Pakistan election results highlights: We are the largest party, Nawaz Sharif declares victory even as independents leadYesterday Pakistan went to polls with ex-PM Imran Khan behind bars. Today, he's declared victory even as counting is still under way. Voting yesterday was marred by instances of violence. The results are trickling out at a snail's pace with so far just a little above half of the results being declared. Independents, most of them backed by PTI, are leading but both PML(N) and PPP are not far behind. The tables could still turn. Be with us as we track the latest updates here with DH.
Independents backed by PTI continue to pose a tough challenge and Fazal Khan secured a victory with over 100,000 votes in NA-25 Charsadda. (Dawn)
Pak poll results being announced as 'delay' raises eyebrows
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced first results of the 2024 polls in the early hours of Friday, more than 10 hours after voting ended amid allegations of rigging, sporadic violence and a countrywide mobile phone shutdown.
Independent candidate Wasim Qadir from NA-121 constituency of Lahore, wins with 78 thousand 703 votes
Nawaz Sharif's PML-N wins 4 seats, PTI backed independent candidates win 5 as counting gets under way
By 9:00 am more than 16 hours after polling stations closed, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had announced just 13 National Assembly results.
Five had gone to independent candidates linked to PTI, four to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and four to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Delay in poll results due to lack of communication: Interior ministry
The interior ministry has said that it the media and the public’s concerns about the late processing of the results have been reviewed.
It attributed the delay to a “lack of communication, which was a result of preventive measures taken to ensure foolproof security”. (Dawn)
Jahangir Tareen, head of Stabilization Pakistan Party, has been defeated in NA-149 constituency of Multan
Nawaz Sharif's PML-N, PPP, PTI-backed candidates win 5 seats each
PTI tells Nawaz Sharif to ‘accept defeat’ in a post on X
PTI-backed candidates spring surprise in Pakistan elections, leading the show
Jailed former premier Imran Khan's party-backed independent candidates seemed to have sprung a surprise as the results of the general elections in Pakistan started trickling in on Friday following unusual delays, leading to allegations of rigging.
Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Hamza Shehbaz Sharif won from NA-118 constituency of Lahore
Dawn Reports
Nawaz Sharif leaves PTI's Yasmin Rashid behind; wins from NA130
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Credit: Reuters Photo
Independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran Khan have won 21 out of 50 seats in which the counting has been completed
Reuters report quoting broadcaster GEO News
PML(N) leads from Gujranwala; protests break out over non-issuance of form-47
PTI backed Latif Kausar wins from Lahore's NA122
Geo News
Independent Asif Khan wins Peshawar
Geo news
Independent Nawaz Khan wins from N-143
Geo News
N-09: PPP claims Shikarpur in Sindh region
Geo News
Nawaz's daughter & PML(N) leader Maryam wins from NA 119
Pakistani media Bol News
NA 230, Karachi: PPP's Syed Agha Rafiullah wins with over 30k margin
Pakistani media Bol News
A supporter of Malik Tariq Awan, an independent candidate, dances to celebrate after Awan won his seat following a general election
Credit; Reuters Photo
A vendor arranges newspapers at his stall, a day after the general election, in Lahore
Credit; Reuters Photo
NA 213: PPP's Ali Haider Geelani wins with over 42K votes
Pakistani media Bol News
'Predictions that were coming over the past few days, that the path had been cleared for Sharif, have now all been challenged': Zoha Waseem, an assistant professor of sociology tells Al Jazeera
PTI's Sheikh Waqas Akram wins NA 109: Pakistani Journalist Ihtisham Ul Haq
Polling boxes stolen from different polling stations in the RO office, claims PTI backed Zartaj Gul Wazir
She was present at RO office throughout the night and shared videos from the scene on X.
NA 189: PML-N wins this close-fight Punjab constituency
In a surprising result coming from NA 72, PPP wins seat in KP despite strong PTI wave
Trends: PTI backed independents lead in 47 seats; PML(N) on 27; PPP third with 22 leads
Geo News
PK 4: Independent candidate Ali Shah won by 30K votes
Dawn reports
NA16 Abbotabad: PTI backed Ali Asghar wins, reports Pakistani Journalist Ihtisham Ul Haq
NA 150, Multan: Independent, PTI-backed Zain Qureshi wins; PML(N) second
Geo News reports
NA 89: PTI- backed Independent wins
Geo News reports
Geo News Trends: PTI-backed Independents lead in 51, PML(N) in 30, PPP trail with 26 leads
The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE-100 index went down by 1,700 points on Friday as confusion prevailed over the results of the general elections in Pakistan
PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan wins NA-10 Buner with 110,023 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP
The Express Tribune
Some pictures from Result day:
Men read a newspaper outside a grocery store a day after the general election, in Peshawar
People walk past a banner with a picture of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the party office of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a day after the general election, in Lahore
Polling officers count ballot papers during the general election in Karachi
PTI workers face off with Police outside RO office in NA-47
A crowd of PTI-backed candidate Shoaib Shaheen's supporters have gathered outside the RO office in Islamabad NA-47. Shaheen, who has alleged rigging in his constituency in favour of PML-N's Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, has been staging a sit-in outside the RO's office since last night.
