster Publisher Sample PML-N PTI PPP MQM-P MMA* ANP Others Lead
25 July 2018Election 2018ECP53,123,733 24.35%31.82%13.01%1.38%4.81%1.53%22.98%7.47%
12 July 2018 SDPI[83] Herald 6,004 25% 29% 20% — 3% 1% 20% 4%
4 July 2018 IPOR[84] GSP 3,735 32% 29% 13% 2% 3% 1% 20% 3%
6 June 2018 Gallup Pakistan[85] Geo/Jang 3,000 26% 25% 16% — 2% 1% 30% 1%
28 May 2018 Pulse Consultant[85] 3,163 27% 30% 17% 1% 4% 1% 20% 3%
May 2018 Gallup Pakistan[86] Self 3,000 38% 25% 15% 22% 13%
Mar 2018 Gallup Pakistan[87] WSJ 2,000 36% 24% 17% 23% 12%
1 November 2017 Gallup Pakistan[88] Geo/Jang 3,000 34% 26% 15% 2% 2% 2% 19% 8%
25 October 2017 Pulse Consultant[88] 3,243 36% 23% 15% 2% 1% 1% 22% 13%
24 October 2017 IPOR[89][90] GSP 4,540 38% 27% 17% 3% 1% 1% 14% 11%
24 Apr 2017 Gallup Pakistan[91] Self 1,400 36% 25% 16% 2% 3% 2% 16% 11%
38% 22% 17% 2% 2% 2% 14% 16%
27 Aug 2015 SDPI[92][93] 3,014 27% 33% 14% 1% 2% 1% 20% 6%
17 Jul 2014 SDPI[94] Herald 1,354 17% 33% 19% 5% 3% 3% 18% 14%
11 May 2013Election 2013[95]ECP45,388,404 32.77%16.92%15.23%5.41%3.22%1.00%25.57%15.85%

*Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal is an alliance of Islamist political parties, formed in 2002 and dissolved after the 2008 elections. The restoration of this alliance occurred in December 2017. Polls conducted before the restoration show the sum for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), the major political party in this alliance.

Conduct

There were 272 national and 577 provincial assembly constituencies,[96] contested by over 3,600 and 8,800 candidates respectively.[97] A total of 811,491 staff were deployed for election duties as presiding officers, assistant presiding officers, and polling officers, in addition to 371,000 armed forces personnel who provided security duties alongside police and other law enforcement agencies. There were 85,317 polling stations set up, comprising over 242,000 polling booths.[96] The election watchdog FAFEN deployed 19,683 neutral observers accredited with the Election Commission to observe the voting and counting process at over 72,000 polling stations.[98]

Violence

Several violent incidents took place in the month of July in the run up to the general election. In the beginning of the month, bombing targeted the PTI candidate for NA-48 (Tribal Area-IX),[99] and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal's candidate in the Takhti Khel area of the Bannu.[100] On 10 July, a suicide bombing by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killed 20 people and injured 63 at an Awami National Party (ANP) rally in Peshawar. As the bombing killed ANP provincial candidate Haroon Bilour, the elections for Constituency PK-78 were postponed by the Election Commission.[101] On 12 July, one political staff was killed in Peshawar,[102] while two BAP staff were injured in Khuzdar.[103] On 13 July, twin bombings by ISIS-K in Mastung and Bannu left 154 people dead and 220 injured. The bombings targeted JUI-F candidate Akram Khan Durrani,[104] BAP candidate for the Nawabzada Siraj Raisani.[105] On 22 July, the PTI candidate for constituency PK-99, Ikramullah Gandapur, was killed in a bombing near of Dera Ismail Khan.[106] The same day, Akram Khan Durrani survived a second assassination attempt.[107] On 24 July, three Pakistani Army soldiers and a civilian were killed in Kech District, Balochistan.[108]

Several violent incidents took place on election day. A a bombing in Quetta killed 31 and injured 35.[109] In Swabi, a clash between PTI and ANI supporters left one dead and three injured.[110] Another three were injured in a grenade attack outside a polling station in Larkana,[111] while a man was shot dead in a political clash in Khanewal.[112] Several more people were injured in 7 other incidents.

Allegations of election meddling

Pre-poll

There have been allegations by some international journalists and scholars, claiming that there was a plan between judiciary and military bodies to influence the outcome of the election.[3] These allegations were also made by the outgoing PML(N) following Nawaz Sharif's disqualification for corruption.[113] It was suggested that alleged goal of these attempts was to halt the party of Nawaz Sharif from coming into power and to bring the results in favor of PTI, so that Imran Khan – who is alleged as close to the military – can be installed as the prime minister.[114][3] Khan has denied these allegations as a "foreign conspiracy" and "against the facts", while the military also categorically rejected them.[115] There have been claims of PML (N)'s campaign material being ripped apart by authorities while leaving alone material belonging to PTI.[116] There have been suggestions that candidates belonging to PML (N) have been coerced by ISI to switch to those parties whose future government can be better controlled by military.[117][118] On the last day of scrutiny of nomination papers, seven PML (N) candidates from Southern Punjab returned their tickets leaving no option for PML (N) to field replacement candidates, depriving them an opportunity to win those seats.[119] There have also been reports of election engineering by army and intelligence agencies in Balochistan province in favor of Balochistan Awami Party.[120]

Reports further suggested that there was evidence of collusion between the judiciary and military, in that two military officials were appointed to the Joint Investigation Team to investigate corruption allegations against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, which were further strengthened by the circumstances of the Avenfield case verdict against the Sharifs.[114][3] Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, an Islamabad High Court senior justice, released a statement on 22 July alleging that judges were pressured by ISI not to release Sharif before the election.[121][122] However, he provided no evidence[123] and was at the time facing corruption and misconduct charges pending at the Supreme Judicial Council, leading to rumours about the timing of his statement.[124] Pakistan's Chief Justice Saqib Nisar said he felt "saddened" at Siddiqui's comments, and whilst criticising them, stated that "as the head of judiciary, I assure you that we are not under any sort of pressure".[124] There have been allegations that the micromanagement of political parties and the censorship of the newspapers, social media and TV channels is to further influence the election result.[2][125] An official from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan stated that "The level of army interference and political engineering is unprecedented."[117] The summary of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan fact finding exercise reported curbs on freedom of expression, including curbs to distribution in newspapers, TV, journalists, digital media and press advice and intimidation by intelligence agencies. The curbs were in favor of PTI, with respondents reporting that "criticism of the PTI" was a topic unpopular with the intelligence agencies. "Another reportedly common piece of press advice to the broadcast media [from the intelligence agencies] that the channel should give greater coverage to PTI rallies and only minimal coverage to other parties' events".[126] Another institution, the National Accountability Bureau has been described as being used by military intelligence agencies, including ISI, to bring politicians in line by threatening to bring corruption cases against them. Due to interference by military and intelligence agencies, The Financial Times described these elections as "the dirtiest in years".[127]

Furthermore, the EU observer mission released their report after the election stating that there were "systematic attempts to undermine the ruling party", "lack of equality of opportunity", pressure on the media, far stronger efforts than usual to encourage switching parties and judicial conduct had all negatively influenced the vote.[14]

Some of these allegations have also been made by certain political parties and figures more prominently by PML (N).[113] Among the politicians, Farhatullah Babar has been very vocal against the election meddling by military describing it as a "creeping coup against civilian authority".[128] Raza Rabbani also leveled same allegations including the Election Commission of Pakistan, National Accountability Bureau and security agencies as the culprit behind pre-poll rigging.[129]

Election day

The election results were scheduled to be released 2am the next day; however, this was delayed due to glitches in "Results Transmission System" (RTS), an Android and iPhone-based app that was to be used for sending results from 85,000 polling stations to the ECP headquarters.[130] The system was initially running smoothly but started to malfunction when the results started pouring in large numbers.[130] Another issue was related to weak wifi and 3G signals: presiding officers could not get strong enough signals inside the polling station to transmit the result, and were not allowed to leave the station (to get better signals) until they had transmitted the result.[130] Eventually the election results were sent back to the ECP via fax.[131] Some alleged the delays were due to a "conspiracy".[132]

