Pakistan elections 2018 results updates: Jailed Nawaz Sharif concedes defeat as Imran Khan's PTI nears finish line

Imran Khan's first wife congratulates, second wife slams, third wife hails new Pak PM. Read more

 

Pakistan Election Commission expected to announce the full results of the election on Friday. Former cricket hero Imran Khan's PTI likely form government in coalition with other parties.

The Election Commission of Pakistan releases provisional results of 251 out of 270 National Assembly (NA) seats.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI): 110 NA seats

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N): 63 NA seats

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP): 42 seats NA seats

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided not to boycott parliament and instead play an “aggressive” role in the Opposition.

 

Talking to visitors in Adiala Jail, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the incarcerated leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), alleged that the polls had been “stolen” and warned that the “tainted and dubious” results of the elections would cast a bad impact on the country’s politics.

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The Election Commission of Pakistan has released 95 per cent of the provisional results of National and the four provincial assemblies.

Imran Khan's PTI has won 110 seats in NA - 118 in Punjab, 20 in Sindh, 66 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 4 in Balochistan.

PML-N has bagged 63 in NA - 127 in Punjab, five in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one in Balochistan.

PPPP has won 42 seats in NA, 6 in Punjab, 71 in Sindh and 4 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The official results of 19 seats in NA, 6 in Punjab, 11 in Sindh, 2 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 5 in Balochistan have yet to be announced by the ECP.

PTI leads with 110 NA seats, results of 19 seats yet to come in: Dawn news

Attempts to keep me from parliament have failed. While party workers are understandably outraged when it takes 28 hours to announce controversial results. I request all to await party policy decisions after consultative meeting tomorrow.

— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) July 26, 2018

The unofficial results of the Pakistan General Elections 2018 suggest that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is inching closer to victory. PTI members were seen celebrating all over the country, while the other parties alleged that the elections were rigged.

Thank you for joining us in the live updates of 2018 Pakistan elections results.

Mahesh Kumar Malani (55) of Pakistan Peoples Party became the first Hindu to win the National Assembly seat from Tharparkar in southern Sindh province.

The Election Commission of Pakistan announced that final results of Pakistan general elections 2018 will be out within 24 hours.

Final results will come out within 24 hours. There is no delay. 90% of results have been announced by Returning Officers in the field. we have received 82% out of it: Election Commission of Pakistan

Free and fair elections have been conducted. Turnout has been impressive, we will share the numbers tomorrow: Election Commission of Pakistan

Imran Khan targets Indian media for projecting him like a Bollywood film villain. Better ties with India will help both the countries. We need to develop our trade ties. The core issue, according to the PTI chief, is Kashmir.

Peace in Afghanistan will lead to peace in Pakistan. We want an open border with Afghanistan. Our relationship with the USA should be mutually beneficial, says Imran Khan while addressing the press conference

Addressing the media, PTI chief Imran Khan said that he looks up to strengthen the relationship with China.

We have to fight poverty, it's a big challenge. China is the biggest example in front of us, it lifted 70 crore people out of poverty in the last 30 years, it was unprecedented: Imran Khan, PTI chief

We are witnessing the strengthening of democracy in Pakistan. The election process was completed successfully despite many terror attacks. I thank our security forces: Imran Khan, PTI chief

I thank god, after 22 years of struggle, my prayers have been answered. I have got the chance to fulfill my dream and serve the nation, says PTI chief Imran Khan

Dawn quoted PTI Spokesman Naeemul Haq as saying that his party is "Pakistan's greatest political power". Haq made the statement while he was addressing a press on Thursday. He also added that PTI would not only form the federal government and the KP government, but also the Punjab government.

Extremist and banned groups, including Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-backed Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek, have failed miserably in Pakistan's general elections despite their massive campaign. Hundreds of individuals linked with hardline and banned groups were competing in the polls but so far, according to the unofficial results, none of them was seen as winning a seat in the national or provincial assemblies.

Imran Khan's former wife Jemima Khan congrats the PTI leader on Twitter. 