Tribune Express reports
PTI backed candidate Khurram Virk wins NA 115, posts picture of form 47 on X
In Wazirabad, thousands celebrate outside RO's office as all three seats go to PTI
As per unofficial declaration, Independent candidate Khurram Shahzad Vark wins NA 115 Sheikhupura
Dawn
NA 127, Lahore: Muslim League (N) leader Atta Tarar wins, Chairman of People's Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stands third
Reports Dawn
NA11, Shangla: PML(N)'s Amir Muqam wins
Pakistani journalist Ihtisham Ul Haq reports
Latest Result:
Independents (some of them affiliated with PTI) – 42
PMLN – 34
PPP – 27
Others – 4
A massive public protest continues outside the RO office led by Shaukat Basra in Bahawalnagar
We were fully aware that suspension of mobile services would impact transmission of election results: Ministry of Interior, GOP wrote on X
Former president Asif Ali Zardari wins from Shaheed Benazirabad by 146,989 votes
Reported by Dawn quoting the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
Pak election commission's new app faces hurdles as authorities grapple with result delays
Pakistan's election commission's much-touted new app which was supposed to help officials to quickly tabulate and transmit election results faced significant challenges on Friday as the authorities were moving at a snail's pace to announce the result of the election amid allegations of rigging. (PTI)
Celebrations, security and suspense grip Pakistan
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Maryam Nawaz wins NA-119 seat from Lahore, reports Dawn
Nawaz Sharif's party says he is set to deliver 'victory speech', reports PTI
Pakistan minister defends delay in results; says internet restricted due to security reasons
Independents, mostly Khan supporters, win 47 out of 106 seats, reports GEO News
Pakistan Interior Minister says public has no idea about the threats Pakistan is facing
He defended internet restrictions in parts of Pakistan citing security reasons.
PTI-backed independents maintain narrow lead as results for half the seats announced
The Election Commission of Pakistan has now announced results for more than half (136) of the National Assembly seats, as per Al Jazeera. PTI-affiliated independent candidates have maintained their narrow lead, winning 54 constituencies.
Independents continue to maintain slender lead in a tight race
As of around 5 pm, PTI loyalists had won around 49 seats in the 266-member national assembly, against 42 for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and 34 for the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), with just over half of constituencies called.
PML-N's Sharif family secures victory in Lahore stronghold, reports PTI
The four Sharif family members of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party have finally managed to win their National Assembly seats from their stronghold Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, in the just-concluded general elections, the results of which were declared on Friday.
3 PTI workers critically injured in Shangla, reports Dawn
Pakistani celebrities thank people for voting; confused about delay in results
As the people of Pakistan await with bated breath the results of the general elections, many celebrities took to social media to thank the people for coming out in large numbers to vote and tried to make sense of the situation unfolding following unusual delays, leading to allegations of vote rigging.
Here's the scenario after 136 seats counted
Of the 136 seats counted by 1045 GMT (4.15pm IST) from 235 contested, independent candidates backed by Khan had won 49, according to a Reuters tally of results declared by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 42 while the Pakistan Peoples Party of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of assassinated premier Benazir Bhutto, got 34. (Reuters)
We are the largest party, Nawaz Sharif declares victory even as independents lead
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif greets his supporters at party office of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in Lahore
Nawaz Sharif hints at a coalition government says Shehbaz Sharif will talk to other parties
Former premier Nawaz Sharif on Friday urged rival political parties to join hands to form a stable coalition government to rebuild Pakistan, saying all institutions should together play a positive role in bringing the cash-strapped country out of its difficulties. (PTI)
Independents continue to lead as per the latest results on Al Jazeera
Independents (including those affiliated with PTI) – 88
PMLN – 61
PPP – 50
Others – 18
217 seats announced
US looks forward to 'timely, complete' results from Pakistan election
The United States is looking forward to "timely, complete election results" from Pakistan, reflecting the will of its people, the State Department said on Friday, after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif claimed victory in a national vote.
Two killed in election unrest in northwest Pakistan, reports AFP
Two Pakistanis were killed Friday in a confrontation between police and followers of ex-prime minister Imran Khan, police and his party said, the first confirmed fatalities over a fractious election count.
Here's what has happened so far
The results have been slowly trickling and to everybody's surprise, independents backed by Imran Khan's PTI is leading. PML(N) and PPP are not far behind but it seems no single party will touch the majority mark. Nawaz Sharif has claimed victory even though his party remains behind the independents. Sharif has hinted at a coalition government but the overall picture still looks hazy.