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PML-N candidate Daniyal Chaudhry has won the NA-57 seat from Rawalpindi with 83,331 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Seemabia Tahir with 56,789 votes.
PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan has said that despite “political engineering” to keep his party out of the government, the PTI registered a “moral victory” amid allegations of tampering.
“We have won the election. They can try as much to take it from us through tampering, but we have established moral victory,” he said in a press conference.
He noted that post-election, PTI will exercise all legal options including going to the tribunal courts and superior courts.
“We are not taking this tampering lightly, we won’t accept it,” Hasan asserted. “We will fight it to the end.”
PML-N’s Chaudhry Naseer Ahmed has emerged victorious on the NA-65 seat from Gujrat with 90,982 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.
PTI-backed candidate Syed Wajahat Shah is second in the lead with 82,411 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Ahmed Chattha has won the NA-66 seat from Wazirabad with 160,676 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is independent candidate Nisar Ahmed Cheema with 100,633 votes.
Independent candidate Aqeel Malik has won the NA-54 seat from Rawalpindi with 85,912 seats, according to the ECP’s provisional results.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Azra Masood with 73,694 votes.
PML-N’s Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf has won the NA-61 seat from Jhelum with a lead of 88,238 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is a PTI-backed independent candidate Shaukat Iqbal Mirza with 84,215 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Mohammad Bashir Khan has won the NA-6 seat from Lower Dir with 81,060 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is JI candidate Siraj ul Haq with 56,538 votes.
PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat made a landslide victory on NA-41 seat in Lakki Marwat with 117,988 votes, according to ECP’s provisional results.
The second in the lead is JUI-F’s Asjad Mehmood with 68,303 votes.
PTI leader Asad Qaiser has said that his party is looking at various options regarding the formation of government and will come to a decision tomorrow.
“We are trying to form our government in the Federation, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” he said in an interview on Geo News.
“We had a meeting and are also trying to discuss with Imran Khan. Then we will go through our options” he added.
Qaiser stated: “We are also seriously thinking about our party’s intra-party election. We will also refer to the court over this. Let’s see which option suits us.”
When asked if independents can form a coalition government with the PPP, Qaiser said: “The most important thing is that all this is a drama. The way Bilawal made speeches (targeting Nawaz Sharif) and now they are having meetings.”
PPP’s Raja Parvez Ashraf has won the NA-52 seat from Rawalpindi with a huge lead of 112,265 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is a PTI-backed independent candidate Azam Bhatti with 91,547 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Asad Qaiser has said that the public rejected PML-N and chose Imran Khan.
Talking to Geo News, he claimed the results were being changed in this “rigged election”, adding that the PTI came out on top despite the state machinery being used against them.
PPP’s Fatehullah Khan has won the NA-45 seat from Dera Ismail Khan with 56,933 seats, according to provisional results issued by the election commission.
JUI-P’s Ubaidur Rehman is the runner-up with 48,343 votes.
PPP candidate Jamal Khan Raisani has won the NA-265 seat from Quetta with 10,678 votes, ECP’s provisional results show.
Raisani beat BNP-P’s Akhtar Mengal, who managed to clinch 9,929 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Naseem Ali Shah has won the NA-39 seat from Bannu with 148,097 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is independent candidate Zahid Akram Durrani with 110,675 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Asad Qaiser has said that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif did not have any right to make a speech. The ex-premier had claimed that his party emerged as the single-largest in the elections.
However, Qaiser said PTI-backed candidates had the highest representation in the Centre.
Speaking on Geo News, the former National Assembly speaker said PTI was the largest party as per results released by the ECP.
MQM-P’s Farman Chishti has won the NA-250 seat from Karachi with 79,925 votes, according to the ECP’s provisional results.
Independent candidate Johar Abid is the runner-up with 5,906 votes.
According to provisional results from the election commission, PTI-backed candidate Sher Ali Arbab clinched victory in the NA-31 seat from Peshawar with 82,895 votes.
Independent candidate Arbab Alamgir of PPP secured the runner-up position with 22,543 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Iqbal has won the NA-27 seat from Khyber with 85,514 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is a PML-N candidate with 18,834 votes.
MQM-P leader Khawaja Izhar has emerged victorious on the NA-247 seat from Karachi Central with 64,945 votes, according to the ECP’s provisional results.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Syed Abbas Hussain with 52,005 votes.
MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar has won the NA-244 seat from Karachi West with 20,048 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
In the second position is PTI-backed candidate Aftab Jahangir with 14,073 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Mujahid Ali has won the NA-21 seat from Mardan with 118,049 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is a JUI-P’s Azam Khan with 51,797 votes.
PPP leader Abdul Qadir Patel has won the NA-243 seat from Karachi’s Keamari with 60,266 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the ECP.