 

22 years later, after humiliations, hurdles and sacrifices, my sons’ father is Pakistan’s next PM. It’s an incredible lesson in tenacity, belief & refusal to accept defeat. The challenge now is to remember why he entered politics in the 1st place. Congratulations @ImranKhanPTI

— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) July 26, 2018

Following a malfunction in the Results Transmission System, Election Commission of Pakistan receiving results through fax 

Latest election trends:

• NA-199 Shikarpur-II bagged by GDA candidate Ghous Bux Khan Mahar with 62,785 votes

• PTI candidate Amjid Ali Khan wins NA-96 Mianwali-II with 157,422 votes

• PTI candidate Gul Zafar Khan wins NA-41 Tribal area-II with 22,730 votes

• NA-118 Nankana Sahib-II bagged by PTI's Ijaz Ahmed Shah with 63,818 votes

• NA-29 Peshawar-III won by PTI's Nasir Khan with 49,762 votes

• NA-153 Khanewal-IV Winner is PML-N: Chaudhry Iftikhar Nazir with 106,291 votes

 

PTI chief Imran Khan wins NA-53 Islamabad 2 with 92,891 votes, as per Geo TV news. He defeated former PM and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi runner-up with 44,314 votes.

Supporters of Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), political party wave a party flag as they celebrate during the general election in Rawalpindi. (Reuters photo)

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI's) Aamir Liaquat appears to be comfortably leading in NA-245 in Karachi, reported Dawn news. Seats NA-135, NA-3, NA-54 has also been bagged by PTI. Malik Karamat Ali Khokar won NA-135 Lahore XIII with 64,765 votes. Saleem Rehman won NA-3 Swat-II with 68,162 votes while Asad Umar bagged NA-54 Islamabad-III with 56,945 votes. 

A party can form the government if it manages to clinch 172 seats out of the total 342. A single party will need at least 137 of the 272 seats. Imran Khan`s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is leading in 117 seats as of now. 

In  Khi and Hyderabad regions, results were handed out on plain paper instead of Form 45. 

#PakistanElections2018 As per the rules, Election Commission of Pakistan officials are bound to provide results on Form 45, instead results were handed out on plain paper in Khi & Hyderabad. pic.twitter.com/cANGPAeUzU

— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2018

As per latest unofficial trends PPP's Zulfiqar Bachani has won NA-224 Tando Allahyar election with 80,230 votes, PTI's Khurram Shehzad Nawaz secured NA-52 Islamabad-1 with 64,690 votes
and PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz wins NA-124 Lahore-2 by bagging 139,443 votes: Geo TV

The CEC's presser came hours after PML -Nawaz president Shahbaz Sharif outrightly rejected the results alleging rigging of the election."Some five other parties including PPP have raised the rigging issue in polls. After consulting them, I will announce the future course of action. Pakistan has suffered today," he told journalists at the press conference in Lahore. "We will fight this injustice and use all options," he said, adding that there has been a "blatant violation" of the mandate.

With 42 per cent results are in. The latest show PTI leading on 112 seats while the PML-N is ahead on 65 seats. The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) is on the third spot with a lead in 43 seats. 

 

In an early morning press conference, at around 4 am, the Election Commission of Pakistan said that "technical difficulties" were behind the unprecedented delay. Chief Election Commissioner Muhammad Raza Khan acknowledged that the delay in announcement of election results has "caused some annoyance". He added that the delay was on account of a new system - Results Transmission System - introduced by it. "We were implementing it for the first time. Therefore, there was some delay," he said, as reported by The Dawn.

 

 

We reject the Pakistan general election 2018 results, says PML-N president, Shehbaz Sharif

PTI's Rai Murtaza Iqbal wins from Sahiwal-VI.

PTI is leading in more than 100 National Assembly constituencies while PML-N is ahead on more than 55 NA seats.

PTI leading across 21 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa seats, ANP in six and MMA in four. PTI also leads across 70 Punjab seats while PML-N in 57.

PPP leads across 45 Sindh Assembly seats. GDA leads across 14 Sindh Assembly seats.

PTI leading across 66 Punjab seats while PML-N in 52. PPP leads across two Umerkot constituencies.

PTI leading across 56 Punjab seats, PML-N in 51.

PTI leads with 84 seats, PML-N at 58, PPP at 26

PTI leads across 54 Punjab seats, while PML-N in 43 seats.

PTI leads across 12 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa seats. ANP trails with five. 

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, PML-N candidate and former prime minister of Pakistan second with 4,677 votes in Rawalpindi-I. PTI's Sadaqat Abbasi is leading with 6,394 votes.

PTI leading across 38 Punjab seats, PML-N in 24. PPP dominates Sindh Assembly with leads across 27 seats, compared with GDA's 12-seat lead.

