Pakistan election results 2024 : Re-polling in over 40 stations on February 15 amid ‘rigging’ claims

Counting of votes continue for Pakistan’s 12th general elections, held on February 8, with the latest results showing that candidates backed by cricketer-turned-politician and jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) have, till now, won 93 out of 266 National Assembly seats for which polling was conducted.

PTI was denied its election symbol, the bat, by the country’s Election Commission, and, therefore, it could not contest the polls. Instead, it was forced to field its candidates as independents.

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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of brothers and former PMs Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif, meanwhile, has won 73 seats till now, while Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of late ex-premiers Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his daughter, Benazir Bhutto, and headed by the latter’s son, Bilawal, has bagged 54 seats. Results for 256 seats have been announced till now.

With no clear victor in sight, the PML-N and PPP held discussions on government formation, but no final decision has been reached.

There have been allegations of large-scale rigging and the US, UK, and European Union have criticised the election process. Pakistan, however, has denied their charge.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement won 17 seats, while the PML-Q secured three seats. The JUI-F and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) obtained three and two seats, respectively. Additionally, MWM and BNP each secured one seat.

Independent candidates affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have filed petitions in the Lahore High Court (LHC), contesting the results in constituencies PP-164 and NA-118, where Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz, a father-son duo, emerged victorious.

Furthermore, the victory of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been legally challenged in Lahore’s NA-130 constituency at the Lahore High Court (LHC).