The official election results have not yet been announced by Pakistan’s Election Commission. However, when unofficial trends were reported by Pakistani media, the nation’s divided political groups hurried to convene negotiations and build a coalition to establish a new administration. For the party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, things appear to be different.
However, Pakistan’s Supreme Court and the Election Commission have ruled that the PTI, led by Imran Khan, cannot use the cricket bat symbol in the Pakistan Elections. The independent candidates, including PTI, have won 99 seats out of 265 National Assembly constituencies. The PML-N and PPP have won 69 and 52 seats, respectively, and are expected to secure most of the 70 reserved seats for women and non-Muslims in the house.
Pakistan poll shows independents supported by Imran’s party leading
After strange delays and claims of election tampering, the party-backed independent candidates of imprisoned former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, surprised everyone on Friday by securing 86 seats out of the 201 results announced, perhaps leading to a hung legislature. After a nationwide mobile phone outage, intermittent rioting, and accusations of vote-rigging on Thursday’s general election, votes are still being tallied. Numerous parties participated, but the primary race was between Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), whose candidates are running as independents.
However, A party has to get 133 seats in the National Assembly out of 265 to form a government. A candidate’s death resulted in a postponement of the election for one seat. Of the 336 seats total—including the seats set aside for women and minorities—169 seats are required to achieve a simple majority. Results for 201 constituencies have been announced, according to statistics from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). These results comprise 86 independents (mainly backed by PTI), PML-N 59, PPP 44, and 12 seats belonging to smaller parties.
Surprisingly Imran Khan’s jailed allies won a bulk of seats in the Pakistani parliament
In a stunning win in a race clouded by claims of vote-rigging and a sluggish count, independent candidates connected to the party of imprisoned Pakistani political leader Imran Khan won the most seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan. So far, independent candidates have won 98 seats, while 22 seats remain unclaimed, according to the Pakistani Election Commission. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Khan’s political organization, is connected to the bulk of the independents.
Additionally, The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Party (PMLN), led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has won the second-most seats with 69, while the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has the third-most with 51 seats. None of the three major parties will win the necessary 169 seats to form a government, leaving it unclear who will be the next prime minister. In a speech, an AI-generated version of Khan claimed victory and called on supporters to protect their vote. Besides, Pakistan’s PML-N party, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has emerged with the largest share in the country’s electoral process. However, Sharif claims his party lacks the majority to form a government and is seeking coalition partners. Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir emphasized the need for a unified government to represent the country’s diverse polity and pluralism. The PTI party’s senior leader, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, has called for a peaceful protest outside polling offices, urging supporters to protest “according to the law.” Violence has already broken out over allegations of vote rigging and slow vote count.
Pakistan’s “generals’ elections” went against the military
The general elections in Pakistan in 2024 were referred to as the “most rigged” in the nation’s history since popular candidate Imran Khan was not allowed to participate and it was believed that the military was supporting former prime leader Nawaz Sharif. That was before the results showed independent candidates supported by Khan topping the field. The public’s outrage at the military’s alleged involvement in politics has once again laid the ground for instability.
Additionally, using sheaves of ballot paper, voters in the general elections of 2024 in Pakistan offered a plethora of symbols, such as tables, seats, apples, airplanes, calculators, and kitchen equipment. On the ballot, though, there was no cricket bat. Due to high rates of illiteracy, symbols are crucial tools for the electorate in Pakistan, where former cricket star and prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was prohibited from using its characteristic image while he was in prison. These compelled candidates supported by PTI to run as independents, each employing unique emblems that strained the boundaries of the ballot paper and popular culture.
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