2018 Pakistani general election

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2018 Pakistani general election
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All 342 seats in the National Assembly
172 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.7% [1] (Decrease2.svg3.3pp)
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Leader Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Party PTI PML(N) PPP
Leader's seat Mianwali-I Lahore-X Larkana-I
Last election16.92%, 35 seats32.77%, 166 seats15.23%, 42 seats
Seats won1498254
Seat changeIncrease2.svg114Decrease2.svg84Increase2.svg12
Popular vote16,903,70212,934,5896,924,356
Percentage31.82%24.35%13.03%
SwingIncrease2.svg14.90pp Decrease2.svg8.42pp Decrease2.svg2.29pp
2018 Pakistani general election - Results.svg
Prime Minister before election

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
PML(N)

Subsequent Prime Minister

Imran Khan
PTI

General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 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 People's 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 independent MPAs joined the PTI, the latter became the largest party and was able to form a government.

Contents

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

PartyPolitical PositionLeader
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 to Centre-left 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 Centre-left to left-wing 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

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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
DatePollsterPublisherSample PML-N PTI PPP MQM-P MMA* ANP OthersLead
25 July 2018Election 2018 ECP 53,123,73324.35%31.82%13.01%1.38%4.81%1.53%22.98%7.47%
12 July 2018SDPI [83] Herald 6,00425%29%20%—3%1%20%4%
4 July 2018IPOR [84] GSP3,73532%29%13%2%3%1%20%3%
6 June 2018 Gallup Pakistan [85] Geo/Jang 3,00026%25%16%—2%1%30%1%
28 May 2018Pulse Consultant [85] 3,16327%30%17%1%4%1%20%3%
May 2018Gallup Pakistan [86] Self3,00038%25%15%22%13%
Mar 2018Gallup Pakistan [87] WSJ 2,00036%24%17%23%12%
1 November 2017Gallup Pakistan [88] Geo/Jang3,00034%26%15%2%2%2%19%8%
25 October 2017Pulse Consultant [88] 3,24336%23%15%2%1%1%22%13%
24 October 2017IPOR [89] [90] GSP4,54038%27%17%3%1%1%14%11%
24 Apr 2017Gallup Pakistan [91] Self1,40036%25%16%2%3%2%16%11%
38%22%17%2%2%2%14%16%
27 Aug 2015SDPI [92] [93] 3,01427%33%14%1%2%1%20%6%
17 Jul 2014SDPI [94] Herald 1,35417%33%19%5%3%3%18%14%
11 May 2013 Election 2013 [95] ECP 45,388,40432.77%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). Voter Turnout in the 2018 Pakistani General Election.png
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 election 2018 PTI vote share.png
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vote share
Pakistan Muslim League (N) vote share Pakistan election 2018 PMLN vote share.png
Pakistan Muslim League (N) vote share
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Pakistan Peoples Party vote share
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PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralWomenMinorityTotal
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 16,903,70231.82116285149
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 12,934,58924.356416282
Pakistan Peoples Party 6,924,35613.03439254
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 2,573,9394.85122115
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan 2,234,3164.210000
Grand Democratic Alliance 1,260,1472.372103
Awami National Party 815,9981.541001
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan 733,2451.386107
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 517,4080.974105
Balochistan Awami Party 319,3480.604105
Balochistan National Party (Mengal) 238,8170.453104
Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek 172,1200.320000
Sindh United Party 140,3030.260000
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party 134,8460.250000
Pak Sarzameen Party 126,1280.240000
Awami Muslim League 119,3620.221001
Pakistan Awami Raj 115,2260.220000
Pakistan Muslim League (F) 72,5530.140000
Qaumi Watan Party 57,2490.110000
Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party 55,8590.110000
Balochistan National Party (Awami) 55,2060.100000
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Islam55,1550.100000
All Pakistan Muslim League 36,5660.070000
Pakistan National Muslim League35,4150.070000
Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati 34,2470.060000
Pakistan Human Party34,2460.060000
National Party 33,4320.060000
Mutahidda Qabail Party28,4690.050000
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) 24,5820.050000
Jamhoori Wattan Party 23,2740.041001
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani)22,1450.040000
Muhajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan 21,5210.040000
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen 19,6150.040000
Awami Workers Party 17,9350.030000
Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party 12,6370.020000
Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (Ch. Anwar)12,2550.020000
Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) 10,0320.020000
Hazara Democratic Party 7,9420.010000
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati 6,7550.010000
Pakistan Muslim Alliance6,7030.010000
Pakistan Siraiki Party (T)6,5230.010000
Sunni Tehreek 5,9430.010000
Sunni Ittehad Council 5,9390.010000
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-Gulalai 4,1460.010000
Balochistan National Movement 3,9710.010000
Tabdeeli Pasand Party Pakistan 3,6980.010000
Amun Taraqqi Party3,6460.010000
Jamote Qaumi Movement 3,2690.010000
Barabri Party Pakistan 2,7020.010000
Move On Pakistan2,5800.000000
All Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)2,4180.000000
Pakistan Falah Party2,1670.000000
Pasban Pakistan 2,1540.000000
Pakistan Awami League1,7800.000000
Pakistan Aman Tehreek1,7180.000000
Pakistan Peoples Party 1,5870.000000
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 Pakistan 1,0530.000000
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 ECP (pdf)

