The party of the jailed former prime minister is leading the elections in Pakistan
The Pakistan Movement for Justice of Imran Khan, the former prime minister in prison in Pakistan's national elections He is leading with 98 places . The results of the February 8 national elections are still being counted.
The results of the elections to the National Assembly and provincial assemblies held in Pakistan on February 8 are still coming out. The Election Commission announced the distribution of 250 seats in the 266-seat National Assembly.
Independent MPs supported by the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, the Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI), won 98 seats, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 71 seats, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan People's Party won 71 seats. (PPP) won 53 seats .
According to preliminary results, PTI is leading in the National Assembly elections.
Information on the participation of voters in the election has not been published yet. In 2013, the voter turnout in Pakistan was 55.02 percent, and in 2018, it was 51.7 percent.
Voting for the elections to the National Assembly of Pakistan and the regional assemblies, which will perform legislative functions in Pakistan for 5 years , was held on Thursday, February 8.
The last general elections in Pakistan were held on July 25, 2018, and Imran Khan's government came to power. On April 10, 2022, the Imran Khan government was defeated by 174 votes in a vote of confidence in the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Nawaz Sharif's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, who served as prime minister for three terms, was elected prime minister on April 11, 2022 and ruled the country until August 2023.
Anwarul Haq Kakar, the prime minister of the interim government, which will lead the country until the general elections, was sworn in on August 14, 2023.
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