2023 Sindh provincial election

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2023 Sindh provincial election
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130 out of 168 seats in the Sindh Assembly [lower-alpha 1]
85 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Murad Ali Shah Haleem Adil Sheikh TBA
Party PPP PTI MQM-P
Leader since29 July 20162 June 2023
Leader's seat Jamshoro-I Karachi East-I -
Last election38.44%, 99 Seats14.47%, 30 seats7.65%, 20 seats
Current seats993021
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 55Increase2.svg 64
Sindh Assembly map 2022-.png
Map of Sindh with Provincial Assembly constituencies
Incumbent Chief Minister

Murad Ali Shah
PPP



Provincial elections are scheduled to be held in Sindh within 90 days after the early dissolution of the Sindh Assembly on 11 August 2023. This means that the election must be held by or before 9 November 2023. [1] However, on 5 August 2023, after the approval of the results of the 2023 digital census by the Council of Common Interests headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, elections will be delayed for several months, as new delimitations will be published on 14 December 2023. [2] [3]

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Electoral system

The 168 seats of the Sindh Assembly consist of 130 general seats, whose members are elected by the first-past-the-post voting system through single-member constituencies. 29 seats are reserved for women and 9 seats are reserved for non-Muslims. The members on these seats are elected through proportional representation based on the total number of general seats secured by each political party.

Background

In the 2018 election, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won 99 seats, gaining a majority in the Provincial Assembly. It became the third consecutive time that the PPP was able to form government in Sindh Since 2008. [4]

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) became the largest party in Karachi by winning 21 out of 44 seats from the city. It was the first time since 1988 that any party other than the MQM-P got the mandate to represent the city on the provincial and national levels. [5] Overall, the PTI won 30 seats and became the second largest party, and the largest party in the opposition.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan (MQM-P), which was the largest and most popular party in Karachi, Hyderabad and other urban areas of Sindh, faced a tough challenge from the rising popularity of the PTI and received its worst ever result. It won only 21 seats and became the third largest party in the province. The MQM-P also opted to join the opposition.

In April 2022, after circumstances arising during a political crisis in Pakistan after the successful no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the MQM-P left the opposition and joined the PPP-led provincial government.

In September 2022, Former Prime Minister and Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan announced to liberate Sindh from Zardari Mafia. [6] He stated that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf will team up with the youth to liberate the poor and oppressed people of Interior Sindh from Feudal lords of Pakistan People's Party. [7] This was the very first time some party leader threatened dominance of People's Party in Sindh and upcoming election will be a battle for survival of PPP [8] in interior Sindh as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has support of the people of Karachi and Hyderabad and will be able to gain seats in Interior Sindh if they campaign well. [9]

Merger of MQM factions

Since the appointment of Kamran Tessori as the Governor of Sindh, efforts began to merge breakaway factions of the MQM-P like the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) and the Farooq Sattar group back into the MQM-P to unite their vote bank to overcome the growing popularity of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [10] [11] The Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan - Haqiqi (MQM-H) was also approached, but refused to merge the with the MQM-P. [12]

On the evening of 12 January 2023 Mustafa Kamal, the leader of the PSP, and Farooq Sattar announced their merger with the MQM-P in a press conference. [13]

Opinion polls

Polling firmLast date

of polling

Link PTI PPP MQM(P) MMA Other Ind. LeadSample

size

Undecideds &

Non-voters

PA 11 August 2023The Provincial Assembly is dissolved by Governor Kamran Tessori on the advice of Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. [14]
Iris Communications1 April 2023 PDF 29.5%34.1%10.2%26.1%4.6%3,00012%
Sindh By-elections 16 October 202250.0%25.6%12.5%0.1511.8%24.4%146,4701,493
NA-245 By-election21 August 2022 [15] 48.85%21.87%23.515.7726.98%60,7600.70%
NA 11-12 April 2022 Imran Khan is removed from office in a no-confidence motion
IPOR (IRI)21 March 2022 PDF 17%44%5%34%27%~810N/A
Gallup Pakistan 31 January 2022 PDF 30%34%3%3%28%2%4%~1,30039%
IPOR (IRI)9 January 2022 PDF 13%44%7%36%31%867N/A
IPOR (IRI)11 November 2020 PDF 13%22%1%3%61%9%467N/A
2018 Elections 25 July 2018 ECP 14.5%38.4%7.7%6.1%25.9%7.4%23.6%10,025,437N/A

Notes

  1. ↑ 29 seats are reserved for women and 9 are reserved for non-Muslims filled through Proportional representation

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