By constituency

ProvinceAssembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
CandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
No.%No.%No.%
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NA-1 Chitral Abdul Akbar Chitrali MMA 49,03529.65Abdul Latif PTI 38,81923.4110,21661.36
NA-2 Swat-I Haider Ali Khan PTI 61,83437.14 Amir Muqam PML(N) 41,36624.8420,46843.48
NA-3 Swat-II Saleem Rehman PTI 68,28042.02 Shehbaz Sharif PML(N) 22,75814.0145,52240.50
NA-4 Swat-III Murad Saeed PTI 71,66344.51Saleem Khan ANP 31,20919.3940,45439.36
NA-5 Upper Dir Sahibzada Sibghatullah PTI 66,65430.71 Sahabzada Tariq Ullah MMA 58,30726.868,34748.52
NA-6 Lower Dir-I Mehboob Shah PTI 63,71736.54Asad Ullah MMA 37,68721.6126,03049.65
NA-7 Lower Dir-II Bashir Khan PTI 63,07142.81 Siraj-ul-Haq MMA 46,92731.8516,14444.57
NA-8 Malakand Junaid Akbar PTI 81,78843.59 Bilawal Bhutto PPP 44,09123.5037,69748.56
NA-9 Buner Sher Akbar Khan PTI 58,31731.59Kamran Khan PML(N) 39,21321.2419,10441.44
NA-10 Shangla Ibadullah PML(N) 35,17826.83Sadid-ur-Rehman ANP 33,65025.671,52835.02
NA-11 Kohistan Afreen Khan MMA 16,48025.34Dost Muhammad Shakir IND 14,53622.351,94442.07
NA-12 Battagram Nawaz Khan PTI 35,12037.57 Qari Muhammad Yousuf MMA 24,30726.0010,81336.21
NA-13 Mansehra-I Saleh Muhammad PTI 1,08,95041.43 Shahjahan Yousuf PML(N) 1,07,11440.741,83649.90
NA-14 Mansehra-cum-Torghar Muhammad Sajjad PML(N) 75,22035.31 Zar Gul Khan PTI 59,91828.1315,30241.69
NA-15 Abbottabad-I Murtaza Javed Abbasi PML(N) 95,34839.32Ali Asghar Khan PTI 82,07333.8513,27550.69
NA-16 Abbottabad-II Ali Khan Jadoon PTI 85,76347.50Mohabat Khan PML(N) 55,10230.5230,66150.10
NA-17 Haripur Omar Ayub Khan PTI 1,73,12550.26 Babar Nawaz Khan PML(N) 1,33,15838.6639,96752.38
NA-18 Swabi-I Asad Qaiser PTI 79,42840.47Fazal Ali MMA 34,68417.6744,74443.72
NA-19 Swabi-II Usman Khan Tarakai PTI 84,48939.58Waris Khan ANP 54,08025.3330,40946.05
NA-20 Mardan-I Mujahid Ali PTI 78,18840.17Gul Nawaz Khan ANP 38,74119.9139,44745.20
NA-21 Mardan-II Haider Hoti ANP 78,91140.97 Atif Khan PTI 78,87640.963545.89
NA-22 Mardan-III Ali Muhammad Khan PTI 58,65229.06 Maulana Muhammad Qasim MMA 56,58728.042,06551.80
NA-23 Charsadda-I Anwar Taj PTI 61,91133.42Zafar Ullah Khan MMA 43,54123.5018,37044.38
NA-24 Charsadda-II Fazal Muhammad Khan PTI 83,59639.72 Asfandyar Wali ANP 59,80928.4223,78745.41
NA-25 Nowshera-I Pervaiz Khattak PTI 82,20844.42Khan Pervaiz PPP 35,66119.2746,54748.83
NA-26 Nowshera-II Imran Khattak PTI 90,29847.94Jamal Khan Khattak ANP 47,12425.0243,17449.92
NA-27 Peshawar-I Noor Alam Khan PTI 71,24246.04 Haji Ghulam Ali MMA 39,35825.4331,88445.87
NA-28 Peshawar-II Arbab Amir Ayub PTI 74,52549.44Sabir Hussain Awan MMA 27,39518.1747,13044.79
NA-29 Peshawar-III Nasir Khan Mosazai PTI 49,77938.21Naeem Jan MMA 29,41522.5820,36440.67
NA-30 Peshawar-IV Sher Ali Arbab PTI 73,88558.75Arbab Najeebullah Khan MMA 18,19714.4755,68840.72
NA-31 Peshawar-V Shaukat Ali PTI 87,97553.37 Ghulam Ahmed Bilour ANP 42,52625.8045,44942.24
NA-32 Kohat Shehryar Afridi PTI 82,95241.73Gohar Muhamad Khan Bangash MMA 47,82524.0635,12739.23
NA-33 Hangu Khial Zaman PTI 28,88235.30Atiq ur Rehman MMA 28,15434.4172829.65
NA-34 Karak Shahid Ahmad PTI 77,27038.37Mir Zakim Khan MMA 28,54814.1848,72249.79
NA-35 Bannu Imran Khan PTI 1,13,84346.21 Akram Durrani MMA 1,06,84243.377,00142.56
NA-36 Lakki Marwat Muhammad Anwar MMA 91,39643.34Ishfaq Ahmed Khan PTI 81,85938.829,53750.06
NA-37 Tank Asad Mehmood MMA 28,56335.62Habib Ullah Khan PTI 16,65920.7711,90444.34
NA-38 D I Khan-I Ali Amin Gandapur PTI 81,03237.41 Fazal-ur-Rehman MMA 45,79621.1535,23655.31
NA-39 D I Khan-II Muhammad Yaqub Sheikh PTI 79,67247.73 Fazal-ur-Rehman MMA 52,32731.3527,34550.83
NA-40 Bajaur-I Gul Dad Khan PTI 34,68332.97Sardar Khan IND 18,02517.1316,65841.16
NA-41 Bajaur-II Gul Zafar Khan PTI 22,76725.03Qari Abdul Majeed IND 14,96016.457,80738.35
NA-42 Mohmand Sajid Khan PTI 22,74224.45Bilal Rehman IND 21,10622.691,63636.11
NA-43 Khyber-I Noor-ul-Haq Qadri PTI 33,87138.98 Shahjee Gul Afridi IND 30,42835.023,44338.34
NA-44 Khyber-II Mohammed Iqbal Khan Afridi PTI 12,58018.61 Hameed Ullah Jan IND 9,18413.583,39625.49
NA-45 Kurram-I Munir Orakzai MMA 16,25528.03Said Jamal PTI 13,49523.272,76035.07
NA-46 Kurram-II Sajid Hussain Turi PPP 21,50628.76Syed Iqbal Manan PTI 17,00422.744,50243.35
NA-47 Orakzai Jawad Hussain PTI 11,52320.55Qasim Gul MMA 6,98812.464,53533.53
