Live: Elections 2024

PML-N’s Anjum Aqeel Khan won the NA-46 seat with 81,958 votes while independent candidate Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz won the NA-48 seat with 69,699 votes in Islamabad, according to the preliminary results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Independent candidates backed by PTI Aamir Masood Mughal and Muhammad Ali Bokhari were runner-ups in NA-46 and NA-48 respectively.

PTI-backed independent candidates Saleem Rehman and Suhail Sultan have won NA-3 and NA-4 in Swat respectively, according to the preliminary results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Rehman won with 81,411 votes while Sultan won with 88,009 votes.

MQM-P’s Aasia Ishaque Siddiqui has won the NA-232 seat with 88,260 votes, according to the preliminary results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Adeel Ahmed, an independent candidate, came second with 66,574 votes.

PTI-backed independent candidate Anwar Taj has won the NA-24 seat from Charsadda with 89,801 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

Meanwhile, Syed Shah Ahad Ali Shah, another PTI-backed independent contestant defeated PTI-Parliamentarians’ Pervez Khattak to win from Nowshera’s NA-33.

According to the ECP’s provisional results, Shah bagged 93,429 votes while the former KP chief won 26,574 votes.

PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has won the NA-119 seat in Lahore with 83,855 votes, according to provisional results announced by the ECP. This is the first NA seat she has won.

Shehzad Farooq, backed by PTI, came second with 68,376 votes.

PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has won the NA-196 seat in Qamber Shahdadtkot-I with 85,370 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

The Islamabad police have registered a case against 30 people for preparing a public meeting of PTI in Bhara Kahu.

According to the FIR, a police team got information that 25 to 30 persons, 10 to 15 of them armed with weapons, were present at Dhoke Jillani Ground and preparing for a public meeting of the PTI.

The police reached the ground and found 14 identified and 22 unidentified persons chanting slogans in favour of PTI’s Shoaib Shaheen.

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Former president and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has won the NA-207 seat from Shaheed Benazirabad with 146,989 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Sardar Sher Muhammad Rind Baloch, a PTI-backed independent candidate, was the runner-up with 51,916 votes.

PPP’s Syed Rafiullah has won NA-230 in Malir, Karachi with 32,099 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Masroor Ali, an independent candidate backed by PTI, was the runner-up with 23,370 votes.

PML-N leader and former finance minister stressed that some media channels are “misleading” and “misguiding” the public.

Speaking to Geo News, he underscored that the PML-N was currently “the single largest political party”.

He said that he was “not counting” the independents as a political party as they had 72 hours to pick a political party.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the provisional results of 63 National Assembly seats or 24 per cent of the total.

The results of 202 seats are still awaited; elections were postponed in the NA-8 constituency due to the deaths of contesting candidates.

PPP’s Irfan Ali Leghari has won from NA-227 in Dadu-I with 104,013 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Liaquat Ali Jatoi of the Grand Democratic Alliance was the runner-up with 93,956 votes.

PPP’s Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur has won the NA-222 seat from Badin-I with 113,916 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Grand Democratic Alliance candidate Mir Hussain Bux Talpur came second with 67,010 votes.

PPP’s Jam Abdul Karim Bijar has won Malir’s NA-229 in Karachi with 55,732 votes, according to provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Qadir Bux from the PML-N came second with 21,841 votes.

PTI-backed independent candidate Amjad Ali Khan has won the NA-2 seat in Swat-I with 88,938 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PML-N’s Amir Muqam was the runner-up with 37,764 votes.

Former prime minister and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif has won the PP-158 seat in Lahore with 38,642 votes, according to provisional results from the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PPP’s Zulfiqar Bachani has won the NA-217 seat from Tando Allah Yar with 119,530 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Grand Democratic Alliance’s Rahila Magsi came second with 73,778 votes.

PPP’s Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has won the NA-201 seat in Sukkur-II with 120,219 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PTI leader Asad Qaiser has won the NA-19 from Swabi with 115,635 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

JUI-F’s Fazal Ali came second with 45,567 votes.

PPP’s Khalid Ahmed Khan Lund has won from Ghotki’s NA-198 with 120,259 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Abdul Haque Alias Mian Mitha, an independent candidate, came second with 90,629 votes.

PML-N’s Syed Sajid Mehdi has won from NA-157 in Vehari-II with 99,332 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Sabeen Safdar, a PTI-backed candidate, was the runner-up with 79,996 votes.

Independent candidate Muhammad Raza Hayat Hiraj has won NA-144 in Khanewal-I with 118,999 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Syed Abid Hussain Imam, another independent candidate, was the runner-up with 78,296 votes.

PML-N’s Syed Imran Ahmed Shah has won the NA-141 seat in Sahiwal-I with 118,240 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PTI-backed candidate Rana Amir Shahzad Tahir came in second with 107,056 votes.