Bahawalpur III (25 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Tariq Bashir, PML-Q (7170 votes)
Trailing candidate: Saud Majeed, PML-N (4580 votes)

Vehari

Leading candidate: Tahir Iqbal, PTI (1939 votes)
Trailing candidate: Tehmina Daultana, PML-N (1786 votes)

Mohmand

Bilal Rehman, Independent (5168 votes)
Trailing candidate: Sajid Khan, PTI (3425 votes)

Thatta (11 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Shamsunnisa, PPP (3410 votes)
Trailing candidate: Arsalan Bukhsh, PTI (749 votes)

Rahim Yar Khan V (4 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Imtiaz Ahmed, PML-N (2861 votes)
Trailing candidate: Javed Iqbal, PTI (2401 votes)

Rawalpindi-VII

Leading candidate: Ghulam Sarwar PTI, (1440 votes)
Trailing candidate: Chaudhary Nisar, Independent (678 votes)

Faisalabad

Farrukh Habib, PTI (460 votes)
Trailing candidate: Abid Sher Ali, PML-N (380 votes)Dera Ghazi Khan-IV (2 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Muhammed Khan Leghari, PTI (2084 votes)
Trailing candidate: Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N (445 votes)

Lahore-V (30 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Ali Pervez, PML-N (13579 votes)
Trailing candidate: Jamshed Iqbal, PTI (10863 votes)

Qila Saifullah (5 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Maulana Abdul Wasay, MMA (1431 votes)
Trailing candidate: Maulana Abdul Rauf, JUI-Nazryati (306 votes)

Karachi (16 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N president (1307 votes)
Trailing candidate: Faisal Vawda (982 votes)

Lodhran

Leading candidate: Sadiq Baloch, PML-N (4425 votes)
Trailing candidate: Shafiq Arain, PTI (3659 votes)

Sialkot

Leading candidate: Usman Dar, PTI (1215 votes)
Trailing candidate: Khawaja Asif, PML-N (765 votes)

Sialkot-III

Leading candidate: Ghulam Abbas, PTI (6173 votes)
Trailing candidate: Ali Zahid, PML-N (4537 votes)

Mianwali-II

Leading candidate: Amjad Ali Khan, PTI (28389)
Trailing candidate: Hameer Hayat Khan, PML-N (12390)

Gujrat-III (24 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Sahibzada Sibghatullah, PTI (6271 votes)
Trailing candidate: Sahibzada Tariqullah, MMA (3863 votes)

Sheikhupura-IV

Sardar Irfan Dogar, PML-N (2384votes)
Trailing candidate: Ali Usman, PTI (2143 votes)

Faisalabad

Nawab Sher, PTI (725 votes)
Trailing candidate: Talal Chaudhry, PML-N (320 votes)

Bahawalnagar-I

Muhammed Asghar, PTI (4110 votes)
Trailing candidate: Abdul Ghaffar Watto, Independent (2009 votes)

NA-236 Malir-I

Jam Abdul Kareem, PPP (4078 votes)
Trailing candidate: Masroor Ali, PTI (2060 votes)

Narowal II

Leading: Ahsan Iqbal, PML-N (937 votes)
Trailing: Abrarul Haq, PTI (587 votes)

Lahore (32 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Ejaz Ahmed, PTI (9872 votes)
Trailing candidate: Sheikh Rohail Asghar (9642 votes)

Tando Muhammad Khan

Syed Naved Qamar, PPP (2979 votes)
Trailing candidate: Ali Nawaz Talpur, GDA (1117 votes)

Khushab-I

Leading candidate: Sumaira Malik , PML-N (6437 votes)
Trailing candidate: Umar Aslam Awan, PTI (3483 votes)

NA-3 (Swat-II)

Leading candidate: Saleem Rehman , PTI (241 votes)
Trailing candidate: Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N (62 votes)

Mianwali

Leading: Imran Khan, PTI (4192 votes)
Trailing: Obaidullah Khan, PML-N (976 votes)

Lahore-III

Leading: Dr Yasmeen, PTI (6394)
Trailing: Wahid Alam Khan, PML-N (5948)

Karachi South (10 polling stations)

Leading candidate: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, PPP, (1755 votes)
Trailing candidate: Abdul Shakoor Shad, PTI (1144 votes)

Abdul Majid Khan, PTI bags 2571 votes from Layyah I seat, however, Bahadur Khan, Independent manages 1952 votes till now.

From Multan-II seat, Amir Dogar, PTI is leading with 8936 votes while Tariq Rasheed, PML-N is trailing with 7450 votes.

