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The 2018 General Elections were held under new delimitation can of constituencies as a result of 2017 Census of Pakistan. [54] Parliament of Pakistan amended the Constitution, allowing a one-time exemption for redrawing constituency boundaries using 2017 provisional census results. [ 55 ]
General elections were held in Punjab on 25 July 2018 to elect the 141 members of the 15th National Assembly from Punjab. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged victorious with 67 seats, followed by the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) with 64 seats. The PTI also won 16 of 33 reserved seats while the PML(N) won 15.
After the General Elections, the chairman of the PTI, Imran Khan vacated NA-53 in favour of NA-95 (Mianwali-I). [2] By-elections were held on 14 October 2018. Ali Nawaz Awan of the PTI won the seat by a margin of 18,630 votes. [3]
July 25, 2018 — Pakistanis vote for a new government in an election marred by violence and allegations of fraud. July 26, 2018 — Former cricket star Imran Khan wins the polls but has to seek ...
Independent candidates affiliated with jailed Pakistani political leader Imran Khan’s Tehreek E Insaaf (PTI) party won the most National Assembly seats in Pakistan’s general election ...
Pakistan's caretaker prime minister on Monday defended the widely criticized delay in announcing the results of last week's parliamentary election, saying authorities took only 36 hours to count ...
In May 2018, FATA was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the approval of legislators in the Parliament, Provincial Assembly and the President. [10] [11] The seats for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the National Assembly were increased from 35 to 39 general seats and from 8 to 10 reserved seats for women due to the 2017 Census of Pakistan.
Although incumbent president Mamnoon Hussain, whose term was to expire on 9 September 2018, was eligible for re-election, he declined to take part. [3] [4] The PTI-led government coalition nominated a founding member of the party Arif Alvi, right after a week of the announcement of the official victory of PTI in the general elections.