2013 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

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2013 Pakistani general election in Islamabad
Proposed Flag of Islamabad Capital Territory.svg
  2008 11 May 2013 2018  

2 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly
Registered626,383
Turnout62.26 Increase2.svg 12.23
 First partySecond party
  PrimeMinisterNawazSharif.jpg Imran Khan - portrait (cropped).jpg
Leader Nawaz Sharif Imran Khan
Party PML(N) PTI
Leader since20111996
Last election0Boycotted
Seats won11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Popular vote146,311131,261
Percentage37.52%33.66%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.77%Increase2.svg15.02%

2013 Pakistani general election in Islamabad result.png

General elections were held in Islamabad Capital Territory on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect 2 member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Islamabad.

Contents

Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won one seat each from Islamabad.

Candidates

Total no of 77 Candidates including 43 Independents contested for 2 National Assembly Seats from Islamabad. [1]

No.ConstituencyCandidates
PML-N PTI
1 NA-48 Anjum Aqeel Khan Javed Hashmi
2 NA-49 Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Ch Ilyas Meherban

Result

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

   PML-N (37.52%)
   PTI (33.66%)
   PPP (13.89%)
   JI (8.97%)
  Others and Independents (5.33%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

   PTI (50%)
   PML-N (50%)

Party Wise

PartySeatsVotes
ContestedWon#%
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 21146,31137.52
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 21131,26133.66
Pakistan Peoples Party 2054,16213.89
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 2035,0168.97
Others & Independents69020,8035.33
Rejected02,4480.63
Total772390,001100.0

Constituency wise

No.ConstituencyTurnoutElected MemberPartyRunner-upPartyWin Margin

(by votes)

Win Margin

(by % votes)

1 NA-48 59.64Javed Hashmi Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Anjum Aqeel Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) 21,67312.44
2 NA-49 64.56 Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Pakistan Muslim League (N) Ch Ilyas Meherban Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 36,72317.02

By-Elections

Makhdoom Javed Hashmi Vacated his seat in Favor of NA-149 Multan. [2] Asad Umar of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Won NA-48 by margin of 6,887 votes. [3] Turn out was 32% which was low compared to 59.64% in General Elections. [4]

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References

  1. "Constituency Profile". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  2. "NA-48 Islamabad Detail Election Result 2013 Full Information". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  3. "NA 48 Islamabad I Bye Election Result 2013". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  4. "By-election: 32 per cent turnout in NA-48 by-election". The Express Tribune. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2022-07-29.