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Election Commission of Pakistan receives results of 264 out of 266 constituencies of National Assembly

ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (SABAH): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received results of 264 out of 266 constituencies of National Assembly. Results of Constituency NA-8 could not be issued as there elections were adjourned whereas results of constituency NA-88 were stopped.

According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the country’s parliament, independent candidates got 101 seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif got 75 seats and the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari got 54 seats.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-Pakistan) got 17 seats, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakistan (JUI-P) got four seats, the Pakistan Muslim League got three seats, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and Balochistan National Party got two seats each, while Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League-(Zia, Pashtoonkhwa National Awami Party Pakistan, Balochistan Awami Party, Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party and the National Party got one seat each.

The election body of the country postponed voting for one seat due to the death of a candidate and withheld the result for one seat and announced partial re-voting for it.

In the Sindh Assembly, Pakistan People’s Party has emerged as the largest party with 84 seats, followed by MQM-Pakistan 28, Grand Democratic Alliance and Jamaat-e-Islami two each. Independents won 13 seats in the provincial assembly. 

In Punjab Assembly, the PML-N secured 137 seats, PPP 10n, Pakistan Muslim League eight, Istehkam e Pakistan Party, PML-Z and TLP one each while 138 independents also remained successful.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly election, out of 112 seats, 90 independents emerged victorious. JUI (P) bagged seven, PML-N five, PPP four, Jamaat-e-Islami three, PTI Parliamentarians two and Awami National Party one. 

In Balochistan Assembly, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and JUI (P) lead the tally with 11 seats each, followed by PML-N with 10 seats each. Balochistan Awami Party secured four, National Party three and Awami National Party two seats. Independents also remained successful on six seats. Balochistan National Party, Balochistan National Party (Awami), Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan and Jamaat-e-Islami secured one seat each.