The first and second runner-ups are independent candidate Shujaat Ali and JI’s Shiraz Khan Jadoon.
PPP’s Malik Asad Sikandar has clinched the NA-226 seat from Jamshoro with 165,044 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is GDA’s Syed Munir Haider with 30,876 votes.
PPP’s Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerani has clinched the NA-224 seat from Sajawal with 134,006 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is JUI’s Maulvi Mohammad Saleh with 15,314 votes.
PPP leader Nabil Gabol has won the NA-239 seat from Karachi South I with 40,077 votes, according to provisional results announced by the ECP.
PTI-backed candidate Yasir Baloch is the runner-up with 37,234 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Abdul Latif has won the NA-1 seat from Chitral with 61,834 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
Independent candidate Muhammad Talha Mehmood of the Jamiat Ulema Pakistan is second in the lead with 42,987 votes.
PPP’s Syed Naveed Qamar has clinched the NA-221 seat from Tando Mohammad Khan with 110,892 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is independent candidate Mohammad Irfan with 23,810 votes.
The PTI has alleged that “massive rigging” went uncovered in Lahore’s NA-128.
“The returning officer met with the losing candidate Aoun Chaudhry, and with police assistance, he transported the ballot boxes from the RO office in his car.
“He fabricated Form 47, using fake stamps and tampered with numbers. This is how the mandate of the people is being stolen,” the party claimed in a post on X.
PPP’s Syed Hussain Tariq has clinched the NA-218 seat from Hyderabad with 118,597 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is GDA’s Muhammad Rizwan with 7,942 votes.
Nawaz Sharif says he has told his younger sibling Shehbaz to reach out to the PPP’s Asif Ali Zardari, JUI-F’s Fazlur Rehman and MQM-P’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui for the formation of a coalition government.
“Shehbaz Sharif and Ishaq Dar will hold meetings today,” he said.
Nawaz Sharif has said the PML-N did not want to fight because Pakistan could not afford it. “Given the situation right now, Pakistan needs at least 10 years of stability,” he stressed.
PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has said there is a need for all the political parties to sit together and form a government to pull Pakistan out of the difficulties it is currently in.
“We can’t hold elections again and again,” he said. “We were all sitting together yesterday but didn’t address you because the results were not in.”
“All the institutions in this country, every one should together play a positive role in bringing Pakistan out of this crisis,” Nawaz said, adding that the same was not just his or Ishaq Dar’s responsibility.
“This is everyone’s Pakistan, not just PML-N’s. Everyone should sit in harmony and bring Pakistan out of the difficulties.”
PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has said his party respects the mandate of all parties, including the independents.
“We are inviting everyone today to rebuild this injured Pakistan and sit with us,” he said. “Our agenda is only a happy Pakistan and you know what we have done before.”
“I love you too […] I can see the light and sparkle in your eyes today,” PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif said in a pre-mature victory speech as the ECP is yet to release all the results of the Feb 8 elections.
“We are all congratulating today because in these elections PML-N has emerged as the largest party in the country,” he claimed.
Nawaz stressed that there was a need for all the political parties to come together and work on pulling Pakistan out of crisis.
He said he has told Shehbaz Sharif to reach out to PPP’s Asif Ali Zardari, JUI-F’s Fazlur Rehman and MQM-P’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui for the formation of a coalition government.

PTI-backed candidate Shabbir Ali Qureshi has won the NA-179 seat from Kot Addu with 78,097 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is PML-N candidate Malik Ghulam Qasim with 62,021 votes.
PPP’s Ejaz Hussain Jakhrani has won the NA-190 seat from Jacobabad with 126,302 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is independent candidate Muhammad Mian Soomro with 60,088 votes.
PPP’s Javed Ali Shah Jilani has clinched the NA-204 seat from Khairpur with 112,249 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is GDa’s Moazzam Ali Khan.
PML-N candidate Hafeezur Rehman Khan Dreshak has won the NA-188 seat from Rajanpur with 85,936 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Sardar Ahmed Ali Khan Dreshak with 70,206 votes.
PPP’s Pir Fazal Ali Shah has clinched the NA-203 seat from Khairpur with 128,830 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is GDA’s Pir Sadruddin Shah with 98,236 votes.
PML-N’s Ammar Ahmed Khan Laghari has won the NA-187 seat from Rajanpur with 78,539 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Atif Dreshak with 67,284 votes.
PML-N candidate Mohammad Azhar Khan has won the NA-174 seat from Rahim Yar Khan with 78,680 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is PPP candidate Syed Usman Mehmood with 71,559 votes.
PPP’s Nauman Aslam Sheikh has won the NA-200 seat from Sukkur with 97,088 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is GDA’s Deedar Ali with 41,911 votes.