ISLAMABAD, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the country's parliame...
During the elections, over 5,000 candidates contested the 265 general seats in the National Assembly and over 12,000 candidates for the 590 general seats for the provincial assemblies in the four provinces of Pakistan. Other than independent candidates, two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim ...
Under Pakistan's election rules, parties are allocated 70 reserved seats - 60 for women, 10 for non-Muslims - in proportion to the number of seats they win. This completes the National Assembly's total strength of 336 seats. Khan-backed candidates had to run as ...
The National Assembly, comprising 336 seats, has 266 directly elected through single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system. Additionally, there are 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for minorities. The distribution of women's reserved seats among parties is proportional to thei...
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that Khan’s party was improperly denied at least 20 seats in parliament, in a significant blow to the country’s fragile governing coalition. Adding 20 seats would bring the party's strength in the parliament to 106 in the...
Meanwhile, PTI chairman Gohar Khan told Pakistani news channel Geo that his party's own count showed it securing a total of 150 seats, enough to form a government, though 169 seats are required for a majority in the 336-seat National Assembly, or lower house ...
the supreme court ruled that khan’s party was improperly denied at least 20 seats in parliament, in a significant blow to the country’s fragile governing coalition. adding 20 seats would bring the party's strength in the parliament to 106 in the 336-seat...
Forty-four political parties are vying for a share of the 266 seats that are up for grabs in the National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, with an additional 70 seats reserved for women and minorities. After the election, the new parliament chooses a prime minister. If no party...
Elections took place on 265 seats of the National Assembly, or the lower house of the country's parliament, after polls were postponed on one seat due to the death of a candidate. According to the ECP, over 128 million Pakistani people, or more than half of the country's total population...
ECP announced that over 5,000 candidates will contest the 265 general seats in the National Assembly and over 12,000 candidates will be competing for the 590 general seats for the provincial assemblies in the four provinces, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh. ...