Nadeem Abbas from PML-N has won the NA-135 seat in Okara with 129,218 votes, according to provisional results announced by the ECP.

PTI-backed candidate Malik Muhammad Akram Bhatti came second with 106,700 votes.

PTI leader Gohar Ali Khan has won NA-10 in Buner with 110,023 votes, according to the preliminary results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

ANP’s Abdul Rauf came second with 30,302 votes.

PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz has won NA-118 in Lahore-II with 105,960 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Aliya Hamza Malik, a PTI-backed independent candidate, came a close second with 100,803 votes.

Ahmad Atteeq Anwar from PML-N has won NA-113 from Sheikhupura-I with 119,407 votes, according to provisional results announced by the ECP.

PTI-backed candidate Amanullah Bhatti came second with 90,877 votes.

PML-N’s Sheikh Aftab Ahmad has won the NA-49 seat from the Attock-I seat with 119,727 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PPP’s Nafisa Shah has won the NA-202 seat from Khairpur-I with 146,083 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Syed Ghaus Ali Shah from the Grand Democratic Alliance came in second with 28,613 votes.

PML-N’s Muhammad Khan Daha has won the NA-145 seat in Khanewal-II with 102,911 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PML-N’s Rana Mubashir Iqbal has won the NA-124 seat in Lahore (VIII) with 55,387 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PML-Q’s Chaudhry Salik Hussain has won in NA-64 (Gujrat III) with 105,205 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PTI-backed independent candidate Qaisara Elahi, the wife of Pervaiz Elahi, came second with 80,946 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Atif has won NA-22 in Mardan II with 114,748 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PML-Q candidate Chaudhry Salik Hussain has won in PP-32 (Gujrat-VI) with 55,615 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE-100 index crashed by more than 2,300 points before recovering as the release of elections results continues to be delayed.

Trade volume reached a low of 61,781.76 — 2,356 points lower than the previous day’s close — before recovering to 62,562.80 by 9:47am.

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PML-Q candidate Chaudhry Shafay Hussain has won in PP-31 (Gujrat-V) with 64,132 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Independent candidate Mudassir Raza was the runner-up with 48,311 votes.

PML-N candidate Sultan Haider Ali Khan has won in PP-20 (Chakwal-I) with 52,450 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Independent candidate Ali Nasir Khan is the runner-up with 43,250 votes.

The interior ministry has said that the media and the public’s concerns about the late processing of the election 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”.

In a post on X, it said that the delay was assessed, stating that the situation was now “satisfactory”. It expressed hope that the arrival of results would continue without interruptions.

PPP candidate Sadiq Ali Memon has won from NA-225 Thatta with 140,773 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PML-N’s Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that the party will form the government in the Centre and Punjab.

In a post on X, she said that the results were still being received by the party’s election cell. “Due to the unavailability of mobile and internet services, it became difficult to get the results,” she said, adding that the party’s position was “strong”.

PTI-backed candidate Fazal Muhammad Khan has won NA-25 Charsadda II, securing a total of 100,713 votes.

According to the provisional results released by the ECP, Awami National Party’s Aimal Wali Khan came in second, with a total of 67,876 votes.

PPP candidate Nazeer Ahmed Bughio has won NA-195 (Larkana), after garnering a total of 133,830 votes.

According to the provisional results released by the ECP, Grand Democratic Alliance’s Safdar Ali Abbasi came in second with 48,893.

PTI-backed candidate Waseem Qadir clinched victory in NA-121 Lahore V by 78,703 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PTI-backed independent candidates Muhammad Abdul Salam and Sultan Room have won their seats from PK-58 Mardan and PK-9 Swat, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PML-N candidate Faisal Khan has clinched victory with 42,269 votes in PK-52 Swabi IV, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PTI-backed independent candidate Iftikharullah Jan has emerged victorious with 39,538 votes in PK-64 Charsadda III, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PTI-backed candidate Basharat Raja for Rawalpindi’s NA-55 constituency has alleged a discrepancy in between Form 45 and Form 47 results.

He said he had won the seat with a lead of 50,000 seats and his opponent “did not win from any polling station in the entire constituency”.

PPP candidate Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman has won from NA-216 Matiari with 124,536 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PML-N candidate Sardar Ghulam Abbas has won from NA-59 Talagang-cum-Chakwal by securing 141,680 votes, accordingto the provisional results released by the ECP.

PTI-backed candidate Fazal Khan has emerged victorious with over 100,000 votes in NA-25 Charsadda, according to the ECP’s preliminary result.

