ISLAMABAD: Polling hours ended in Pakistan. Pakistan on Thursday held voting for the general elections 2024. Voters are now eagerly waiting for the results. The counting of ballots is underway after millions of Pakistanis out of the 128 million eligible voters, Thursday voted to elect their representatives amid the countrywide internet and mobile shutdown
As many as 17,816 independent and party-affiliated candidates contested 265 National Assembly, 296 Punjab Assembly, 130 Sindh Assembly, 113 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and 51 Balochistan seats — a total of 855.
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A controversial eleventh-hour action by the government that cast doubts on the transparency, fairness, and freedom of polls was the suspension of mobile and internet services across the country. This move drew heavy fire from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) Emir Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman, and independent candidate Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, and others. While the ECP- Election Commission of Pakistan promised to announce the election results without any delay, long delays sparked controversy with several parties casting doubts.
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However, the commission has started releasing provisional results, ending uncertainty among candidates.
| Party | National Assembly | Punjab Assembly | Sindh Assembly | Balochistan Assembly | KP Assembly |
| PPP | 53 | 10 | 84 | 11 | 0 |
| PTI-backed Independents | 99 | 109 | 14 | 6 | 90 |
| BNP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PML-N | 71 | 133 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| MQM-P | 17 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| JUI-F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| ANP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| JI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| TLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IPP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents
PML |
6
3 |
27
8 |
1
0 |
0
0 |
4
0 |
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| IND-PTI | 93 | |
| PML-N | 70 | |
| PPPP | 52 | |
| MQM | 16 | |
| IND | 11 | |
| IPP | 2 | |
| JUI | 2 | |
| Others | 12 | |
| Pending Results | 8 |
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