Pakistan Election Results: Strong Performance by Independents Tied to Jailed Imran Khan’s PTI – Latest Updates

In the initial tallies of the Pakistan election 2024, independent candidates associated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s political party, were surpassing expectations on Friday. This was due to a protracted wait in the results, which compounded allegations of electoral crimes and manipulation.The PTI party led by Imran Khan was not allowed to run in the election together on Thursday; nonetheless, unofficial results released by local television networks indicated that independent candidates, some of whom were even endorsed by his party, were leading in the majority of the constituencies.

On election day, 266 seats are determined by direct voting, while 70 seats are reserved based on the relative strength of each party in Parliament. Voting in one seat in this year’s election was delayed because of a candidate’s passing. The party with the largest proportion of seats has the ability to create a coalition administration in the event that no party obtains an absolute majority.

Top updates on Pakistan election results 2024

• Connectivity problems on Friday, the day after the vote characterized by intermittent violence, a mobile phone service outage, and the marginalization of former Imran Khan and his party, have delayed the announcement of the results of Pakistan’s elections.
• Local media highlighted the successes of independent candidates supported by the PTI party after imprisoned Imran Khan was barred from running for office due to convictions for crimes he claims were motivated by politics.
• Only 13 National Assembly results had been issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by 9:00 am local time, more than 16 hours after voting places closed.
• Four had gone to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), four to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and five had gone to independent candidates associated with the PTI.
• After the Election Commission and Supreme Court ruled that PTI candidates could not use the party’s “cricket bat” symbol, the candidates filed as independents.

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• Numerous Pakistani news outlets claimed that independent candidates supported by the PTI were winning dozens of constituencies and giving the major parties, headed by three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and political dynasty scion Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, a serious competition.
• The media tallies were dubbed “probably the biggest election upset in Pakistan’s political history” by Senator Mushahid Hussain, a member of Sharif’s party, in the previous fifty years.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif left the nation in October of last year and returned after four years of self-imposed exile abroad in order to escape serving jail time. He dismissed suggestions that his Pakistan Muslim League party might not gain a clear majority in Parliament on election day, projecting confidence and defiance. But by evening, there were fewer people and no celebrations outside his headquarters, changing the atmosphere.