Almost all political parties, with the exception of PTI, have alleged large scale election day rigging.[133][134][135] The winning PTI have alleged rigging in some constituencies as well.[136] The fairness of the election was also criticized due to the Election Commission's failure to provide Form 45s, official forms which include the tally of votes and are prepared in the presence of political agents of all the candidates.[137] Party leaders alleged that their representatives were barred from polling stations before counting began and the Form 45s were prepared in their absence and behind closed doors.[137] In some instances, the representatives were given results on plain paper instead of official forms.[137] In another instance, the presiding officer signed blank forms, allowing the possibility of results being manipulated afterwards.[137] Independent candidate Jibran Nasir also made similar allegations.[138] There was also an incident of seven people being arrested for alleged vote rigging in Karachi.[139] According to FAFEN observer Sarwar Bari, "Only one polling agent of every party is allowed when Form 45 is given out by the polling staff, so we can't rule out the fact that it could be a misunderstanding."[96] A few days after the election, in the NA-241 (Korangi Karachi-III) constituency, ballots cast for candidates of PML (N), PPP, and MQM-P were found in a garbage heap. A PTI candidate won the election in that constituency.[140]

Chairman of winning party Imran Khan pledged that he will allow to open any constituency his opponents think are rigged, he said that opposition has full right into recounting or accountability over election process to ensure transparency.[141]

The Free and Fair Election Network, an election watchdog, said the 2018 polls were "more transparent" in some aspects than the previous elections and that "significant improvements in the quality of critical electoral processes" inspired "greater public confidence".[96] According to former Indian Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi, a member of the international observers group in Pakistan, the election system was transparent, free and fair, and the minor technical glitches which showed up later in the day were due to inexperience.[142]

On 12 August 2018, it was reported that 90% of Form-45s were not signed by any polling agent, which is a violation of Election Act 2017.[143] However, an ECP spokesperson clarified the discrepancy by stating that there was no designated space on the Form-45s to obtain the signatures of polling agents. The signatures were instead done on tamper-evident bags that were used to transport the results.[144] For the transparency reasons and to combat controversy surrounding form 45, election commission of Pakistan published all form 45 publicly on their website.[145]

Results

National Assembly

District-by-district map of voter turnout in the 2018 Pakistani General Election with data from the ECP (Election Commission of Pakistan).
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vote share
Pakistan Muslim League (N) vote share
Pakistan Peoples Party vote share
PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralWomenMinorityTotal
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf16,903,70231.82116285149
Pakistan Muslim League (N)12,934,58924.356416282
Pakistan Peoples Party6,924,35613.03439254
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal2,573,9394.85122115
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan2,234,3164.210000
Grand Democratic Alliance1,260,1472.372103
Awami National Party815,9981.541001
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan733,2451.386107
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)517,4080.974105
Balochistan Awami Party319,3480.604105
Balochistan National Party (Mengal)238,8170.453104
Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek172,1200.320000
Sindh United Party140,3030.260000
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party134,8460.250000
Pak Sarzameen Party126,1280.240000
Awami Muslim League119,3620.221001
Pakistan Awami Raj115,2260.220000
Pakistan Muslim League (F)72,5530.140000
Qaumi Watan Party57,2490.110000
Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party55,8590.110000
Balochistan National Party (Awami)55,2060.100000
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Islam55,1550.100000
All Pakistan Muslim League36,5660.070000
Pakistan National Muslim League35,4150.070000
Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati34,2470.060000
Pakistan Human Party34,2460.060000
National Party33,4320.060000
Mutahidda Qabail Party28,4690.050000
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)24,5820.050000
Jamhoori Wattan Party23,2740.041001
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani)22,1450.040000
Muhajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan21,5210.040000
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen19,6150.040000
Awami Workers Party17,9350.030000
Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party12,6370.020000
Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (Ch. Anwar)12,2550.020000
Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)10,0320.020000
Hazara Democratic Party7,9420.010000
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati6,7550.010000
Pakistan Muslim Alliance6,7030.010000
Pakistan Siraiki Party (T)6,5230.010000
Sunni Tehreek5,9430.010000
Sunni Ittehad Council5,9390.010000
Tehreek Jawanan Pakistan5,8410.010000
Pakistan Awami Inqelabi League5,0460.010000
Roshan Pakistan League4,2670.010000
Tehreek Tabdili Nizam Pakistan4,1610.010000
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Gulalai4,1460.010000
Balochistan National Movement3,9710.010000
Tabdeeli Pasand Party Pakistan3,6980.010000
Amun Taraqqi Party3,6460.010000
Jamote Qaumi Movement3,2690.010000
Barabri Party Pakistan2,7020.010000
Move On Pakistan2,5800.000000
All Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)2,4180.000000
Pakistan Falah Party2,1670.000000
Pasban Pakistan2,1540.000000
Pakistan Awami League1,7800.000000
Pakistan Aman Tehreek1,7180.000000
Pakistan Peoples Party1,5870.000000
Pakistan Qaumi Yakjehti Party1,5710.000000
Pakistan Muslim League (Z)1,4060.000000
Pakistan Muslim League (Sher-e-Bangal)1,3320.000000
Pakistan Freedom Movement1,0960.000000
Mustaqbil Pakistan1,0530.000000
Humdardan-e-Watan Pakistan9360.000000
Pakistan Aman Party8520.000000
Aam Admi Tehreek Pakistan8280.000000
Awami Justice Party Pakistan7300.000000
Saraiskistan Democratic Party7240.000000
Pakistan Supreme Democratic7080.000000
Aam Log Party Pakistan6060.000000
Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara Pakistan5450.000000
Awam League4930.000000
Pakistan Welfare Party4260.000000
Aam Awam Party3640.000000
Jannat Pakistan Party2480.000000
National Peace Council Party2420.000000
Front National (Pakistan)2330.000000
Pakistan Muslim League Organization2110.000000
All Pakistan Tehreek1550.000000
Pakistan Human Rights Party1390.000000
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaniat980.000000
Pakistan Muslim League Council910.000000
Peoples Movement of Pakistan (PMP)370.000000
Independents6,087,41011.46130013
Postponed2––2
Total53,123,733100.002726010342
Source: ECP

