2018 Pakistani general election in Punjab

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.

2018 Pakistani general election in Punjab
25 July 2018
174 seats from Punjab in the National Assembly
Opinion polls
Turnout56.69%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif
Party PTI PML(N)
Leader since 25 April 1996 13 March 2018
Leader's seat Mianwali-I

Lahore-IX (vacated)

 Lahore-X
Dera Ghazi Khan-IV (lost)
Last election 18.7%, 10 seats 49.0%, 148 seats
Seats won 83 79
Seat change Increase 73 Decrease69
Popular vote 11,166,131 10,529,723
Percentage 33.6% 31.7%
Swing Increase14.9 Decrease17.3

Background

In the 2013 elections, the PML(N) emerged as the largest party in Punjab, achieving a landslide victory with 116 of 148 seats. The PTI, a relatively newer party, emerged as the second largest party with 8 seats. On the other hand, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)), both of which had large presences in the province after the 2008 elections, were both reduced to just 2 seats each.[1]

Prior to these elections, the PTI and PML(Q) made a seat adjustment agreement between them on four seats of the National Assembly. These were NA-65 (Chakwal-II), NA-68 (Gujrat-I), NA-69 (Gujrat-II) and NA-172 (Bahawalpur-III).[2]

Results

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  PTI (33.6%)
  PML-N (31.7%)
  IND (18.8%)
  TLP (5.7%)
  PPP (5.4%)
  PML(Q) (1.2%)
  Other Parties (3.6%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

  PTI (48.28%)
  PML-N (44.83%)
  PPP (4.02%)
  PML(Q) (2.87%)
PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralWomenTotal
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf11,166,13133.61681684
Pakistan Muslim League (N)10,529,72331.70631578
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan1,888,2405.68000
Pakistan Peoples Party1,789,7805.39617
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)392,4191.18415
Other parties1,207,2283.63000
Independents6,244,58018.80000
Total33,218,101100.0014133174
Valid votes33,218,10197.34
Invalid/blank votes906,9522.66
Total votes34,125,053100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,197,87656.69
Source: Election Commission of Pakistan[3]

References
  1. Newspaper, the (2013-05-16). "The election score". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  2. Butt, Waseem Ashraf (2018-06-28). "PTI, PML-Q formally announce seat adjustment". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. "Election Commission of Pakistan". Election Commission of Pakistan.
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