NA-48 North Waziristan Mohsin Dawar IND 16,52625.80Misbah Uddin MMA 15,36323.981,16323.36
NA-49 South Waziristan-I Muhammad Jamal Ud din MMA 7,77820.93Dost Muhammad Khan PTI 6,59117.741,18720.84
NA-50 South Waziristan-II Ali Wazir IND 23,58948.85Tariq Gilani IND 8,25417.0915,33533.10
NA-51 Frontier Regions Abdul Shakor MMA 21,96231.26 Qaiser Jamal PTI 18,75426.703,20842.16
ICT NA-52 Islamabad-I Khurram Shehzad Nawaz PTI 64,69042.93Muhammad Afzal Khokhar PPP 34,07222.6130,61864.26
NA-53 Islamabad-II Imran Khan PTI 92,89153.09 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi PML(N) 44,31425.3348,57756.53
NA-54 Islamabad-III Asad Umar PTI 56,94547.98 Anjum Aqeel Khan PML(N) 32,99127.8023,95454.24
Punjab NA-55 Attock-I Tahir Sadiq PTI 1,45,16847.48 Sheikh Aftab Ahmed PML(N) 1,01,77333.2943,39553.47
NA-56 Attock-II Tahir Sadiq PTI 1,63,32541.92Malik Sohail Khan PML(N) 99,40425.5163,92162.56
NA-57 Rawalpindi-I Sadaqat Ali Abbasi PTI 1,36,24941.72 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi PML(N) 1,24,70338.1811,54655.32
NA-58 Rawalpindi-II Raja Pervez Ashraf PPP 1,25,48038.11Choudhary Muhammad Azeem PTI 97,08429.4828,39654.00
NA-59 Rawalpindi-III Ghulam Sarwar Khan PTI 89,05542.41 Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan IND 66,36931.6122,68658.78
NA-60 Rawalpindi-IV Election Postponed [146]
NA-61 Rawalpindi-V Aamir Mehmood Kiani PTI 1,05,08650.74 Malik Ibrar Ahmed PML(N) 60,13529.0444,95151.38
NA-62 Rawalpindi-VI Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad AML 1,19,36249.97Daniyal Chaudhary PML(N) 91,87938.7626,40752.01
NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII Ghulam Sarwar Khan PTI 1,00,98647.67 Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan IND 65,76731.0535,21958.14
NA-64 Chakwal-I Zulfiqar Ali Khan Dullah PTI 1,55,21448.44 Tahir Iqbal PML(N) 1,30,05140.5925,16358.15
NA-65 Chakwal-II Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi PML(Q) 1,57,49751.31Muhammad Faiz Malik PML(N) 1,06,08134.5651,41657.35
NA-66 Jhelum-I Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf PTI 1,12,35639.96Chaudhary Nadeem Khadim PML(N) 92,91233.0519,44451.94
NA-67 Jhelum-II Fawad Chaudhry PTI 93,10244.40 Raja Matloob Mehdi PML(N) 82,47539.3410,60751.87
NA-68 Gujrat-I Chaudhry Hussain Elahi PML(Q) 1,04,67843.50 Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul PML(N) 68,81028.5935,86853.01
NA-69 Gujrat-II Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi PML(Q) 1,22,33657.50Chaudhary Mubashir Hussain PML(N) 49,29523.1773,04146.60
NA-70 Gujrat-III Syed Faizul Hassan Shah PTI 95,16838.67 Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal PML(N) 67,23327.3227,93549.74
NA-71 Gujrat-IV Chaudhry Abid Raza PML(N) 88,58035.00Muhammad Ilyas Chaudhry PTI 81,43832.187,14250.87
NA-72 Sialkot-I Armaghan Subhani PML(N) 1,29,04149.65 Firdous Ashiq Awan PTI 91,39335.1637,64858.11
NA-73 Sialkot-II Khawaja Asif PML(N) 1,16,95746.06 Usman Dar PTI 1,15,46445.471,49351.99
NA-74 Sialkot-III Ali Zahid PML(N) 97,23536.89Ghulam Abbas PTI 93,73435.563,50155.40
NA-75 Sialkot-IV Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan PML(N) 1,01,61740.16 Ali Asjad Malhi PTI 61,43224.2840,18555.84
NA-76 Sialkot-V Shamim Ahmed PML(N) 1,33,66449.33Muhammad Aslam PTI 93,19034.3940,47457.68
NA-77 Narowal-I Mehnaz Aziz PML(N) 1,06,36638.16 Muhammad Tariq Anis IND 70,59625.3335,77054.86
NA-78 Narowal-II Ahsan Iqbal PML(N) 1,59,65157.47 Abrar-ul-Haq PTI 88,25031.7771,40155.06
NA-79 Gujranwala-I Nisar Ahmed Cheema PML(N) 1,42,54548.13Muhammad Ahmed Chattha PTI 1,18,70940.0823,83654.66
NA-80 Gujranwala-II Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir PML(N) 1,08,65350.55 Mian Tariq Mehmood PTI 71,93733.4736,71653.36
NA-81 Gujranwala-III Khurram Dastgir Khan PML(N) 1,30,83751.76Chaudhary Muhammad Siddique PTI 88,16634.8842,67150.58
NA-82 Gujranwala-IV Usman Ibrahim PML(N) 1,17,52050.90Ali Ashraf Mughal PTI 67,40029.1950,12052.26
NA-83 Gujranwala-V Chaudhary Zulfiqar Bhindar PML(N) 1,39,23555.83 Rana Nazeer Ahmed Khan PTI 75,94030.4563,29555.07
NA-84 Gujranwala-VI Azhar Qayyum PML(N) 1,19,61247.62 Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz PTI 89,72835.7229,88457.36
NA-85 Mandi Bahauddin-I Haji Imtiaz Ahmad Chaudhary PTI 99,99636.65Chaudhary Mushahid Raza PML(N) 80,38729.4619,60953.45
NA-86 Mandi Bahauddin-II Nasir Iqbal Bosal PML(N) 1,47,10552.15 Nazar Muhammad Gondal PTI 80,63728.5966,46855.05