By constituency

Province Assembly Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin Turnout
Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
No. % No. % No. %
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NA-1 Chitral Abdul Akbar Chitrali MMA 49,035 29.65 Abdul Latif PTI 38,819 43.27 10,216 61.36
NA-2 Swat-I Haider Ali Khan PTI 61,834 37.14 Amir Muqam PML(N) 41,366 24.84 20,468 43.48
NA-3 Swat-II Saleem Rehman PTI 68,280 42.02 Shehbaz Sharif PML(N) 22,758 14.01 45,522 40.50
NA-4 Swat-III Murad Saeed PTI 71,663 44.51 Saleem Khan ANP 31,209 19.39 40,454 39.36
NA-5 Upper Dir Sahibzada Sibghatullah PTI 66,654 30.71 Sahabzada Tariq Ullah MMA 58,307 26.86 8,347 48.52
NA-6 Lower Dir-I Mehboob Shah PTI 63,717 36.54 Asad Ullah MMA 37,687 21.61 26,030 49.65
NA-7 Lower Dir-II Bashir Khan PTI 63,071 42.81 Siraj-ul-Haq MMA 46,927 31.85 16,144 44.57
NA-8 Malakand Junaid Akbar PTI 81,788 43.59 Bilawal Bhutto PPP 44,091 23.50 37,697 48.56
NA-9 Buner Sher Akbar Khan PTI 58,317 31.59 Kamran Khan PML(N) 39,213 21.24 19,104 41.44
NA-10 Shangla Ibadullah PML(N) 35,178 26.83 Sadid-ur-Rehman ANP 33,650 25.67 1,528 35.02
NA-11 Kohistan Afreen Khan MMA 16,480 25.34 Dost Muhammad Shakir IND 14,536 22.35 1,944 42.07
NA-12 Battagram Nawaz Khan PTI 35,120 37.57 Qari Muhammad Yousuf MMA 24,307 26.00 10,813 36.21
NA-13 Mansehra-I Saleh Muhammad PTI 1,08,950 41.43 Shahjahan Yousuf PML(N) 1,07,114 40.74 1,836 49.90
NA-14 Mansehra-cum-Torghar Muhammad Sajjad PML(N) 75,220 35.31 Zar Gul Khan PTI 59,918 28.13 15,302 41.69
NA-15 Abbottabad-I Murtaza Javed Abbasi PML(N) 95,348 39.32 Ali Asghar Khan PTI 82,073 33.85 13,275 50.69
NA-16 Abbottabad-II Ali Khan Jadoon PTI 85,763 47.50 Mohabat Khan PML(N) 55,102 30.52 30,661 50.10
NA-17 Haripur Omar Ayub Khan PTI 1,73,125 50.26 Babar Nawaz Khan PML(N) 1,33,158 38.66 39,967 52.38
NA-18 Swabi-I Asad Qaiser PTI 79,428 40.47 Fazal Ali MMA 34,684 17.67 44,744 43.72
NA-19 Swabi-II Usman Khan Tarakai PTI 84,489 39.58 Waris Khan ANP 54,080 25.33 30,409 46.05
NA-20 Mardan-I Mujahid Ali PTI 78,188 40.17 Gul Nawaz Khan ANP 38,741 19.91 39,447 45.20
NA-21 Mardan-II Haider Hoti ANP 78,911 40.97 Atif Khan PTI 78,876 40.96 35 45.89
NA-22 Mardan-III Ali Muhammad Khan PTI 58,652 29.06 Maulana Muhammad Qasim MMA 56,587 28.04 2,065 51.80
NA-23 Charsadda-I Anwar Taj PTI 61,911 33.42 Zafar Ullah Khan MMA 43,541 23.50 18,370 44.38
NA-24 Charsadda-II Fazal Muhammad Khan PTI 83,596 39.72 Asfandyar Wali ANP 59,809 28.42 23,787 45.41
NA-25 Nowshera-I Pervaiz Khattak PTI 82,208 44.42 Khan Pervaiz PPP 35,661 19.27 46,547 48.83
NA-26 Nowshera-II Imran Khattak PTI 90,298 47.94 Jamal Khan Khattak ANP 47,124 25.02 43,174 49.92
NA-27 Peshawar-I Noor Alam Khan PTI 71,242 46.04 Haji Ghulam Ali MMA 39,358 25.43 31,884 45.87
NA-28 Peshawar-II Arbab Amir Ayub PTI 74,525 49.44 Sabir Hussain Awan MMA 27,395 18.17 47,130 44.79
NA-29 Peshawar-III Nasir Khan Mosazai PTI 49,779 38.21 Naeem Jan MMA 29,415 22.58 20,364 40.67
NA-30 Peshawar-IV Sher Ali Arbab PTI 73,885 58.75 Arbab Najeebullah Khan MMA 18,197 14.47 55,688 40.72
NA-31 Peshawar-V Shaukat Ali PTI 87,975 53.37 Ghulam Ahmed Bilour ANP 42,526 25.80 45,449 42.24
NA-32 Kohat Shehryar Afridi PTI 82,952 41.73 Gohar Muhamad Khan Bangash MMA 47,825 24.06 35,127 39.23
NA-33 Hangu Khial Zaman PTI 28,882 35.30 Atiq ur Rehman MMA 28,154 34.41 728 29.65
NA-34 Karak Shahid Ahmad PTI 77,270 38.37 Mir Zakim Khan MMA 28,548 14.18 48,722 49.79
NA-35 Bannu Imran Khan PTI 1,13,843 46.21 Akram Durrani MMA 1,06,842 43.37 7,001 42.56
NA-36 Lakki Marwat Muhammad Anwar MMA 91,396 43.34 Ishfaq Ahmed Khan PTI 81,859 38.82 9,537 50.06
NA-37 Tank Asad Mehmood MMA 28,563 35.62 Habib Ullah Khan PTI 16,659 20.77 11,904 44.34
NA-38 D I Khan-I Ali Amin Gandapur PTI 81,032 37.41 Fazal-ur-Rehman MMA 45,796 21.15 35,236 55.31
NA-39 D I Khan-II Muhammad Yaqub Sheikh PTI 79,672 47.73 Fazal-ur-Rehman MMA 52,327 31.35 27,345 50.83
NA-40 Bajaur-I Gul Dad Khan PTI 34,683 32.97 Sardar Khan IND 18,025 17.13 16,658 41.16
NA-41 Bajaur-II Gul Zafar Khan PTI 22,767 25.03 Qari Abdul Majeed IND 14,960 16.45 7,807 38.35
NA-42 Mohmand Sajid Khan PTI 22,742 24.45 Bilal Rehman IND 21,106 22.69 1,636 36.11
NA-43 Khyber-I Noor-ul-Haq Qadri PTI 33,871 38.98 Shahjee Gul Afridi IND 30,428 35.02 3,443 38.34
NA-44 Khyber-II Mohammed Iqbal Khan Afridi PTI 12,580 18.61 Hameed Ullah Jan IND 9,184 13.58 3,396 25.49
NA-45 Kurram-I Munir Orakzai MMA 16,255 28.03 Said Jamal PTI 13,495 23.27 2,760 35.07
NA-46 Kurram-II Sajid Hussain Turi PPP 21,506 28.76 Syed Iqbal Manan PTI 17,004 22.74 4,502 43.35
NA-47 Orakzai Jawad Hussain PTI 11,523 20.55 Qasim Gul MMA 6,988 12.46 4,535 33.53
NA-48 North Waziristan Mohsin Dawar IND 16,526 25.80 Misbah Uddin MMA 15,363 23.98 1,163 23.36
NA-49 South Waziristan-I Muhammad Jamal Ud din MMA 7,778 20.93 Dost Muhammad Khan PTI 6,591 17.74 1,187 20.84
NA-50 South Waziristan-II Ali Wazir IND 23,589 48.85 Tariq Gilani IND 8,254 17.09 15,335 33.10
NA-51 Frontier Regions Abdul Shakor MMA 21,962 31.26 Qaiser Jamal PTI 18,754 26.70 3,208 42.16
ICT NA-52 Islamabad-I Khurram Shehzad Nawaz PTI 64,690 42.93 Muhammad Afzal Khokhar PPP 34,072 22.61 30,618 64.26
NA-53 Islamabad-II Imran Khan PTI 92,891 53.09 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi PML(N) 44,314 25.33 48,577 56.53
NA-54 Islamabad-III Asad Umar PTI 56,945 47.98 Anjum Aqeel Khan PML(N) 32,991 27.80 23,954 54.24
Punjab NA-55 Attock-I Tahir Sadiq PTI 1,45,168 47.48 Sheikh Aftab Ahmed PML(N) 1,01,773 33.29 43,395 53.47
NA-56 Attock-II Tahir Sadiq PTI 1,63,325 41.92 Malik Sohail Khan PML(N) 99,404 25.51 63,921 62.56
NA-57 Rawalpindi-I Sadaqat Ali Abbasi PTI 1,36,249 41.72 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi PML(N) 1,24,703 38.18 11,546 55.32
NA-58 Rawalpindi-II Raja Pervez Ashraf PPP 1,25,480 38.11 Choudhary Muhammad Azeem PTI 97,084 29.48 28,396 54.00
NA-59 Rawalpindi-III Ghulam Sarwar Khan PTI 89,055 42.41 Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan IND 66,369 31.61 22,686 58.78
NA-60 Rawalpindi-IV Election Postponed[146]
NA-61 Rawalpindi-V Aamir Mehmood Kiani PTI 1,05,086 50.74 Malik Ibrar Ahmed PML(N) 60,135 29.04 44,951 51.38
NA-62 Rawalpindi-VI Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad AML 1,19,362 49.97 Daniyal Chaudhary PML(N) 91,879 38.76 26,407 52.01
NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII Ghulam Sarwar Khan PTI 1,00,986 47.67 Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan IND 65,767 31.05 35,219 58.14
NA-64 Chakwal-I Zulfiqar Ali Khan Dullah PTI 1,55,214 48.44 Tahir Iqbal PML(N) 1,30,051 40.59 25,163 58.15
NA-65 Chakwal-II Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi PML(Q) 1,57,497 51.31 Muhammad Faiz Malik PML(N) 1,06,081 34.56 51,416 57.35
NA-66 Jhelum-I Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf PTI 1,12,356 39.96 Chaudhary Nadeem Khadim PML(N) 92,912 33.05 19,444 51.94
NA-67 Jhelum-II Fawad Chaudhry PTI 93,102 44.40 Raja Matloob Mehdi PML(N) 82,475 39.34 10,607 51.87
NA-68 Gujrat-I Chaudhry Hussain Elahi PML(Q) 1,04,678 43.50 Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul PML(N) 68,810 28.59 35,868 53.01
NA-69 Gujrat-II Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi PML(Q) 1,22,336 57.50 Chaudhary Mubashir Hussain PML(N) 49,295 23.17 73,041 46.60
NA-70 Gujrat-III Syed Faizul Hassan Shah PTI 95,168 38.67 Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal PML(N) 67,233 27.32 27,935 49.74
NA-71 Gujrat-IV Chaudhry Abid Raza PML(N) 88,580 35.00 Muhammad Ilyas Chaudhry PTI 81,438 32.18 7,142 50.87
NA-72 Sialkot-I Armaghan Subhani PML(N) 1,29,041 49.65 Firdous Ashiq Awan PTI 91,393 35.16 37,648 58.11
NA-73 Sialkot-II Khawaja Asif PML(N) 1,16,957 46.06 Usman Dar PTI 1,15,464 45.47 1,493 51.99
NA-74 Sialkot-III Ali Zahid PML(N) 97,235 36.89 Ghulam Abbas PTI 93,734 35.56 3,501 55.40
NA-75 Sialkot-IV Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan PML(N) 1,01,617 40.16 Ali Asjad Malhi PTI 61,432 24.28 40,185 55.84
NA-76 Sialkot-V Shamim Ahmed PML(N) 1,33,664 49.33 Muhammad Aslam PTI 93,190 34.39 40,474 57.68
NA-77 Narowal-I Mehnaz Aziz PML(N) 1,06,366 38.16 Muhammad Tariq Anis IND 70,596 25.33 35,770 54.86
NA-78 Narowal-II Ahsan Iqbal PML(N) 1,59,651 57.47 Abrar-ul-Haq PTI 88,250 31.77 71,401 55.06
NA-79 Gujranwala-I Nisar Ahmed Cheema PML(N) 1,42,545 48.13 Muhammad Ahmed Chattha PTI 1,18,709 40.08 23,836 54.66
NA-80 Gujranwala-II Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir PML(N) 1,08,653 50.55 Mian Tariq Mehmood PTI 71,937 33.47 36,716 53.36
NA-81 Gujranwala-III Khurram Dastgir Khan PML(N) 1,30,837 51.76 Chaudhary Muhammad Siddique PTI 88,166 34.88 42,671 50.58
NA-82 Gujranwala-IV Usman Ibrahim PML(N) 1,17,520 50.90 Ali Ashraf Mughal PTI 67,400 29.19 50,120 52.26
NA-83 Gujranwala-V Chaudhary Zulfiqar Bhindar PML(N) 1,39,235 55.83 Rana Nazeer Ahmed Khan PTI 75,940 30.45 63,295 55.07
NA-84 Gujranwala-VI Azhar Qayyum PML(N) 1,19,612 47.62 Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz PTI 89,728 35.72 29,884 57.36
NA-85 Mandi Bahauddin-I Haji Imtiaz Ahmad Chaudhary PTI 99,996 36.65 Chaudhary Mushahid Raza PML(N) 80,387 29.46 19,609 53.45
NA-86 Mandi Bahauddin-II Nasir Iqbal Bosal PML(N) 1,47,105 52.15 Nazar Muhammad Gondal PTI 80,637 28.59 66,468 55.05
NA-87 Hafizabad Chaudhary Shoukat Ali PTI 1,65,618 40.92 Saira Afzal Tarar PML(N) 1,57,453 38.90 8,165 59.13
NA-88 Sargodha-I Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath PML(N) 1,29,615 45.70 Nadeem Afzal Chan PTI 1,15,622 40.77 13,993 57.11
NA-89 Sargodha-II Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha PML(N) 1,14,245 43.70 Osama Ghyas Maila PTI 1,13,422 43.38 823 58.93
NA-90 Sargodha-III Chaudhry Hamid Hameed PML(N) 93,948 42.11 Nadia Aziz PTI 85,220 38.20 8,728 52.97
NA-91 Sargodha-IV Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti PML(N) 1,10,525 40.59 Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema PTI 1,10,246 40.49 279 59.46
NA-92 Sargodha-V Syed Javed Hasnain Shah PML(N) 97,013 36.83 Sahibzada Naeemuddin Sialvi PTI 65,406 24.83 31,607 56.81
NA-93 Khushab-I Umer Aslam Awan PTI 1,00,448 40.49 Sumaira Malik PML(N) 70,401 28.38 30,047 57.86
NA-94 Khushab-II Malik Muhammad Ehsanullah Tiwana PTI 93,864 39.46 Malik Shakir Bashir Awan PML(N) 85,109 35.78 8,755 59.49
NA-95 Mianwali-I Imran Khan PTI 1,63,538 64.67 Haji Obaidullah Khan Shadikhel PML(N) 50,015 19.78 113,523 54.29
NA-96 Mianwali-II Amjad Ali Khan Niazi PTI 1,57,422 60.27 Humair Hayat Khan Rokhri PML(N) 54,909 21.02 102,513 57.95
NA-97 Bhakkar-I Muhammad Sana Ullah Khan Masti Khel IND 1,20,729 41.82 Abdul Majeed Khan PML(N) 91,607 31.74 29,122 65.97
NA-98 Bhakkar-II Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla PTI 1,38,307 46.87 Rashid Akbar Khan IND 1,33,679 45.30 4,628 67.98
NA-99 Chiniot-I Ghulam Muhammad Lali PTI 81,330 39.33 Ghulam Abbas IND 64,307 31.10 17,023 55.56
NA-100 Chiniot-II Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh PML(N) 76,415 34.16 Zulfiqar Ali Shah PTI 75,559 33.78 856 61.68
NA-101 Faisalabad-I Muhammad Asim Nazir IND 1,47,812 55.31 Zafar Zulqarnain Sahi PTI 86,575 32.39 61,237 58.19
NA-102 Faisalabad-II Malik Nawab Sher Waseer PTI 1,09,708 40.20 Talal Chaudhry PML(N) 97,869 35.86 11,839 54.67
NA-103 Faisalabad-III Election Postponed[147]
NA-104 Faisalabad-IV Chaudhry Shehbaz Babar PML(N) 95,099 34.47 Sardar Dildar Ahmed Cheema PTI 73,320 26.57 21,779 55.88
NA-105 Faisalabad-V Chaudhry Raza Nasrullah Ghumman PTI 77,862 31.10 Muhammad Masood Nazir IND 69,211 27.65 8,651 56.84
NA-106 Faisalabad-VI Rana Sanaullah PML(N) 1,06,319 44.40 Nisar Ahmed Jatt PTI 1,03,799 43.35 2,520 58.92
NA-107 Faisalabad-VII Khurram Shehzad PTI 1,26,441 51.41 Akram Ansari PML(N) 1,02,159 41.54 24,282 57.52
NA-108 Faisalabad-VIII Farrukh Habib PTI 1,12,740 46.47 Abid Sher Ali PML(N) 1,11,529 45.98 1,211 57.01
NA-109 Faisalabad-IX Faiz Ullah Kamoka PTI 1,22,905 51.26 Mian Abdul Manan PML(N) 94,476 39.40 28,429 58.05
NA-110 Faisalabad-X Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan PTI 1,14,215 45.76 Rana Afzal Khan PML(N) 1,08,172 43.34 6,043 57.01
NA-111 Toba Tek Singh-I Chaudhary Khalid Javed PML(N) 1,10,556 44.84 Usama Hamza PTI 85,448 34.65 25,108 58.32
NA-112 Toba Tek Singh-II Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry PML(N) 1,25,303 45.94 Chaudhary Muhammad Ashfaq PTI 1,21,031 44.37 4,272 59.22
NA-113 Toba Tek Singh-III Riaz Fatyana PTI 1,28,274 50.31 Asad Ur Rehman PML(N) 1,06,018 41.58 22,256 59.90
