2024 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

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2024 Pakistani general election in Islamabad
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3 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly
Registered1,083,028
Turnout55.23% Decrease2.svg3.01pp
 First partySecond party
  Nawaz Sharif in Iran 2016 (cropped).jpg Omar Ayub Khan during Press Conference (cropped).png
Leader Nawaz Sharif [a] Omar Ayub Khan [b]
Party PML(N) IND
(backed by PTI) [c] [d]
Last election24.88%, 0 seats48.24%, 3 seats
Seats won20
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote184,111193,283
Percentage30.95%32.49%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.07pp Decrease2.svg15.75pp
2024 Pakistani general election in ICT.svg
The results map, by consituency

General elections were held in the Islamabad Capital Territory on 8 February 2024 to elect the 3 members of 15th National Assembly from Islamabad. [2]

Contents

The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) won 2 of the 3 seats available, while an independent candidate was elected to the other seat.

Candidates

A total number of 113 candidates, including 74 non-PTI independents, contested for the three National Assembly seats in Islamabad.

No.ConstituencyCandidates
PML-N PTI-IND
1 NA-46 Anjum Aqeel Khan Amir Mughal
2 NA-47 Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Shoaib Shaheen
3 NA-48 N/AMuhammad Ali Bokhari

Results

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

   PTI (32.49%)
   PML-N (30.95%)
   TLP (5.01%)
   JI (4.78%)
   PPP (4.40%)
  Others (22.36%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

   PML(N) (66.67%)
   IND (33.33%)


Party-wise results

PartySeatsVotes
ContestedWon#%
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 30193,28332.49
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 22184,11130.95
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan 3029,8115.01
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 3028,4424.78
Pakistan Peoples Party 3026,1744.40
Independents N/A1133,00622.36
Others
Total3594,827100.0

Constituency-wise results

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
CandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
No.%No.%No.%
NA-46 Anjum Aqeel Khan PML(N) 82,53651.18Amir Mughal PTI 46,31328.7236,22346.30
NA-47 Tariq Fazal Chauhdry PML(N) 101,57540.32Shoaib Shaheen PTI 87,10534.5814,47058.39
NA-48 Khurram Shehzad Nawaz IND 69,70138.37Muhammad Ali Bokhari PTI 59,86532.959,83661.11

Aftermath

The independent candidate elected to NA-48 later joined the Pakistan Muslim League (N). As a result, all members in the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan from Islamabad belonged to the PML(N). [3]

Audit by PATTAN-Coalition38

On 18 May 2024, PATTAN-Coalition38 conducted a detailed audit of all three constituencies. This audit revealed that all of the declared winners had received fewer votes than their runners-up. The audit involved collecting polling station-level results (Forms 45) from the candidates, totaling the results across polling stations, comparing them with the constituency-level results (Form 47), and comparing the Forms 45 that were collected in the days following February 8 with the ones uploaded by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on 6 March. [4]

They were able to collect 87%, 97%, and 90% of Forms 45 from NA-46, NA-47, and NA-48, respectively. In NA-46, the results of the audit indicated that PTI-backed Amir Mughal received 75,608 votes, while Anjum Aqeel Khan, the declared winner from the PML(N), received 38,607 votes, indicating a reversal of 73,224 votes in the official results by the ECP. Moreover, they found discrepancies between the collected and uploaded Forms 45 in more than 200 out of 342 polling stations. In NA-47, as per the audit, PTI-backed Shoaib Shaheen bagged 101,061 votes and Tariq Fazal Chaudhry of the PML(N) bagged 49,528 votes, indicating a reversal of 66,003 votes in the final ECP results. They also found discrepancies between the two groups of Forms 45 in 198 out of 387 polling stations. Lastly, in NA-48, the audit revealed that PTI-backed Muhammad Ali Bokhari received 70,318 votes, while the declared winner, independent Khurram Shehzad Nawaz received 26,874 votes, indicating a reversal of 53,280 votes. The audit claimed discrepancies in 91 out of 261 polling stations. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Nawaz Sharif led the PML-N election campaign and would have become Prime Minister in the case that they won a majority of seats, with Shehbaz Sharif the candidate otherwise.
  2. ↑ Served as candidate for Prime Minister appointed by Imran Khan. [1]
  3. ↑ Contested as independent candidates in all constituencies
  4. ↑ Although the PTI did not contest the election de jure, media coverage routinely counted the PTI-affiliated independents as a single bloc in their election reports:
    • "Pakistan General Elections 2024 Candidates Party and List". ARYNEWS. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
    • "LIVE: Pakistan election results 2024 — Who is going to form next govt? PML-N, PPP step up efforts". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
    • "National Assembly Election Results 2024". elections.dunyanews.tv. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
    • "Never won a war, never lost an election: Did Imran Khan spoil Pakistan military's record?". The Times of India. 11 February 2024. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
    • Asrar, Nadim; Lodhi, Areesha. "Pakistan police threaten crackdown after Khan's PTI protests vote 'rigging'". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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