NA-87 Hafizabad Chaudhary Shoukat Ali PTI 1,65,61840.92 Saira Afzal Tarar PML(N) 1,57,45338.908,16559.13
NA-88 Sargodha-I Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath PML(N) 1,29,61545.70 Nadeem Afzal Chan PTI 1,15,62240.7713,99357.11
NA-89 Sargodha-II Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha PML(N) 1,14,24543.70Osama Ghyas Maila PTI 1,13,42243.3882358.93
NA-90 Sargodha-III Chaudhry Hamid Hameed PML(N) 93,94842.11 Nadia Aziz PTI 85,22038.208,72852.97
NA-91 Sargodha-IV Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti PML(N) 1,10,52540.59 Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema PTI 1,10,24640.4927959.46
NA-92 Sargodha-V Syed Javed Hasnain Shah PML(N) 97,01336.83Sahibzada Naeemuddin Sialvi PTI 65,40624.8331,60756.81
NA-93 Khushab-I Umer Aslam Awan PTI 1,00,44840.49 Sumaira Malik PML(N) 70,40128.3830,04757.86
NA-94 Khushab-II Malik Muhammad Ehsanullah Tiwana PTI 93,86439.46 Malik Shakir Bashir Awan PML(N) 85,10935.788,75559.49
NA-95 Mianwali-I Imran Khan PTI 1,63,53864.67 Haji Obaidullah Khan Shadikhel PML(N) 50,01519.78113,52354.29
NA-96 Mianwali-II Amjad Ali Khan Niazi PTI 1,57,42260.27 Humair Hayat Khan Rokhri PML(N) 54,90921.02102,51357.95
NA-97 Bhakkar-I Muhammad Sana Ullah Khan Masti Khel IND 1,20,72941.82 Abdul Majeed Khan PML(N) 91,60731.7429,12265.97
NA-98 Bhakkar-II Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla PTI 1,38,30746.87 Rashid Akbar Khan IND 1,33,67945.304,62867.98
NA-99 Chiniot-I Ghulam Muhammad Lali PTI 81,33039.33Ghulam Abbas IND 64,30731.1017,02355.56
NA-100 Chiniot-II Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh PML(N) 76,41534.16Zulfiqar Ali Shah PTI 75,55933.7885661.68
NA-101 Faisalabad-I Muhammad Asim Nazir IND 1,47,81255.31Zafar Zulqarnain Sahi PTI 86,57532.3961,23758.19
NA-102 Faisalabad-II Malik Nawab Sher Waseer PTI 1,09,70840.20 Talal Chaudhry PML(N) 97,86935.8611,83954.67
NA-103 Faisalabad-III Election Postponed [147]
NA-104 Faisalabad-IV Chaudhry Shehbaz Babar PML(N) 95,09934.47Sardar Dildar Ahmed Cheema PTI 73,32026.5721,77955.88
NA-105 Faisalabad-V Chaudhry Raza Nasrullah Ghumman PTI 77,86231.10Muhammad Masood Nazir IND 69,21127.658,65156.84
NA-106 Faisalabad-VI Rana Sanaullah PML(N) 1,06,31944.40Nisar Ahmed Jatt PTI 1,03,79943.352,52058.92
NA-107 Faisalabad-VII Khurram Shehzad PTI 1,26,44151.41 Akram Ansari PML(N) 1,02,15941.5424,28257.52
NA-108 Faisalabad-VIII Farrukh Habib PTI 1,12,74046.47 Abid Sher Ali PML(N) 1,11,52945.981,21157.01
NA-109 Faisalabad-IX Faiz Ullah Kamoka PTI 1,22,90551.26 Mian Abdul Manan PML(N) 94,47639.4028,42958.05
NA-110 Faisalabad-X Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan PTI 1,14,21545.76 Rana Afzal Khan PML(N) 1,08,17243.346,04357.01
NA-111 Toba Tek Singh-I Chaudhary Khalid Javed PML(N) 1,10,55644.84Usama Hamza PTI 85,44834.6525,10858.32
NA-112 Toba Tek Singh-II Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry PML(N) 1,25,30345.94Chaudhary Muhammad Ashfaq PTI 1,21,03144.374,27259.22
NA-113 Toba Tek Singh-III Riaz Fatyana PTI 1,28,27450.31 Asad Ur Rehman PML(N) 1,06,01841.5822,25659.90
NA-114 Jhang-I Sahabzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan PTI 1,06,04335.98 Faisal Saleh Hayat PPP 1,05,45435.7858962.45
NA-115 Jhang-II Ghulam Bibi Bharwana PTI 91,43436.01 Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi IND 68,61627.0222,81857.39
NA-116 Jhang-III Muhammad Ameer Sultan PTI 90,64932.10Muhammad Asif Muavia Sial IND 70,84225.0919,80762.15
NA-117 Nankana Sahib-I Barjees Tahir PML(N) 71,89130.74Tariq Mehmood Bajwa IND 68,99529.502,89658.40
NA-118 Nankana Sahib-II Ijaz Shah PTI 63,91830.60 Shizra Mansab Ali Khan PML(N) 61,39529.392,52358.73
NA-119 Sheikhupura-I Rahat Amanullah PTI 1,10,23147.99 Rana Afzaal Hussain PML(N) 94,07240.9616,15956.04
NA-120 Sheikhupura-II Rana Tanveer Hussain PML(N) 99,67446.08 Ali Asghar Manda PTI 74,16534.2925,50959.35
NA-121 Sheikhupura-III Mian Javed Latif PML(N) 1,01,62242.30Muhammad Saeed Virk PTI 71,30829.6830,31456.16
NA-122 Sheikhupura-IV Irfan Dogar PML(N) 96,00036.43Ali Salman PTI 64,61624.5231,38457.83
NA-123 Lahore-I Muhammad Riaz Malik PML(N) 97,19347.67Mehar Wajid Azeem PTI 72,53535.5824,65851.13
NA-124 Lahore-II Hamza Shahbaz Sharif PML(N) 1,46,29457.39Muhammad Nauman Qaiser PTI 80,98131.7765,31348.50
NA-125 Lahore-III Waheed Alam Khan PML(N) 1,22,32748.88 Yasmin Rashid PTI 1,05,85742.3016,47052.38