NA-114 Jhang-I Sahabzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan PTI 1,06,043 35.98 Faisal Saleh Hayat PPP 1,05,454 35.78 589 62.45
NA-115 Jhang-II Ghulam Bibi Bharwana PTI 91,434 36.01 Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi IND 68,616 27.02 22,818 57.39
NA-116 Jhang-III Muhammad Ameer Sultan PTI 90,649 32.10 Muhammad Asif Muavia Sial IND 70,842 25.09 19,807 62.15
NA-117 Nankana Sahib-I Barjees Tahir PML(N) 71,891 30.74 Tariq Mehmood Bajwa IND 68,995 29.50 2,896 58.40
NA-118 Nankana Sahib-II Ijaz Shah PTI 63,918 30.60 Shizra Mansab Ali Khan PML(N) 61,395 29.39 2,523 58.73
NA-119 Sheikhupura-I Rahat Amanullah PTI 1,10,231 47.99 Rana Afzaal Hussain PML(N) 94,072 40.96 16,159 56.04
NA-120 Sheikhupura-II Rana Tanveer Hussain PML(N) 99,674 46.08 Ali Asghar Manda PTI 74,165 34.29 25,509 59.35
NA-121 Sheikhupura-III Mian Javed Latif PML(N) 1,01,622 42.30 Muhammad Saeed Virk PTI 71,308 29.68 30,314 56.16
NA-122 Sheikhupura-IV Irfan Dogar PML(N) 96,000 36.43 Ali Salman PTI 64,616 24.52 31,384 57.83
NA-123 Lahore-I Muhammad Riaz Malik PML(N) 97,193 47.67 Mehar Wajid Azeem PTI 72,535 35.58 24,658 51.13
NA-124 Lahore-II Hamza Shahbaz Sharif PML(N) 1,46,294 57.39 Muhammad Nauman Qaiser PTI 80,981 31.77 65,313 48.50
NA-125 Lahore-III Waheed Alam Khan PML(N) 1,22,327 48.88 Yasmin Rashid PTI 1,05,857 42.30 16,470 52.38
NA-126 Lahore-IV Muhammad Hammad Azhar PTI 1,05,734 46.30 Mehr Ishtiaq Ahmed PML(N) 1,02,677 44.96 3,057 52.26
NA-127 Lahore-V Ali Pervaiz Malik PML(N) 1,13,265 54.16 Jamshed Iqbal Cheema PTI 66,818 31.95 46,447 50.75
NA-128 Lahore-VI Shaikh Rohale Asghar PML(N) 98,199 52.49 Chaudhary Ijaz Ahmad Dayal PTI 52,774 28.21 45,425 55.21
NA-129 Lahore-VII Sardar Ayaz Sadiq PML(N) 1,03,021 47.98 Aleem Khan PTI 94,879 44.19 8,142 53.96
NA-130 Lahore-VIII Shafqat Mahmood PTI 1,27,405 50.51 Khawaja Ahmed Hassan PML(N) 1,04,625 41.48 22,780 52.99
NA-131 Lahore-IX Imran Khan PTI 84,313 44.68 Khawaja Saad Rafique PML(N) 83,633 44.32 680 52.59
NA-132 Lahore-X Shehbaz Sharif PML(N) 95,834 51.26 Ch Muhammad Mansha Sindhu PTI 49,093 26.26 46,741 60.45
NA-133 Lahore-XI Muhammad Pervaiz Malik PML(N) 89,678 47.07 Ejaz Chaudhary PTI 77,231 40.53 12,447 51.89
NA-134 Lahore-XII Rana Mubashir Iqbal PML(N) 76,291 53.88 Malik Zaheer Abbas Khokhar PTI 45,991 32.48 30,300 53.40
NA-135 Lahore-XIII Malik Karamat Khokhar PTI 64,765 47.49 Malik Saif ul Malook Khokhar PML(N) 55,431 40.65 9,334 53.94
NA-136 Lahore-XIV Afzal Khokhar PML(N) 88,831 54.55 Malik Asad Ali PTI 44,669 27.43 44,162 56.08
NA-137 Kasur-I Saad Waseem Akhtar Sheikh PML(N) 1,21,207 45.62 Aseff Ahmad Ali PTI 42,930 16.16 78,277 58.91
NA-138 Kasur-II Malik Rasheed Ahmed Khan PML(N) 1,09,785 42.36 Rashid Tufail PTI 78,458 30.27 31,327 62.38
NA-139 Kasur-III Rana Muhammad Ishaq PML(N) 1,21,767 43.89 Azeemuddin Zahid PTI 1,12,893 40.69 8,874 59.99
NA-140 Kasur-IV Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai PTI 1,24,644 44.19 Rana Muhammad Hayat PML(N) 1,24,395 44.11 249 60.65
NA-141 Okara-I Chaudhry Nadeem Abbas PML(N) 92,841 35.32 Syed Samsam Bukhari PTI 60,217 22.91 32,624 60.23
NA-142 Okara-II Chaudhry Riaz-ul-Haq PML(N) 1,40,733 59.84 Rao Hasan Sikandar PTI 76,592 32.57 64,141 56.81
NA-143 Okara-III Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan PML(N) 142,988 58.06 Syed Gulzar Sibtain Shah PTI 89,177 36.21 53,811 58.22
NA-144 Okara-IV Muhammad Moeen Wattoo PML(N) 1,18,670 49.15 Manzoor Wattoo IND 1,05,585 43.73 13,085 57.42
NA-145 Pakpattan-I Ahmad Raza Maneka PML(N) 1,18,581 42.34 Muhammad Shah Khagga PTI 90,683 32.38 27,898 57.62
NA-146 Pakpattan-II Rana Iradat Sharif Khan PML(N) 1,38,789 46.42 Mian Muhammad Amjad Joya PTI 1,01,509 33.95 37,280 59.55
NA-147 Sahiwal-I Syed Imran Ahmed PML(N) 1,20,924 45.77 Nouraiz Shakoor PTI 86,821 32.87 34,103 56.18
NA-148 Sahiwal-II Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf PML(N) 1,29,027 47.85 Malik Muhammad Yar Dhakoo PTI 87,848 32.58 41,179 56.19
NA-149 Sahiwal-III Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal PTI 1,40,338 50.17 Chaudhry Muhammad Tufail PML(N) 1,14,244 40.85 26,144 57.15
NA-150 Khanewal-I Fakhar Imam IND 1,01,520 45.56 Raza Hayat Hiraj PTI 92,039 41.30 9,481 59.99
NA-151 Khanewal-II Muhammad Khan Daha PML(N) 1,11,325 47.54 Ahmad Yar Hiraj PTI 1,09,796 46.89 1,529 58.72
NA-152 Khanewal-III Zahoor Hussain Qureshi PTI 1,09,257 47.08 Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla PML(N) 99,137 42.72 10,120 59.00
NA-153 Khanewal-IV Chaudhry Iftikhar Nazir PML(N) 1,06,467 42.95 Malik Ghulam Murtaza PTI 77,170 31.13 29,297 61.41
NA-154 Multan-I Malik Ahmed Hussain Dehar PTI 74,220 37.09 Abdul Qadir Gillani PPP 64,257 32.11 10,021 57.04
NA-155 Multan-II Malik Aamir Dogar PTI 1,35,872 57.38 Sheikh Tariq Rashid PML(N) 78,861 33.30 54,856 49.27
NA-156 Multan-III Shah Mehmood Qureshi PTI 1,16,383 53.17 Amir Saeed Ansari PML(N) 84,969 38.82 31,414 49.87
NA-157 Multan-IV Zain Qureshi PTI 77,373 35.25 Ali Musa Gilani PPP 70,778 32.24 6,595 57.32
NA-158 Multan-V Ibrahim Khan PTI 83,304 34.43 Yousaf Raza Gillani PPP 74,443 30.76 8,861 56.76
NA-159 Multan-VI Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon PTI 1,02,754 45.26 Dewan Muhammad Zulqarnain Bukhari PML(N) 99,477 43.82 3,232 56.55
NA-160 Lodhran-I Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju PML(N) 1,25,810 46.97 Muhammad Akhtar Khan Kanju PTI 1,15,541 43.14 10,261 60.26
NA-161 Lodhran-II Mian Muhammad Shafiq PTI 1,21,300 46.86 Siddique Khan Baloch PML(N) 1,16,093 44.85 5,207 57.73
NA-162 Vehari-I Choudhry Faqir Ahmad PML(N) 81,977 35.59 Ayesha Nazir PTI 64,796 28.13 17,181 55.93
NA-163 Vehari-II Syed Sajid Mehdi PML(N) 70,344 33.16 Ishaq Khan Khakwani PTI 56,977 26.86 13,367 57.99
NA-164 Vehari-III Tahir Iqbal PTI 82,213 35.78 Tehmina Daultana PML(N) 68,250 29.70 13,963 57.66
NA-165 Vehari-IV Aurangzeb Khan Khichi PTI 99,393 46.45 Saeed Ahmed Khan PML(N) 65,575 30.64 33,813 56.43
NA-166 Bahawalnagar-I Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo IND 1,02,385 46.47 Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah PTI 93,291 42.34 9,094 63.16
NA-167 Bahawalnagar-II Alam Dad Lalika PML(N) 91,540 43.65 Mumtaz Matyana PTI 49,772 23.73 41,768 56.94