Layyah-II

Leading candidate: Niaz Ahmed, PTI (3441)
Trailing candidate: Saqlain Bukhari, PML-N (2073)

Multan-I (2 polling stations)

Sikandar Bosan, Independent (2271 votes)
Trailing candidate: Abdul Qadir Gilani, PPP (1793 votes)

Mianwali II

Leading candidate: Amjad Ali, PTI (5183 votes)
Trailing candidate: Humar Hayat Khan, PML-N (1125 votes)

Haripur

Leading candidate: Omar Ayub, PTI (246 votes)
Trailing candidate: Babar Nawaz, PML-N (196 votes)

Upper Dir

Leading candidate: Sahibzada Sibghatullah, PTI (1967 votes)
Trailing candidate: Najmuddin Khan, PTI (897 votes)

Jhang

Leading - Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi, Independent (567 votes)
Trailing - Waqas Akram, Independent (336 votes)

Islamabad-III

Leading - Asad Umar, PTI (228 votes)
Trailing - Anjum Aqeel, PML-N (55 votes)

Dera Ismail Khan-I (3 polling stations)

Leading - Maulana Fazlur Rehman, MMA ( 936 votes)
Trailing - Waqar Ahmed Khan, Independent Candidate (556 votes)

Rawalpindi-I

Leading - Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, PML-N (228 votes)
Trailing - Sadaqat Abbasi, PTI (188 votes)

Lahore

Leading - Khawaja Saad Rafique, PML-N (2454 votes)
Trailing candidate: Imran Khan, PTI (895 votes)

Karachi

Leading - Farooq Sattar, MQM-P (1321 votes)
Trailing - Dr Sagheer, PSP (869 votes)

Shaheed Benazirabad-I

Leading - Asif Ali Zardari, PPP (146 votes)
Trailing - Sardar Sher Mohammad, GDA: (60 votes)

Karachi West-I

Leading - Abdul Qadir Patel, PPP (390 votes)
Trailing - Asghar Mehmood, TLP (155 votes)

Bahawalpur IV (10 polling stations)

Leading - Khadija Amir, PTI (2460 votes)
Trailing - Najeebuddin Owaisi, PML-N (2170 votes)

Badin

Leading - Rasool Buksh Chandio- PPP (266 votes)
Trailing - Fahmida Mirza, GDA (261 votes)

Imran Khan of PTI is leading with 313 votes from Bannu while Akram Khan Durrani of MMA is trailing bagging 210 votes.

From Umerkot seat, Nawab Yusuf Talpur, PPP is leading with 538 votes while Shah Mehmood Qureshi of PTI is trailing with 398 votes.

Neck-and-neck fight between Fawad Chaduhry of PTI (62 votes) and Matloob Mehdi, PML-N (52 votes) from Jhelum II seat.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari of PPP is way ahead with 432 votes. MMA's Rashid Soomro manages to bag just 83 votes so far from Larkana-I constituency

The leading candidate from Multan IV is PTI's Zain Qureshi (98 votes), the trailing candidate is Abdul Ghaffar of PML-N (76 votes).

From Islamabad-II constituency, PTI chief Imran Khan is leading with 213 votes and PML-N's Shahid Khaqan is trailing with 74 votes.

 

PTI chief Imran Khan is leading from Mianwali-I with 863 votes while Obaidullah Khan of PML-N is trailing with 381 votes.

Pakistan People's Party's Khursheed Shah is leading from Sukkur seat with 500 votes at Thori polling station while Tahir Shah of PTI manages to bag only 40 votes.

A neck-and-neck fight is going on in Buner constituency. While PTI's Sher Akbar Khan bags 79 votes, Fanoos Gujar of Awami Worker's Party (AWP) is trailing with 76 votes at Government Primary School Polling Station.

As per initial trends, MMA's Abdul Wasay is leading with 832 votes while JUI-Nazriati's Abdul Rauf bags 86 votes in Kila Saifullah constituency

Thank you fellow Pakistanis. World has seen your love & respect for Pak Armed Forces & LEAs today. U hv rejected all kinds of malicious propaganda. We are strong because we have your unflinching support. Our lives are dedicated to Pakistan and its People.

Pakistan wins again! pic.twitter.com/MGbujoGjZk

— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) July 25, 2018

People, queuing up outside the polling stations, will also be allowed to cast their votes.

Polling time ends across Pakistan, voters present inside the booths are being allowed to cast their votes.