NA-126 Lahore-IV Muhammad Hammad Azhar PTI 1,05,73446.30 Mehr Ishtiaq Ahmed PML(N) 1,02,67744.963,05752.26
NA-127 Lahore-V Ali Pervaiz Malik PML(N) 1,13,26554.16 Jamshed Iqbal Cheema PTI 66,81831.9546,44750.75
NA-128 Lahore-VI Shaikh Rohale Asghar PML(N) 98,19952.49Chaudhary Ijaz Ahmad Dayal PTI 52,77428.2145,42555.21
NA-129 Lahore-VII Sardar Ayaz Sadiq PML(N) 1,03,02147.98 Aleem Khan PTI 94,87944.198,14253.96
NA-130 Lahore-VIII Shafqat Mahmood PTI 1,27,40550.51Khawaja Ahmed Hassan PML(N) 1,04,62541.4822,78052.99
NA-131 Lahore-IX Imran Khan PTI 84,31344.68 Khawaja Saad Rafique PML(N) 83,63344.3268052.59
NA-132 Lahore-X Shehbaz Sharif PML(N) 95,83451.26Ch Muhammad Mansha Sindhu PTI 49,09326.2646,74160.45
NA-133 Lahore-XI Muhammad Pervaiz Malik PML(N) 89,67847.07 Ejaz Chaudhary PTI 77,23140.5312,44751.89
NA-134 Lahore-XII Rana Mubashir Iqbal PML(N) 76,29153.88Malik Zaheer Abbas Khokhar PTI 45,99132.4830,30053.40
NA-135 Lahore-XIII Malik Karamat Khokhar PTI 64,76547.49 Malik Saif ul Malook Khokhar PML(N) 55,43140.659,33453.94
NA-136 Lahore-XIV Afzal Khokhar PML(N) 88,83154.55Malik Asad Ali PTI 44,66927.4344,16256.08
NA-137 Kasur-I Saad Waseem Akhtar Sheikh PML(N) 1,21,20745.62 Aseff Ahmad Ali PTI 42,93016.1678,27758.91
NA-138 Kasur-II Malik Rasheed Ahmed Khan PML(N) 1,09,78542.36Rashid Tufail PTI 78,45830.2731,32762.38
NA-139 Kasur-III Rana Muhammad Ishaq PML(N) 1,21,76743.89Azeemuddin Zahid PTI 1,12,89340.698,87459.99
NA-140 Kasur-IV Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai PTI 1,24,64444.19 Rana Muhammad Hayat PML(N) 1,24,39544.1124960.65
NA-141 Okara-I Chaudhry Nadeem Abbas PML(N) 92,84135.32 Syed Samsam Bukhari PTI 60,21722.9132,62460.23
NA-142 Okara-II Chaudhry Riaz-ul-Haq PML(N) 1,40,73359.84Rao Hasan Sikandar PTI 76,59232.5764,14156.81
NA-143 Okara-III Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan PML(N) 142,98858.06Syed Gulzar Sibtain Shah PTI 89,17736.2153,81158.22
NA-144 Okara-IV Muhammad Moeen Wattoo PML(N) 1,18,67049.15 Manzoor Wattoo IND 1,05,58543.7313,08557.42
NA-145 Pakpattan-I Ahmad Raza Maneka PML(N) 1,18,58142.34Muhammad Shah Khagga PTI 90,68332.3827,89857.62
NA-146 Pakpattan-II Rana Iradat Sharif Khan PML(N) 1,38,78946.42Mian Muhammad Amjad Joya PTI 1,01,50933.9537,28059.55
NA-147 Sahiwal-I Syed Imran Ahmed PML(N) 1,20,92445.77 Nouraiz Shakoor PTI 86,82132.8734,10356.18
NA-148 Sahiwal-II Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf PML(N) 1,29,02747.85Malik Muhammad Yar Dhakoo PTI 87,84832.5841,17956.19
NA-149 Sahiwal-III Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal PTI 1,40,33850.17 Chaudhry Muhammad Tufail PML(N) 1,14,24440.8526,14457.15
NA-150 Khanewal-I Fakhar Imam IND 1,01,52045.56 Raza Hayat Hiraj PTI 92,03941.309,48159.99
NA-151 Khanewal-II Muhammad Khan Daha PML(N) 1,11,32547.54Ahmad Yar Hiraj PTI 1,09,79646.891,52958.72
NA-152 Khanewal-III Zahoor Hussain Qureshi PTI 1,09,25747.08 Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla PML(N) 99,13742.7210,12059.00
NA-153 Khanewal-IV Chaudhry Iftikhar Nazir PML(N) 1,06,46742.95Malik Ghulam Murtaza PTI 77,17031.1329,29761.41
NA-154 Multan-I Malik Ahmed Hussain Dehar PTI 74,22037.09 Abdul Qadir Gillani PPP 64,25732.1110,02157.04
NA-155 Multan-II Malik Aamir Dogar PTI 1,35,87257.38 Sheikh Tariq Rashid PML(N) 78,86133.3054,85649.27
NA-156 Multan-III Shah Mehmood Qureshi PTI 1,16,38353.17Amir Saeed Ansari PML(N) 84,96938.8231,41449.87
NA-157 Multan-IV Zain Qureshi PTI 77,37335.25 Ali Musa Gilani PPP 70,77832.246,59557.32
NA-158 Multan-V Ibrahim Khan PTI 83,30434.43 Yousaf Raza Gillani PPP 74,44330.768,86156.76
NA-159 Multan-VI Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon PTI 1,02,75445.26Dewan Muhammad Zulqarnain Bukhari PML(N) 99,47743.823,23256.55
NA-160 Lodhran-I Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju PML(N) 1,25,81046.97 Muhammad Akhtar Khan Kanju PTI 1,15,54143.1410,26160.26
NA-161 Lodhran-II Mian Muhammad Shafiq PTI 1,21,30046.86 Siddique Khan Baloch PML(N) 1,16,09344.855,20757.73
NA-162 Vehari-I Choudhry Faqir Ahmad PML(N) 81,97735.59Ayesha Nazir PTI 64,79628.1317,18155.93
NA-163 Vehari-II Syed Sajid Mehdi PML(N) 70,34433.16 Ishaq Khan Khakwani PTI 56,97726.8613,36757.99
NA-164 Vehari-III Tahir Iqbal PTI 82,21335.78 Tehmina Daultana PML(N) 68,25029.7013,96357.66
NA-165 Vehari-IV Aurangzeb Khan Khichi PTI 99,39346.45 Saeed Ahmed Khan PML(N) 65,57530.6433,81356.43