NA-168 Bahawalnagar-III Ihsan ul Haq Bajwa PML(N) 1,24,218 54.48 Fatima Tahir Cheema PTI 74,517 32.68 49,701 57.69
NA-169 Bahawalnagar-IV Noor Ul Hassan Tanvir PML(N) 91,763 37.03 Ijaz-ul-Haq PML(Z) 72,461 29.24 19,302 60.34
NA-170 Bahawalpur-I Muhammad Farooq Azam Malik PTI 84,495 44.81 Baligh Ur Rehman PML(N) 74,694 39.61 9,801 52.29
NA-171 Bahawalpur-II Riaz Hussain Pirzada PML(N) 99,202 40.87 Chaudhary Naeemuddin Warraich PTI 88,297 36.38 10,905 59.95
NA-172 Bahawalpur-III Tariq Bashir Cheema PML(Q) 1,06,383 46.40 Saud Majeed PML(N) 1,01,971 44.48 4,412 64.08
NA-173 Bahawalpur-IV Najibuddin Awaisi PML(N) 86,142 39.43 Khadija Aamir Yar Malik PTI 60,211 27.56 25,931 56.02
NA-174 Bahawalpur-V Makhdoom Syed Sami Ul Hassan Gillani PTI 63,884 32.93 Prince Bahawal Abbas Abbasi IND 58,092 29.94 5,792 52.68
NA-175 Rahim Yar Khan-I Syed Mobeen Ahmed PTI 97,347 41.03 Khwaja Ghulam Rasool Koreja PPP 89,292 37.64 8,055 56.66
NA-176 Rahim Yar Khan-II Sheikh Fayyaz Ud Din PML(N) 78,590 37.19 Mian Ghous Muhammad PTI 59,937 28.36 18,653 54.90
NA-177 Rahim Yar Khan-III Khusro Bakhtiar PTI 1,00,804 46.50 Makhdoom Shahabudin PPP 64,660 29.83 36,144 54.74
NA-178 Rahim Yar Khan-IV Mustafa Mehmood PPP 93,394 47.29 Muhammad Tariq PML(N) 51,316 25.99 42,078 56.23
NA-179 Rahim Yar Khan-V Javed Iqbal Warraich PTI 1,10,877 44.44 Mian Imtiaz Ahmed PML(N) 88,871 35.62 22,006 56.38
NA-180 Rahim Yar Khan-VI Makhdoom Syed Murtaza Mehmood PPP 72,062 32.59 Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari PML(N) 55,085 24.91 16,977 57.17
NA-181 Muzaffargarh-I Muhammad Shabir Ali IND 64,154 32.33 Sultan Mehmood IND 54,484 27.46 9,670 60.76
NA-182 Muzaffargarh-II Mehr Irshad Ahmed Sial PPP 53,094 26.84 Jamshed Dasti ARP 50,618 25.59 2,476 59.12
NA-183 Muzaffargarh-III Raza Rabbani Khar PPP 54,960 26.86 Fiaz Hussain PTI 39,962 19.53 14,998 61.02
NA-184 Muzaffargarh-IV Iftikhar Ahmed Khan Babar PPP 54,879 27.59 Malik Ahmad Karim Qaswar Langrial IND 41,753 20.99 13,126 56.00
NA-185 Muzaffargarh-V Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari IND 94,672 48.11 Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi PTI 73,185 37.19 21,487 58.23
NA-186 Muzaffargarh-VI Sardar Aamir Talal Khan Gopang PTI 63,564 33.16 Muhammad Dawood Khan PPP 53,690 28.00 9,866 60.54
NA-187 Layyah-I Abdul Majeed Khan Niazi PTI 94,477 33.49 Sardar Bahadur Ahmed Khan IND 88,544 31.39 5,933 63.71
NA-188 Layyah-II Niaz Ahmed Jhakkar PTI 1,09,854 39.20 Syed Muhammad Saqlain Bukhari PML(N) 1,03,152 36.81 6,702 64.21
NA-189 Dera Ghazi Khan-I Khawaja Sheraz Mehmood PTI 78,824 47.14 Sardar Meer Badshah Khan IND 39,562 23.66 39,262 52.45
NA-190 Dera Ghazi Khan-II Amjad Farooq Khan IND 72,300 45.72 Zulfiqar Ali Khosa PTI 72,171 45.64 129 51.74
NA-191 Dera Ghazi Khan-III Zartaj Gul PTI 79,932 42.97 Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari PML(N) 54,571 29.34 25,361 50.58
NA-192 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV Sardar Muhammad Khan Laghari PTI 80,683 50.19 Shehbaz Sharif PML(N) 67,753 42.15 12,930 54.88
NA-193 Rajanpur-I Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari PTI 81,358 48.94 Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani IND 46,748 28.12 32,506 55.76
NA-194 Rajanpur-II Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak PTI 73,839 42.30 Hafeez-ur-Rehman Dreshak IND 64,739 37.08 9,100 60.11
NA-195 Rajanpur-III Sardar Riaz Mehmood Khan Mazari PTI 89,829 53.53 Khizar Hussain Mazari PML(N) 69,113 41.18 20,716 63.78
Sindh NA-196 Jacobabad Muhammad Mian Soomro PTI 92,274 45.44 Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani PPP 86,876 42.78 5,398 44.59
NA-197 Kashmore Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari PPP 84,742 56.50 Shamsher Ali Mazari MMA 47,326 31.55 37,416 36.37
NA-198 Shikarpur-I Abid Hussain Bhayo PPP 64,187 44.03 Muhammad Ibraheem Jatoi IND 44,829 30.75 19,358 50.13
NA-199 Shikarpur-II Ghos Bakhsh Khan Mahar GDA 62,785 45.82 Zulfiqar Ali Kamario PPP 55,987 40.86 6,798 49.75
NA-200 Larkana-I Bilawal Bhutto Zardari PPP 84,426 55.40 Rashid Mehmood Soomro MMA 50,200 32.94 34,226 48.25
NA-201 Larkana-II Khursheed Ahmed Junejo PPP 97,051 53.00 Allah Bakhsh Unarr GDA 69,111 37.74 27,940 52.71
NA-202 Qambar Shahdadkot-I Aftab Shaban Mirani PPP 72,159 56.39 Nasir Mehmood MMA 36,046 28.17 36,113 42.72
NA-203 Qambar Shahdadkot-II Mir Aamir Ali Khan Magsi PPP 80,060 75.96 Sakhawat Ali PTI 13,008 12.34 67,052 35.96
NA-204 Ghotki-I Sardar Khalid Ahmed Khan Lund PPP 99,889 48.94 Abdul Haque Alias Mian Mitha IND 91,752 44.96 8,137 58.47
NA-205 Ghotki-II Ali Mohammad Mahar IND 71,943 45.48 Ahsanullah Sundrani PPP 41,843 23.53 30,100 50.46
NA-206 Sukkur-I Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah PPP 84,708 52.02 Syed Tahir Hussain Shah PTI 58,767 36.09 25,941 58.21
NA-207 Sukkur-II Nauman Islam Shaikh PPP 70,870 42.43 Mobeen Ahmad PTI 60,531 36.24 10,339 46.56
NA-208 Khairpur-I Nafisa Shah PPP 1,07,978 62.26 Ghous Ali Shah GDA 58,203 33.56 49,775 51.15
NA-209 Khairpur-II Fazal Ali Shah PPP 95,972 54.04 Pir Sadaruddin Shah GDA 76,073 42.83 19,899 55.98
NA-210 Khairpur-III Syed Javed Ali Shah Jillani PPP 90,830 49.73 Syed Kazim Ali Shah GDA 78,606 43.04 12,224 50.26
NA-211 Naushahro Feroze-I Sayed Abrar Ali Shah PPP 1,10,967 53.58 Allando Shah Alias Zafar All Shah GDA 80,544 38.89 30,423 55.52
NA-212 Naushahro Feroze-II Zulfiqar Ali Behan PPP 90,663 46.52 Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi GDA 84,516 43.37 6,147 54.82
NA-213 Nawabshah-I Asif Ali Zardari PPP 1,01,362 53.91 Sardar Sher Muhammad Rind Baloch GDA 54,344 28.90 47,018 46.87
NA-214 Nawabshah-II Syed Gulam Mustafa Shah PPP 1,10,921 58.99 Syed Zain UI Abdin SUP 54,697 29.09 56,224 55.84
NA-215 Sanghar-I Naveed Dero PPP 77,890 47.11 Haji Khuda Bakhsh GDA 77,322 46.76 568 54.89
NA-216 Sanghar-II Shazia Marri PPP 80,770 50.80 Kishan Chand Parwani GDA 70,791 44.52 9,979 57.74
NA-217 Sanghar-III Roshan Din Junejo PPP 1,03,232 64.93 Mehar Ali Alias Mahi Khan GDA 43,769 27.53 59,461 47.87
NA-218 Mirpur Khas-I Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi IND 75,795 44.39 Pir Hassan Ali Shah PPP 67,552 39.56 8,243 50.63
NA-219 Mirpur Khas-II Mir Munawar Ali Talpur PPP 1,05,823 60.26 Arbab Ghulam Rahim GDA 51,145 29.13 54,678 53.39