PML-N candidate Tanveer Aslam Malik retained the first position with 83,055 votes in PP-21 Chakwal II, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PPP candidate Ali Gohar Khan has been successful with 154,832 votes in NA-199 Ghotki, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

Former prime minister and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif has won the NA 123 seat from Lahore with 63,953 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PML-N’s Abrar Ahmed has successfully won from NA-55 Rawalpindi IV with 78,542 votes while Tahir Iqbal from the same party clinched NA-58 Chakwal I, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PPP leader Mehboob Ali Khan Bijarani has secured victory in PS-6 Kashmore III with 86,365 votes while Ali Nawaz Khan Mahar won from PS-21 with 63,578 votes.

According to the provisional results released by the ECP, another PPP candidate Sohail Anwar won from PS-12 Larkana.

PTI-backed independent candidate Zubair Khan has come out victorious in PK-34 Battagram with 13,501 votes.

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s preliminary result, JUI candidate Shah Hussain Khan lost with 11,628 votes.

BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal has won the National Assembly election from NA-261 Surab-Cum-Kalat-Cum-Mastung by securing 3,404 votes, APP reports.

According to the provisional results released by the ECP, his runner-up was PPP’s Sardar Sanaullah Khan Zehri who bagged 2,871 votes. The overall voter turn-out remained 3.97 per cent.

Estranged PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the “people of Pakistan have spoken” as results begin to come out for general elections 2024.

He warned that any attempt to “manipulate their mandate will result in unsustainable chaos”.

“The heat of the electoral process has passed; it is time to allow the country to heal.

“The political leadership — Mian Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Imran Khan, Maulana Fazlur Rehman and others — must rise above petty politics and work together to confront the immense challenges our country is facing; they need to recognise that history is not kind to selfish politicians.”

PPP candidate Sardar Muhammad Bakhsh Khan Mahar has won the PS-20 Ghotki seat with 87,431 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PTI-backed candidate Ali Khan Jadoon has won the NA 17 Abbottabad seat with 97,177 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP, APP reports.

PTI-backed independent candidate Hameedur Rahman has won Bajaur’s PK-19 constituency by securing 23,044 votes, APP reports.

According to unofficial results issued by the ECP, his runner-up was independent candidate Khalid Khan, who bagged 13,571 votes.

Overall voters’ turn-out remained 29.48 per cent.

PTI-backed independent candidate Riaz Khan has won Buner’s PK-25 constituency by securing 28,490 votes, APP reports.

According to the unofficial result issued by the ECP, his runner-up was JUI-P’s Fazal Ghafoor, who bagged 12,702 votes.

Overall voters’ turn-out remained 33.25 per cent.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced the unofficial preliminary result of Peshawar’s NA-30, declaring PTI-affiliated candidate Shandana Gulzar as the winner with 78,971 votes.

PTI-backed independent candidate Sher Ali Afridi has bagged Peshawar’s PK-77 constituency as per unofficial results from the Election Commission of Pakistan.

He took 30,544 votes.

PTI-backed independent candidate Ali Shah has bagged Swat’s PK-4 constituency as per unofficial results from the Election Commission of Pakistan.

He took 30,022 votes.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced the “winners” of two seats for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly as per unofficial results.

The commission said that independent candidate Samiullah Khan won 18,888 votes according to results from 37.62 per cent of the polling stations for PK-76.

As for PK-6, independent candidate Fazal Hakeem Khan took 25,330 votes.

The two are PTI-backed candidates.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has begun announcing the provisional results of the general elections 2024.

ECP Special Secretary Zafar Iqbal said the results of two constituencies were received, Peshawar’s PK-76 and Swat’s PK-6.

“Samiullah Khan has been declared the winner from Peshawar’s PK-76,” he said.

He further added that for PK-6, “the winner candidate in this is Fazal Hakeem Khan, an independent.”

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed all the provincial election commissioners and returning officers to announce the results within half an hour or else strict action will be taken against them.

In a press release, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the electoral watchdog said the statements being run by media channels regarding the ECP were not true.

PTI Central Secretary Information Raoof Hasan has claimed that his party is leading on at least 125 National Assembly seats “by huge margins”.

“In due course of time, we shall be in a position to form governments at the centre and at least two of the four provinces,” he said in a video message posted on party’s X account.

He thanked people for reposing their confidence “in their leadership of Imran Khan”.

PTI lawyer Abuzar Salman Niazi has said that the returning officer (RO) of the NA-128 constituency has issued an order to kick out candidates and election agents from his office.

In a post on X, he posted the alleged order issued by the RO.

UN Secretary General Antonio has urged political leaders and society segments to maintain a “calm atmosphere” as the results of the elections are being tabulated.

“I continue to follow the situation in Pakistan closely, including the general elections that took place today,” the UN chief said in a statement e-mailed to APP.

“I am also concerned about reports of incidents of violence and casualties, and the suspension of mobile communications services,” he said.

“As Pakistan awaits the results of the elections, I encourage all political leaders and society segments to maintain a calm atmosphere, as well as refrain from the use of violence and any actions that could increase tensions.