NA-166 Bahawalnagar-I Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo IND 1,02,38546.47 Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah PTI 93,29142.349,09463.16
NA-167 Bahawalnagar-II Alam Dad Lalika PML(N) 91,54043.65Mumtaz Matyana PTI 49,77223.7341,76856.94
NA-168 Bahawalnagar-III Ihsan ul Haq Bajwa PML(N) 1,24,21854.48Fatima Tahir Cheema PTI 74,51732.6849,70157.69
NA-169 Bahawalnagar-IV Noor Ul Hassan Tanvir PML(N) 91,76337.03 Ijaz-ul-Haq PML(Z) 72,46129.2419,30260.34
NA-170 Bahawalpur-I Muhammad Farooq Azam Malik PTI 84,49544.81 Baligh Ur Rehman PML(N) 74,69439.619,80152.29
NA-171 Bahawalpur-II Riaz Hussain Pirzada PML(N) 99,20240.87Chaudhary Naeemuddin Warraich PTI 88,29736.3810,90559.95
NA-172 Bahawalpur-III Tariq Bashir Cheema PML(Q) 1,06,38346.40 Saud Majeed PML(N) 1,01,97144.484,41264.08
NA-173 Bahawalpur-IV Najibuddin Awaisi PML(N) 86,14239.43 Khadija Aamir Yar Malik PTI 60,21127.5625,93156.02
NA-174 Bahawalpur-V Makhdoom Syed Sami Ul Hassan Gillani PTI 63,88432.93Prince Bahawal Abbas Abbasi IND 58,09229.945,79252.68
NA-175 Rahim Yar Khan-I Syed Mobeen Ahmed PTI 97,34741.03 Khwaja Ghulam Rasool Koreja PPP 89,29237.648,05556.66
NA-176 Rahim Yar Khan-II Sheikh Fayyaz Ud Din PML(N) 78,59037.19Mian Ghous Muhammad PTI 59,93728.3618,65354.90
NA-177 Rahim Yar Khan-III Khusro Bakhtiar PTI 1,00,80446.50 Makhdoom Shahabudin PPP 64,66029.8336,14454.74
NA-178 Rahim Yar Khan-IV Mustafa Mehmood PPP 93,39447.29Muhammad Tariq PML(N) 51,31625.9942,07856.23
NA-179 Rahim Yar Khan-V Javed Iqbal Warraich PTI 1,10,87744.44 Mian Imtiaz Ahmed PML(N) 88,87135.6222,00656.38
NA-180 Rahim Yar Khan-VI Makhdoom Syed Murtaza Mehmood PPP 72,06232.59 Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari PML(N) 55,08524.9116,97757.17
NA-181 Muzaffargarh-I Muhammad Shabir Ali IND 64,15432.33 Sultan Mehmood IND 54,48427.469,67060.76
NA-182 Muzaffargarh-II Mehr Irshad Ahmed Sial PPP 53,09426.84 Jamshed Dasti ARP 50,61825.592,47659.12
NA-183 Muzaffargarh-III Raza Rabbani Khar PPP 54,96026.86Fiaz Hussain PTI 39,96219.5314,99861.02
NA-184 Muzaffargarh-IV Iftikhar Ahmed Khan Babar PPP 54,87927.59 Malik Ahmad Karim Qaswar Langrial IND 41,75320.9913,12656.00
NA-185 Muzaffargarh-V Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari IND 94,67248.11 Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi PTI 73,18537.1921,48758.23
NA-186 Muzaffargarh-VI Sardar Aamir Talal Khan Gopang PTI 63,56433.16Muhammad Dawood Khan PPP 53,69028.009,86660.54
NA-187 Layyah-I Abdul Majeed Khan Niazi PTI 94,47733.49 Sardar Bahadur Ahmed Khan IND 88,54431.395,93363.71
NA-188 Layyah-II Niaz Ahmed Jhakkar PTI 1,09,85439.20Syed Muhammad Saqlain Bukhari PML(N) 1,03,15236.816,70264.21
NA-189 Dera Ghazi Khan-I Khawaja Sheraz Mehmood PTI 78,82447.14Sardar Meer Badshah Khan IND 39,56223.6639,26252.45
NA-190 Dera Ghazi Khan-II Amjad Farooq Khan IND 72,30045.72 Zulfiqar Ali Khosa PTI 72,17145.6412951.74
NA-191 Dera Ghazi Khan-III Zartaj Gul PTI 79,93242.97 Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari PML(N) 54,57129.3425,36150.58
NA-192 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV Sardar Muhammad Khan Laghari PTI 80,68350.19 Shehbaz Sharif PML(N) 67,75342.1512,93054.88
NA-193 Rajanpur-I Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari PTI 81,35848.94 Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani IND 46,74828.1232,50655.76
NA-194 Rajanpur-II Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak PTI 73,83942.30 Hafeez-ur-Rehman Dreshak IND 64,73937.089,10060.11
NA-195 Rajanpur-III Sardar Riaz Mehmood Khan Mazari PTI 89,82953.53Khizar Hussain Mazari PML(N) 69,11341.1820,71663.78
Sindh NA-196 Jacobabad Muhammad Mian Soomro PTI 92,27445.44 Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani PPP 86,87642.785,39844.59
NA-197 Kashmore Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari PPP 84,74256.50Shamsher Ali Mazari MMA 47,32631.5537,41636.37
NA-198 Shikarpur-I Abid Hussain Bhayo PPP 64,18744.03Muhammad Ibraheem Jatoi IND 44,82930.7519,35850.13
NA-199 Shikarpur-II Ghos Bakhsh Khan Mahar GDA 62,78545.82Zulfiqar Ali Kamario PPP 55,98740.866,79849.75
NA-200 Larkana-I Bilawal Bhutto Zardari PPP 84,42655.40Rashid Mehmood Soomro MMA 50,20032.9434,22648.25
NA-201 Larkana-II Khursheed Ahmed Junejo PPP 97,05153.00Allah Bakhsh Unarr GDA 69,11137.7427,94052.71