NA-220 Umerkot Nawab Muhammad Yousuf PPP 1,63,287 59.35 Shah Mehmood Qureshi PTI 1,04,376 37.94 58,911 62.06
NA-221 Tharparkar-I Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani PPP 80,047 50.46 Shah Mehmood Qureshi PTI 72,884 45.94 6,971 68.68
NA-222 Tharparkar-II Mahesh Kumar Malani PPP 1,06,630 47.91 Arbab Zakaullah GDA 87,251 39.20 19,379 70.91
NA-223 Matiari Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman PPP 1,09,960 61.25 Makhdoom Fazal Hussain Qureshi GDA 50,366 28.06 59,594 54.06
NA-224 Tando Allahyar Zulfiqar Sattar Bachani PPP 97,147 51.26 Muhammad Mohsin GDA 70,914 37.42 26,233 54.05
NA-225 Hyderabad-I Syed Hussain Tariq PPP 81,983 58.38 Khawand Bakhsh Ghulam Muhammad PTI 50,968 36.30 31,015 48.10
NA-226 Hyderabad-II Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani MQM 46,646 32.01 Jamshaid Ali Shaikh PTI 38,672 26.54 7,974 39.59
NA-227 Hyderabad-III Salahuddin MQM 52,053 35.85 Muhammad Hakim PTI 41,513 28.59 10,540 39.89
NA-228 Tando Muhammad Khan Naveed Qamar PPP 76,067 54.30 Mir Ali Nawaz Talpur GDA 45,159 32.24 30,908 53.51
NA-229 Badin-I Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur PPP 96,977 49.66 Muhammad Hassam Mirza GDA 81,828 41.91 15,149 52.96
NA-230 Badin-II Fehmida Mirza GDA 96,875 47.01 Haji Rasool Bakhsh Chandio PPP 96,015 46.60 860 58.17
NA-231 Sujawal Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerazi PPP 1,29,980 85.05 Maulvi Muhammad Saleh Alhadad MMA 11,177 7.32 1,18,803 45.89
NA-232 Thatta Shamasunnisa PPP 1,52,691 83.67 Arslan Bakhsh Brohi PTI 18,900 10.36 1,33,791 43.41
NA-233 Jamshoro Sikander Ali Rahupoto PPP 1,33,492 58.19 Syed Jalal Mehmood SUP 81,289 35.43 52,203 56.35
NA-234 Dadu-I Irfan Zafar Leghari PPP 96,038 52.84 Liaquat Ali Jatoi PTI 82,730 45.52 13,308 50.41
NA-235 Dadu-II Rafiq Ahmed Jamali PPP 81,200 47.93 Karim Ali Jatoi PTI 63,008 37.19 18,192 49.67
NA-236 Karachi Malir-I Jam Abdul Karim Bijar PPP 66,623 56.73 Masroor Ali PTI 26,456 22.53 40,167 50.40
NA-237 Karachi Malir-II Jamil Ahmed Khan PTI 33,289 27.78 Abdul Hakeem Baloch PPP 31,907 26.63 1,382 42.23
NA-238 Karachi Malir-III Syed Rafiullah PPP 29,598 28.67 Allama Aurangzaib Farooqi PRHP 19,463 18.86 10,135 44.00
NA-239 Karachi Korangi-I Muhammad Akram PTI 69,147 30.84 Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor MQM 68,811 30.69 336 42.41
NA-240 Karachi Korangi-II Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan MQM 61,165 34.41 Muhammad Asif Ansari TLP 30,535 17.18 30,630 37.38
NA-241 Karachi Korangi-III Faheem Khan PTI 26,706 23.41 Muhammad Moeen Amir Pirzada MQM 23,873 20.93 2,833 36.28
NA-242 Karachi East-I Saifur Rehman PTI 27,333 38.65 Muhammad Iqbal Sand PPP 11,823 16.72 15,510 38.56
NA-243 Karachi East-II Imran Khan PTI 91,373 56.05 Syed Ali Raza Abidi MQM 24,082 14.77 67,291 41.14
NA-244 Karachi East-III Ali Haider Zaidi PTI 69,475 40.70 Miftah Ismail PML(N) 31,247 18.30 38,228 41.91
NA-245 Karachi East-IV Aamir Liaquat Hussain PTI 56,664 33.96 Farooq Sattar MQM 35,429 21.23 21,235 37.62
NA-246 Karachi South-I Abdul Shakoor Shad PTI 52,750 25.97 Ahmed TLP 42,345 20.85 10,405 38.49
NA-247 Karachi South-II Arif Alvi PTI 91,020 42.05 Syed Zaman Ali Shah Jaffery TLP 24,680 11.40 66,340 40.27
NA-248 Karachi West-I Abdul Qadir Patel PPP 35,124 28.89 Sardar Abdul Aziz PTI 34,101 28.04 1,023 41.11
NA-249 Karachi West-II Faisal Vawda PTI 35,344 27.50 Shehbaz Sharif PML(N) 34,626 26.95 718 39.58
NA-250 Karachi West-III Attaullah Niazi PTI 36,049 24.57 Fayyaz Qaimkhani MQM 29,086 19.82 6,963 37.40
NA-251 Karachi West-IV Syed Aminul Haque MQM 56,888 32.62 Muhammad Aslam PTI 33,462 19.19 23,426 43.81
NA-252 Karachi West-V Aftab Jehangir PTI 21,065 24.92 Abdul Kadir Khanzada MQM 17,858 21.12 3,207 39.61
NA-253 Karachi Central-I Usama Qadri MQM 52,426 34.48 Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar PTI 39,145 25.75 13,281 38.12
NA-254 Karachi Central-II Muhammad Aslam Khan PTI 75,702 38.61 Sheikh Salahuddin MQM 48,813 24.90 26,889 39.20
NA-255 Karachi Central-III Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui MQM 59,807 34.72 Mahmood Moulvi PTI 50,352 29.23 9,455 37.91
NA-256 Karachi Central-IV Najeeb Haroon PTI 89,850 45.18 Amir Waliuddin Chishti MQM 45,575 22.92 44,275 41.25
Balochistan NA-257 Killa Saifullah-cum-Zhob-cum-Sherani Maulana Abdul Wasay MMA 43,851 37.17 Allah Noor PMAP 22,446 19.03 21,405 46.86
NA-258 Loralai-cum-Musakhel-cum-Ziarat-cum-Duki-cum-Harnai Muhammad Israr Tareen BAP 42,938 27.08 Ameer Zaman MMA 38,457 24.25 4,481 52.68
NA-259 Dera Bugti-cum-Kohlu-cum-Barkhan-cum-Sibbi-cum- Lehri Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti JWP 22,787 15.43 Mir Tariq Mehmood Khan Khetran IND 21,213 14.37 1,574 44.79
NA-260 Nasirabad-cum-Kachhi-cum-Jhal Magsi Khalid Hussain Magsi BAP 53,330 41.14 Yar Muhammad Rind PTI 40,188 31.01 13,142 39.14
NA-261 Jafarabad-cum-Sohbatpur Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali PTI 45,222 40.89 Mir Changez Khan Jamali PPP 27,563 24.92 17,659 38.89
NA-262 Pishin Kamaluddin MMA 50,258 42.83 Muhammad Isa Khan PMAP 28,344 24.16 21,914 47.87
NA-263 Killa Abdullah Maulana Salahuddin Ayyubi MMA 37,971 41.26 Asghar Khan Achakzai ANP 21,417 23.27 16,554 41.03
NA-264 Quetta-I Maulvi Asmatullah MMA 14,887 22.12 Abdul Wali Kakar BNP(M) 10,071 14.97 4,816 39.77
NA-265 Quetta-II Qasim Khan Suri PTI 25,973 22.64 Mir Lashkari Raisani BNP(M) 20,389 17.77 5,584 36.79
NA-266 Quetta-III Agha Hassan Baloch BNP(M) 20,034 32.55 Hafiz Hussain Ahmed MMA 11,057 17.97 8,977 34.30
NA-267 Mastung-cum-Shaheed Sikandarabad-cum-Kalat Syed Mehmood Shah MMA 26,645 24.04 Manzoor Ahmed Baloch BNP(M) 25,738 23.22 907 48.66
NA-268 Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan Muhammad Hashim BNP(M) 14,435 31.23 Usman Badini MMA 12,272 26.55 2,163 20.58
NA-269 Khuzdar Akhtar Mengal BNP(M) 52,875 46.52 Muhammad Khalid Bizenjo BAP 19,720 17.35 33,155 54.32
NA-270 Panjgur-cum-Washuk-cum-Awaran Ehsanullah Reki BAP 18,568 21.19 Muhammad Hanif BNP(A) 16,040 18.30 2,528 40.48
NA-271 Kech Zubaida Jalal Khan BAP 33,456 38.81 Syed Ehsan Shah BNP(A) 20,617 23.92 12,839 39.92
NA-272 Lasbela-cum-Gawadar Mohammad Aslam Bhutani IND 68,804 36.32 Jam Kamal Khan BAP 63,275 33.40 5,529 56.02

