2013 Balochistan provincial election

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.

2013 Balochistan provincial election
11 May 2013
All 65 seats in the Provincial Assembly
38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout40.86%(Increase7.58%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hamid Khan Achakzai Sanaullah Zehri Abdul Malik Baloch
Party PMAP PML(N) NP
Leader's seat Qilla Abdullah-III Khuzdar-I Kech-I
Last election boycotted 0 seats, 1.13% 1 seat, 0.78%
Seats won 14 12 10
Seat change Increase 14 Increase 12 Increase 9
Popular vote 167,900 134,758 76,018
Percentage 13.06% 10.28% 5.78%
Swing Increase 12.80% Increase 9.15% Increase 4.00%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Maulana Abdul Wasey Abdul Quddus Bizenjo Akhtar Mengal
Party JUI (F) PML(Q) BNP-M
Leader's seat Qilla Saifullah Awaran Khuzdar-III
Last election 9 seats, 15.10% 19 seats, 33.39% 7 seats, 5.06%
Seats won 8 6 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 13 Decrease 5
Popular vote 207,167 53,305 81,217
Percentage 15.80% 4.06% 6.19%
Swing Increase 0.70% Decrease 29.33% Increase1.13%
Chief Minister before election

Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani
PPP

 Elected Chief Minister

Abdul Malik Baloch
NP

Background

The 2013 elections resulted in a hung parliament, before Pakistan Muslim League (N), National Party, and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party joined hands to form a coalition government.[2] A power-sharing agreement was also brokered between PML-N and NP where the province's Chief Ministership tenure would be bifurcated between the two parties. In consequence, NP's Abdul Malik Baloch served as chief minister from 2013 to 2015 before he was replaced by PML-N's Sanaullah Khan Zehri at the end of 2015.[3][4]

However, Zehri couldn't complete his term as on 2 January 2018, a number of dissident members from the ruling PML-N colluded with opposition lawmakers to submit a no-confidence motion against him. Seeing that he has lost the majority of the house's support in the ensuing turmoil, Zehri resigned from his post before a no-confidence vote could take place.[5] Pakistan Muslim League (Q)'s, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, an opposition lawmaker and one of the leaders of the no-confidence bloc, was elected as the province's 15th Chief Minister. He secured 41 of the 65 votes.[6][7]

Results
ConstituencyNameParty
PB-8Agha Syed Liaqat AliPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PB-50Akbar AskaniPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-49Fateh Mohammad BalochNational Party
PB-65Ghansham Das Madwani Baloch
PB-9Haji Abdul Malik KakarJamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F)
PB-40Haji Ghulam Dastagir BadeniPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-7Khalil-ur-Rehman (politician)Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F)
PB-6Manzoor Ahmed KakarPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PB-15Mazaullah MusakhailJamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F)
PB-46Mir Abdul Karim NousherwaniPakistan Muslim League (Q)
PB-28Mir Abdul Majid AbroPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-39Mir Amanullah NotezaiPakistan Muslim League (Q)
PB-31Mir Amir RindPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-51Mir Hamal KalmatiBalochistan National Party (Mengal)
PB-27Mir Izhar Hussain KhosaPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-36Mir Khalid Humayun LangauNational Party
PB-30Mir Mohammad Asim Kurd GelloPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-47Mir Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Muhammad HasaniNational Party
PB-21Mir Sarfraz Chakar DomkiPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-37Mir Zafarullah Khan ZehriBalochistan National Party (Awami)
PB-18Mufti Gulab KhanJamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F)
PB-43Muhammad IslamNational Party
PB-29Muhammad Khan LehriPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-5Nasrullah Khan ZayrayPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PB-32Nawabzada Tariq MagsiIndependent
PB-16Obaidullah Jan BabatPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PB-44Prince Ahmed Ali AhmedzaiPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-26Rahat Jamali
PB-42Rahmat Saleh BalochNational Party
PB-17Sardar Abdul Rehman KhetranJamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F)
PB-14Sardar Dur Muhammad NasarPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-10Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan TareenPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PB-34Sardar Muhammad Aslam BizenjoNational Party
PB-4Sardar Raza Muhammad BarrechPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PB-24Sarfaraz Ahmed BugtiPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-19Sheikh Jaffar Khan MandokhailPakistan Muslim League (Q)
PB-2Syed Muhammad RazaMajlis Wahdatul Muslimeen
PB-1Tahir Mahmood KhanPakistan Muslim League (N)
PB-64William Jan BarkatPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PB-12Zmrak KhanAwami National Party
PB-41Abdul Quddus BizenjoPakistan Muslim League (Q)
Women's reserved seatsArfa SiddiqPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
Husan BanoJamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F)
Kishwar AhmedPakistan Muslim League (N)
Masooma HayatPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
Ruqia Saeed HashmiPakistan Muslim League (Q)
Samina KhanPakistan Muslim League (N)
Shahida RaufJamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F)
Shama IshaqNational Party
Spozmi AchakzaiPashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
Yasmin BibiNational Party
Rahila DurraniPakistan Muslim League (N)
Anita Irfan
Minorities' reserved seatsSantosh Kumar BugtiPakistan Muslim League (N)

References
  1. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT". Election Commission of Pakistan.
  2. Zafar, Muhammad (18 May 2013). "Balochistan politics: PML-N, PkMAP, National Party to form coalition govt". The Express Tribune.
  3. Shah, Syed Ali (8 June 2013). "Unopposed, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch elected CM Balochistan". Dawn.
  4. "PML-N's Sanaullah Zehri elected CM Balochistan". The News International. 24 December 2015.
  5. "Balochistan CM Zehri quits to avoid no-trust vote - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  6. Shah, Syed Ali (13 January 2018). "Balochistan Assembly votes Bizenjo in as new CM". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  7. "Balochistan Assembly elects Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo as provincial chief minister". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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