NA-202 Qambar Shahdadkot-I Aftab Shaban Mirani PPP 72,15956.39Nasir Mehmood MMA 36,04628.1736,11342.72
NA-203 Qambar Shahdadkot-II Mir Aamir Ali Khan Magsi PPP 80,06075.96Sakhawat Ali PTI 13,00812.3467,05235.96
NA-204 Ghotki-I Sardar Khalid Ahmed Khan Lund PPP 99,88948.94Abdul Haque Alias Mian Mitha IND 91,75244.968,13758.47
NA-205 Ghotki-II Ali Mohammad Mahar IND 71,94345.48Ahsanullah Sundrani PPP 41,84323.5330,10050.46
NA-206 Sukkur-I Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah PPP 84,70852.02Syed Tahir Hussain Shah PTI 58,76736.0925,94158.21
NA-207 Sukkur-II Nauman Islam Shaikh PPP 70,87042.43Mobeen Ahmad PTI 60,53136.2410,33946.56
NA-208 Khairpur-I Nafisa Shah PPP 1,07,97862.26 Ghous Ali Shah GDA 58,20333.5649,77551.15
NA-209 Khairpur-II Fazal Ali Shah PPP 95,97254.04 Pir Sadaruddin Shah GDA 76,07342.8319,89955.98
NA-210 Khairpur-III Syed Javed Ali Shah Jillani PPP 90,83049.73 Syed Kazim Ali Shah GDA 78,60643.0412,22450.26
NA-211 Naushahro Feroze-I Sayed Abrar Ali Shah PPP 1,10,96753.58Allando Shah Alias Zafar All Shah GDA 80,54438.8930,42355.52
NA-212 Naushahro Feroze-II Zulfiqar Ali Behan PPP 90,66346.52Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi GDA 84,51643.376,14754.82
NA-213 Nawabshah-I Asif Ali Zardari PPP 1,01,36253.91Sardar Sher Muhammad Rind Baloch GDA 54,34428.9047,01846.87
NA-214 Nawabshah-II Syed Gulam Mustafa Shah PPP 1,10,92158.99Syed Zain UI Abdin SUP 54,69729.0956,22455.84
NA-215 Sanghar-I Naveed Dero PPP 77,89047.11Haji Khuda Bakhsh GDA 77,32246.7656854.89
NA-216 Sanghar-II Shazia Marri PPP 80,77050.80 Kishan Chand Parwani GDA 70,79144.529,97957.74
NA-217 Sanghar-III Roshan Din Junejo PPP 1,03,23264.93Mehar Ali Alias Mahi Khan GDA 43,76927.5359,46147.87
NA-218 Mirpur Khas-I Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi IND 75,79544.39Pir Hassan Ali Shah PPP 67,55239.568,24350.63
NA-219 Mirpur Khas-II Mir Munawar Ali Talpur PPP 1,05,82360.26 Arbab Ghulam Rahim GDA 51,14529.1354,67853.39
NA-220 Umerkot Nawab Muhammad Yousuf PPP 1,63,28759.35 Shah Mehmood Qureshi PTI 1,04,37637.9458,91162.06
NA-221 Tharparkar-I Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani PPP 80,04750.46 Shah Mehmood Qureshi PTI 72,88445.946,97168.68
NA-222 Tharparkar-II Mahesh Kumar Malani PPP 1,06,63047.91 Arbab Zakaullah GDA 87,25139.2019,37970.91
NA-223 Matiari Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman PPP 1,09,96061.25Makhdoom Fazal Hussain Qureshi GDA 50,36628.0659,59454.06
NA-224 Tando Allahyar Zulfiqar Sattar Bachani PPP 97,14751.26Muhammad Mohsin GDA 70,91437.4226,23354.05
NA-225 Hyderabad-I Syed Hussain Tariq PPP 81,98358.38Khawand Bakhsh Ghulam Muhammad PTI 50,96836.3031,01548.10
NA-226 Hyderabad-II Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani MQM 46,64632.01Jamshaid Ali Shaikh PTI 38,67226.547,97439.59
NA-227 Hyderabad-III Salahuddin MQM 52,05335.85Muhammad Hakim PTI 41,51328.5910,54039.89
NA-228 Tando Muhammad Khan Naveed Qamar PPP 76,06754.30Mir Ali Nawaz Talpur GDA 45,15932.2430,90853.51
NA-229 Badin-I Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur PPP 96,97749.66Muhammad Hassam Mirza GDA 81,82841.9115,14952.96
NA-230 Badin-II Fehmida Mirza GDA 96,87547.01Haji Rasool Bakhsh Chandio PPP 96,01546.6086058.17
NA-231 Sujawal Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerazi PPP 1,29,98085.05Maulvi Muhammad Saleh Alhadad MMA 11,1777.321,18,80345.89
NA-232 Thatta Shamasunnisa PPP 1,52,69183.67Arslan Bakhsh Brohi PTI 18,90010.361,33,79143.41
NA-233 Jamshoro Sikander Ali Rahupoto PPP 1,33,49258.19Syed Jalal Mehmood SUP 81,28935.4352,20356.35
NA-234 Dadu-I Irfan Zafar Leghari PPP 96,03852.84 Liaquat Ali Jatoi PTI 82,73045.5213,30850.41
NA-235 Dadu-II Rafiq Ahmed Jamali PPP 81,20047.93Karim Ali Jatoi PTI 63,00837.1918,19249.67
NA-236 Karachi Malir-I Jam Abdul Karim Bijar PPP 66,62356.73Masroor Ali PTI 26,45622.5340,16750.40
NA-237 Karachi Malir-II Jamil Ahmed Khan PTI 33,28927.78 Abdul Hakeem Baloch PPP 31,90726.631,38242.23
NA-238 Karachi Malir-III Syed Rafiullah PPP 29,59828.67 Awrangzib Faruqi PRHP 19,46318.8610,13544.00
NA-239 Karachi Korangi-I Muhammad Akram PTI 69,14730.84 Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor MQM 68,81130.6933642.41
NA-240 Karachi Korangi-II Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan MQM 61,16534.41Muhammad Asif Ansari TLP 30,53517.1830,63037.38
NA-241 Karachi Korangi-III Faheem Khan PTI 26,70623.41Muhammad Moeen Amir Pirzada MQM 23,87320.932,83336.28
