2013 Sindh provincial election

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2013 Sindh provincial election
Flag of Sindh.svg
  2008 11 May 2013 2018  

All 168 seats in the Sindh Assembly
85 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.62%(Increase2.svg11.32%) [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Syed Qaim Ali Shah (cropped).jpg Flag of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.svg Flag of PML-Functional.png
Leader Qaim Ali Shah Khawaja Izharul Hassan Raja Saein
Party PPP MQM PML(F)
Leader's seat Khairpur-I Karachi-XI Khairpur-II
Last election92 seats, 41.94%51 seats, 30.10%8 seats, 6.19%
Seats won915111
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg3
Popular vote3,209,6862,510,8531,138,400
Percentage32.63%25.53%11.57%
SwingDecrease2.svg9.31%Decrease2.svg4.57%Increase2.svg5.38%

Sindh Assembly Election 2013 Map.png
Sindh Assembly Elections result. Expand to original file to view constituency labels.

Chief Minister before election

Qaim Ali Shah
PPP

Elected Chief Minister

Qaim Ali Shah
PPP

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Sindh to elect the members of the 12 Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.

Contents

The Pakistan Peoples Party, led by Syed Qaim Ali Shah, despite losing almost 10% of its vote, returned victorious in this election, losing only one seat overall.

Background

Prior to this election, the Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement were in a coalition government with each other despite the fact that the PPP had enough seats to be able to form a government by themselves. [2]

Campaign

Overall, the election campaign for the Pakistan Peoples Party was based mainly on garnering support in Sindh, while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement campaign was mainly based in Karachi.

The Pakistan Peoples Party ran on the platform of praising the nationalisation and welfare programs since they took office in 2008, [3] although the Muttahida Qaumi Movement campaigned more on the Muhajir Nationalist side.

Results

Following the elections, the party positions in the assembly remained largely the same, with slight changes. New additions into the assembly included Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, a welfarist, anti-establishment party led by former cricketer Imran Khan, who emerged as the second largest party in Karachi and gained 4 seats. Despite significant drops in the percentage vote share, the change in the assembly composition was not visible, and the Pakistan Peoples Party was able to form a government in Sindh for the ninth time in its existence. [4]

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Division-wise results

DivisionTotal seats PPP MQM PML(F) PTI PML(N) IND Others
Sukkur 1914120002
Larkana 1816020000
Mirpur Khas 1713030001
Hyderabad 3425400050
Karachi 4233303300
Total130713873353

District-wise results

Division District Total seats PPP MQM PML(F) PTI PML(N) IND Others
Sukkur Sukkur 43100000
Ghotki 44000000
Larkana Shikarpur 42020000
Jacobabad 33000000
Kashmore 33000000
Sukkur Naushahro Feroz 53000002
Hyderabad Nawabshah 55000000
Sukkur Khairpur 64020000
Larkana Larkana 44000000
Qambar Shahdadkot 44000000
Hyderabad Matiari 22000000
Hyderabad 62400000
Tando Allahyar 22000000
Tando Muhammad Khan 22000000
Badin 55000000
Mirpur Khas Tharparkar 43000001
Mirpur Khas 44000000
Umerkot 33000000
Hyderabad Jamshoro 32000010
Dadu 44000000
Mirpur Khas Sanghar 63030000
Hyderabad Thatta 51000040
Karachi West 90701100
Central 1001000000
South 62202000
East 1301200100
Malir 41200100
Total130713873353

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References

  1. Election Commission of Pakistan. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT". Election Commission of Pakistan.
  2. PPP-MQM coalition in Sindh The Free Library. Retrieved 29 March 2014
  3. Central Committee; et al. "PPP's campaign during the 2013 election, its manifesto and policies" (PDF). Pakistan Peoples Party press releases. PPP Public Relations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. From the Newspaper. "The election score". Dawn News.