2018 Punjab provincial election

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2018 Punjab provincial election
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297 out of 371 seats in the Punjab Assembly [a]
186 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout56.44% (Decrease2.svg1.78%)
 First partySecond party
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Leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi Hamza Shahbaz
Party PTI PML(N)
Leader's seat Multan-VII (lost) Lahore-XXIII
Last election30 seats, 17.76%313 seats, 40.77%
Seats won184164
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 154Decrease2.svg 149
Popular vote11,157,94510,550,406
Percentage33.72%31.88%
SwingIncrease2.svg15.96pp Decrease2.svg8.89pp
2018 Punjab provincial election.svg
Map of Punjab showing assembly constituencies and winning parties
Chief Minister before election

Shehbaz Sharif
PML(N)

Elected Chief Minister

Usman Buzdar
PTI

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on to elect the members of the 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 25 July 2018, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status. [1] [2]

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After the elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was able to form the government in Punjab, with Sardar Usman Buzdar as the Chief Minister of Punjab. [3]

Background

In the 2013 elections, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out with well above a supermajority in the assembly with a landslide haul of 313 seats, and were comfortably able to form a government. They were followed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which held only 30 seats.

The election was notable for the downfall of the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), which, before the elections, held 106 and 79 seats respectively but were reduced to merely 8 seats each, due to the rise of PTI and PML (N), although the sheer numbers that the PML (N) held in the assembly shocked many analysts. [4]

Shehbaz Sharif, brother of PML (N) chairman and two-time Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, became Chief Minister for the third time in his life, securing over 300 votes in the assembly. [5]

Janoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz

On April 10, 2018, 10 of the ruling PML-N's prominent elected candidates from South Punjab, parted ways from the party and announced a movement for the creation of South Punjab province. [6] The movement was titled Janoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz (lit. Front for South Punjab Province). In the coming weeks, the movement garnered widespread support and dissident MPs from the ruling coalition, as well as independents, started joining it. [7] At its peak, the movement had the backing of 42 MPs. [8] On May 8, 2018, the movement announced its merger with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the opposition party in the province, after PTI assured JPSM's leaders that creating the South Punjab province is a priority item in their manifesto for the 2018 elections. [9]

Results

18416410713
PTIPML-NPML-QPPPPRHPIND
Vote Share of different parties in the election.
  1. PTI (33.7%)
  2. PML-N (31.9%)
  3. TLP (5.72%)
  4. PPP (5.38%)
  5. PML(Q) (1.19%)
  6. IND (18.6%)
  7. Other Parties (3.54%)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 66 seats are reserved for women and 8 are reserved for non-Muslims filled through PR

References

  1. ↑ "General polls 2018 would be held on July 25: sources". Dunya News. 22 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Samaa Web Desk. "Govt to complete its term; elections to be held in July 2018: PM".
  3. ↑ Yasif, Rana (19 August 2018). "PTI's Usman Buzdar becomes new Punjab chief minister". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ↑ From the Newspaper. "The election score". Dawn News.
  5. ↑ Web Desk. "Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as Punjab chief minister". The Express Tribune.
  6. ↑ "10 PML-N MPs ditch their party". The News International. 10 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Khan, Zahid (18 April 2018). "40 PML-N's lawmakers ready to join Janoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz: Cheema". Samaa TV.
  8. ↑ Iqbal, Aamir (26 April 2018). "PML-N loses 4 more lawmakers to Junoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz". Samaa TV.
  9. ↑ "PTI absorbs Junoobi Punjab Suba Mahaz after promising new province in south Punjab". Dawn. 9 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Web Desk (2018-07-21). "ECP postpones polls in NA-103, PP-103 after independent commits suicide". Samaa. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  11. ↑ "Election Commission of Pakistan (OFFICIAL) on Twitter". Twitter. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  12. ↑ "Election Results - Election Pakistan - Elections in Pakistan". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  13. ↑ "Registered voters and total votes polled" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  14. ↑ Web Desk (2018-07-21). "ECP postpones polls in NA-103, PP-103 after independent commits suicide". Samaa. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
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