NA-242 Karachi East-I Saifur Rehman PTI 27,33338.65Muhammad Iqbal Sand PPP 11,82316.7215,51038.56
NA-243 Karachi East-II Imran Khan PTI 91,37356.05 Syed Ali Raza Abidi MQM 24,08214.7767,29141.14
NA-244 Karachi East-III Ali Haider Zaidi PTI 69,47540.70 Miftah Ismail PML(N) 31,24718.3038,22841.91
NA-245 Karachi East-IV Aamir Liaquat Hussain PTI 56,66433.96 Farooq Sattar MQM 35,42921.2321,23537.62
NA-246 Karachi South-I Abdul Shakoor Shad PTI 52,75025.97Ahmed TLP 42,34520.8510,40538.49
NA-247 Karachi South-II Arif Alvi PTI 91,02042.05Syed Zaman Ali Shah Jaffery TLP 24,68011.4066,34040.27
NA-248 Karachi West-I Abdul Qadir Patel PPP 35,12428.89Sardar Abdul Aziz PTI 34,10128.041,02341.11
NA-249 Karachi West-II Faisal Vawda PTI 35,34427.50 Shehbaz Sharif PML(N) 34,62626.9571839.58
NA-250 Karachi West-III Attaullah Niazi PTI 36,04924.57Fayyaz Qaimkhani MQM 29,08619.826,96337.40
NA-251 Karachi West-IV Syed Aminul Haque MQM 56,88832.62Muhammad Aslam PTI 33,46219.1923,42643.81
NA-252 Karachi West-V Aftab Jehangir PTI 21,06524.92 Abdul Kadir Khanzada MQM 17,85821.123,20739.61
NA-253 Karachi Central-I Usama Qadri MQM 52,42634.48Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar PTI 39,14525.7513,28138.12
NA-254 Karachi Central-II Muhammad Aslam Khan PTI 75,70238.61 Sheikh Salahuddin MQM 48,81324.9026,88939.20
NA-255 Karachi Central-III Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui MQM 59,80734.72 Mahmood Moulvi PTI 50,35229.239,45537.91
NA-256 Karachi Central-IV Najeeb Haroon PTI 89,85045.18Amir Waliuddin Chishti MQM 45,57522.9244,27541.25
Balochistan NA-257 Killa Saifullah-cum-Zhob-cum-Sherani Maulana Abdul Wasay MMA 43,85137.17Allah Noor PMAP 22,44619.0321,40546.86
NA-258 Loralai-cum-Musakhel-cum-Ziarat-cum-Duki-cum-Harnai Muhammad Israr Tareen BAP 42,93827.08Ameer Zaman MMA 38,45724.254,48152.68
NA-259 Dera Bugti-cum-Kohlu-cum-Barkhan-cum-Sibbi-cum- Lehri Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti JWP 22,78715.43Mir Tariq Mehmood Khan Khetran IND 21,21314.371,57444.79
NA-260 Nasirabad-cum-Kachhi-cum-Jhal Magsi Khalid Hussain Magsi BAP 53,33041.14 Yar Muhammad Rind PTI 40,18831.0113,14239.14
NA-261 Jafarabad-cum-Sohbatpur Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali PTI 45,22240.89 Mir Changez Khan Jamali PPP 27,56324.9217,65938.89
NA-262 Pishin Kamaluddin MMA 50,25842.83Muhammad Isa Khan PMAP 28,34424.1621,91447.87
NA-263 Killa Abdullah Maulana Salahuddin Ayyubi MMA 37,97141.26 Asghar Khan Achakzai ANP 21,41723.2716,55441.03
NA-264 Quetta-I Maulvi Asmatullah MMA 14,88722.12 Abdul Wali Kakar BNP(M) 10,07114.974,81639.77
NA-265 Quetta-II Qasim Khan Suri PTI 25,97322.64Mir Lashkari Raisani BNP(M) 20,38917.775,58436.79
NA-266 Quetta-III Agha Hassan Baloch BNP(M) 20,03432.55Hafiz Hussain Ahmed MMA 11,05717.978,97734.30
NA-267 Mastung-cum-Shaheed Sikandarabad-cum-Kalat Syed Mehmood Shah MMA 26,64524.04Manzoor Ahmed Baloch BNP(M) 25,73823.2290748.66
NA-268 Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan Muhammad Hashim BNP(M) 14,43531.23 Usman Badini MMA 12,27226.552,16320.58
NA-269 Khuzdar Akhtar Mengal BNP(M) 52,87546.52 Muhammad Khalid Bizenjo BAP 19,72017.3533,15554.32
NA-270 Panjgur-cum-Washuk-cum-Awaran Ehsanullah Reki BAP 18,56821.19Muhammad Hanif BNP(A) 16,04018.302,52840.48
NA-271 Kech Zubaida Jalal Khan BAP 33,45638.81 Syed Ehsan Shah BNP(A) 20,61723.9212,83939.92
NA-272 Lasbela-cum-Gawadar Mohammad Aslam Bhutani IND 68,80436.32 Jam Kamal Khan BAP 63,27533.405,52956.02

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.

CandidatePartyContesting forVotes Obtained [158]
Required majority →172 out of 342
Asad Qaiser Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Speaker 176Yes check.svg
Qasim Suri Deputy Speaker 183Yes check.svg
Khurshid Shah Pakistan Peoples Party
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 		Speaker146 X mark.svg
Asad Mehmood Deputy Speaker144 X mark.svg

Election for Prime Minister

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

←2017 17 August 2018 2022→
CandidatePartyVotes Obtained
Required majority →172 out of 342
Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 176Yes check.svg
Shehbaz Sharif Pakistan Muslim League (N) 96 X mark.svg
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 the PTI. [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 polls. [167]

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