“It is important that all candidates and supporters ensure that human rights and the rule of law are fully respected in the interest of the Pakistani people and resolve any disputes that might arise through established legal procedures. “

Section 84 of the Election Rules, 2017 outlines the procedure for the announcement of provisional results.

The announcement of the results is still being awaited hours after polling ended at 5pm on Friday for the general elections 2024.

The section is reproduced below:

• (1) The returning officer (RO) shall prepare the provisional consolidated statement of results of the count (excluding postal ballots) of the constituency, as required under section 92, in Form-47 on the basis of the results of the count received by him from presiding officers (PO) electronically under sub-section (2) of section 13 or personally whichever is earlier.
• (2) The RO shall make sure that result of the count furnished by PO is arithmetically error-free before accepting the same.
• (3) In case, the RO finds any error in the form, he shall ask the PO to rectify the error and sign the same in token of the fact that the error has been corrected by the PO himself:
• Provided that in the event of correction of form under this subrule, the PO shall resend electronically the scanned copy of the corrected form to the commission:
• Provided further that the RO shall keep copy of the said corrected Form and also place the same in the relevant packet.
• (4) After preparing the provisional consolidated statement of results of the count under sub-rule (1), the RO shall announce the same in the presence of such of the candidates, their election agents or authorised observers as may be present and shall affix a copy of such results at a conspicuous place in his office for information of general public:
• Provided that the RO shall forthwith communicate the scanned copy of the Form-47 containing provisional results to the commission electronically on or before 2am the day immediately following the polling day and if, for any reason, the results are incomplete by 2am on the day immediately following the polling day, the RO shall communicate to the commission provisional results as consolidated till that time along with reasons for the delay, in writing, while listing the polling stations from which results are awaited and thereafter shall send the complete provisional results as soon as compiled but not later than 10am
• Provided that where the RO forward a case against the defaulting presiding officer(s) that delivery of result has been inordinately delayed, the commission shall initiate disciplinary proceedings under Section 54 and 55 of the Act and remunerations due to presiding officer(s) shall be withheld and in case it is already paid shall be recoverable from his salary.

PPP leader Murad Ali Shah has claimed the party’s lead over 10 National Assembly seats in Karachi.

Talking to Geo News, the former Sindh chief minister took digs at the Muttahida Qaumi movement-Pakistan.

The PTI has said its supporters have “shocked and worried the entire system with the historic turnout” during the general elections 2024.

It has alleged that election results are now being withheld “fearing the historic victory” of the party.

Cellular services have been restored in parts of Karachi after being suspended during the day for voting during the general elections.

A Dawn staffer corroborated that 3G and 4G services were also restored partially.

The PTI has said “unprecedented voter turnout” has stunned the entire system and alleged that attempts were being made to “alter” the poll results.

In a post on X, the party appealed to the voters to head to their respective polling stations in order to prevent the alleged manipulation of election results.

Hammad Azhar has claimed that PTI-affiliated candidates are in the lead according to data from the Election Commission of Pakistan.

“God willing the next government will be led by PTI and Imran Khan will be the prime minister,” Azhar said in a post on X.

The former federal minister thanked all the voters for coming out of their homes to exercise their rights.

“The clouds of oppression will end now,” he added.

MQM-P senior deputy convener Mustafa Kamal has said that the responsibility of Karachi, Hyderabad and other urban areas of Sindh has now been given to the party.

Addressing the media in Karachi, he said: “A very big responsibility the people of Sindh’s urban areas have again given to the MQM-P. This is not a worrying matter. We don’t have the option to fail in serving the people.”

He said that as per reports, even “non-traditional” areas and “no-go areas” for the MQM-P had given votes to the party.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has claimed that as per reports the party is receiving, the party is leading in up to 18 to 19 National Assembly seats of Karachi.

Addressing the media in Karachi, he said: “Apart from two to three seats in the city’s outskirts, on almost all 18 seats and up to 19 according to another report, the MQM is leading and is on its way to breaking its own record.”

Rai Hassan Nawaz, running as an independent candidate affiliated with the PTI, is leading in the vote count for NA-143 (Sahiwal-III) with 73,489 votes, according to unofficial results.

The runner-up right now is independent candidate Chaudhry Tufail Jutt with 65,438 votes. He is 8,051 votes behind Nawaz, according to Geo News, Dawn News and PTV.

According to Geo News, PTV and Dawn News, at least 51 per cent of the polling stations completed their count around midnight.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has pointed out how electoral “results are incredibly slow coming in”.

However, he said the initial results were “very encouraging” with “PPP candidates and independents” performing well.

The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) has said that troops stationed outside polling stations are there to provide security till the conclusion of the vote-counting process and have nothing to do with the election process.

In a press release, the ISPR said: “Only the election staff are continuing the vote counting process inside the polling offices.”

It added that the public was expected to fully cooperate with the armed forces till the completion of the process.