Government formation

Despite rejecting the results of the election due to alleged rigging, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) made the decision to take oath in the elected assemblies for the sake of democracy, conceding that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Imran Khan was likely to be the Prime Minister. Hence, the government formation at the federal level was left to the PTI alone.[148]

Talks began with smaller parties and independents to form a government. Muttahida Qaumi Movement which won six seats, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) which won four, Balochistan Awami Party which won four, Grand Democratic Alliance which won two, and thirteen independent candidates were invited to join the PTI-led government. Additionally, Awami Muslim League led by Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, the party's only MNA, had already vowed its support to PTI before the elections.[149]

On 28 July, PML (Q) pledged its support to PTI's candidates for Chief Minister of Punjab, making it unlikely to oppose PTI in the National Assembly.[150] On 31 July, Balochistan Awami Party announced its support for a PTI led federal government.[151]

On 1 August, Muttahida Qaumi Movement was told by the PPP that it had to choose between sitting in a coalition with them in Sindh or sitting in a coalition with PTI in the centre. On the same day, MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui announced the party's six MNAs would lend their support to the PTI in the National Assembly.[152]

On 2 August, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Pakistan Peoples Party, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and Awami National Party announced to form a "Grand Opposition Alliance" whereby the Speaker, Prime Minister and other key posts would be jointly nominated and elected. The Speakership would be given to the PPP, the Deputy Speakership to the MMA and the Premiership to the PML(N). However, on 16 August, after the elections for speaker, PPP decided to withdraw their support for Shehbaz Sharif for the post of Prime Minister, owing to previous statements made by the individual about the party's co-chairman and ex-President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari.[153][154]

Over the next few weeks, other parties pledged their support towards the PTI nominees for speaker, deputy speaker. These parties include Balochistan National Party (Mengal), Grand Democratic Alliance and Jamhoori Watan Party. In addition to this, 9 independents joined the party.[155][156][157]

Election for Speakers of the National Assembly

The election for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly took place on 15 August 2018.

Candidate Party Contesting for Votes Obtained[158]
Required majority → 172 out of 342
Asad Qaiser Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Speaker 176 check
Qasim Suri Deputy Speaker 183 check
Khurshid Shah Pakistan Peoples Party
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal		 Speaker 146 ☒
Asad Mehmood Deputy Speaker 144 ☒

Election for Prime Minister

The election for Prime Minister took place on 17 August 2018.[159]

←2017 17 August 2018 2022→
Candidate Party Votes Obtained
Required majority → 172 out of 342
Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 176 check
Shehbaz Sharif Pakistan Muslim League (N) 96 ☒
Abstentions 53

Reactions

Domestic

As the results began to pour in, many of the main opposition parties declared that the elections were not 'free and fair'.[160]

The Election Commission of Pakistan denied the allegations but announced that it would be willing to investigate if proof was provided.[161]

PTI chairman Imran Khan also addressed the allegations in his first national address and said that he would be willing to look into any allegations of rigging.[162] He also added that he thought that the elections were the "cleanest in Pakistan's history".[163]

Celebrations across Pakistan also erupted as early results indicated a win for Tehreek-e-Insaf.[164] Khan's fellow cricketers and celebrities took to Twitter in celebration of his assumed victory even before election results were finalized or a government formed.[165]

Economic

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) reacted positively and opened 2% higher as the prospect of a hung government dissipated. The KSE index closed 749 points higher on Thursday.[166] On 3 July 2018, the benchmark KSE-100 index gained 314 points to reach 43,100 points. It closed up 770 points at 43,556 points. The US dollar shed Rs5.36 against the rupee in the inter-bank market for the first time in four years, falling to Rs122.5. The positive economic indicators are considered to be largely driven by what investors consider the return of political stability following the 25 July polls.[167]

See also

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