By-Elections in Pakistan (April 2024)
The results of the by-elections in the National Assembly . The 2024 Pakistani by-elections were held on 21 April 2024 to fill 21 vacant seats in National and Provincial Assemblies. The elections were characterized by extensive security measures, including the deployment of Pakistan Army and Civil Armed Forces.[ 1] [ 2]
The by-elections were scheduled after the 2024 Pakistani general election . These seats fell vacant due to various reasons such as candidates winning multiple seats or delay in polling due to the death of a candidate.[ 3] [ 4]
The federal government approved the deployment of Pakistan Army and Civil Armed Forces personnel during the by-elections.[ 5] [ 4] [ 6] [ 7]
About 13,800 police personnel were deployed to guard 921 polling stations.[ 8] [ 9]
Communication suspension [ edit ] The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has announced that cellular service will be temporarily suspended in certain districts of Punjab and Balochistan on April 21 and 22 during the by-elections. The move was directed by the Ministry of Interior and aimed at ensuring the integrity and security of the electoral process.[ 10] [ 11]
National Assembly [ 12] [ 13] No District Constituency Candidates Registered Voters Polling Stations Male Female Total 1 Bajaur NA-8 7 368,531 304,060 673,591 366 2 D.I Khan NA-44 19 210,992 185,621 396,613 358 3 Lahore NA-119 9 281,586 248,581 530,167 338 4 Kasur NA-132 10 295,702 236,885 532,587 342 5 Qambar Shandadkot [ 14] NA-196 4 230,580 193,201 423,781 303 Total 49 1,387,431 1,168,356 2,556,787 1,707
Punjab [ 15] [ 16] No District Constituency Candidates Registered Voters Polling Stations Male Female Total 1 Chakwal PP-22 9 146,798 143,324 290,122 215 2 Gujrat PP-32 13 135,650 119,253 254,903 168 2 Wazirabad PP-36 13 171,833 146,711 318,544 185 4 Narowal PP-54 14 132,304 110,533 242,857 155 5 Bhakkar PP-93 6 115,028 101,929 216,957 155 6 Sheikhpura PP-139 6 103,424 85,781 189,205 123 7 Lahore PP-147 11 201,680 173,167 374,847 232 8 PP-149 14 180,879 164,569 345,448 218 9 PP-158 21 102,818 82,798 185,616 116 10 PP-164 19 80,338 63,057 143,395 99 11 R.Y Khan PP-266 20 122,772 101,331 224,103 138 12 D.G Khan PP-290 7 105,454 88,506 193,960 117 Total 153 1,598,978 1,380,959 2,979,957 1,921
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [ 17] No District Constituency Candidates Registered Voters Polling Stations Male Female Total 1 Bajaur PK-22 13 96,978 78,859 175,837 91 2 Kohat PK-91 10 121,570 102,807 224,377 168 Total 23 218,548 181,666 400,214 259
Balochistan [ 18] No District Constituency Candidates Registered Voters Polling Stations Male Female Total 1 Khuzdar PB-20 8 53,383 41,068 94,451 100 2 Lasbela PB-22 4 76,328 62,740 139,068 129 3 Kila Abdullah PB-50 23 104,161 59,592 163,753 125 Total 35 233,872 163,400 397,272 354
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National Assembly Party Votes Seats No. % +/- Contested Won +/- Pakistan Muslim League (N) 215,755 30.21 4 2 Sunni Ittehad Council 239,338 33.50 4 1 Pakistan People's Party 117,620 16.46 3 1 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 18,416 2.58 1 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan 9,800 1.37 3 Others & Independents 113,423 15.88 N/A 33 1 Total valid votes 714,352 98.35 49 5 Rejected ballots 11,956 1.65 Total votes polled 726,308 100 Registered Voters 2,551,131 28.47
Party Votes Seats No. % +/- Contested Won +/- Pakistan Muslim League (N) 502,012 43.33 10 9 Sunni Ittehad Counci 332,407 28.69 12 0 Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 71,357 6.16 1 1 Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party 47,722 4.12 1 1 Pakistan People's Party 47,520 4.10 2 1 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan 31,589 2.73 11 0 Others & Independents 125,999 10.87 N/A 116 0 Total valid votes 1,158,606 98.59 153 12 Rejected ballots 16,546 1.41 Total votes polled 1,175,152 100 Registered Voters 2,979,957 39.44
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly [ edit ] Party Votes Seats No. % +/- Contested Won +/- Sunni Ittehad Counci 30,559 29.97 2 1 Jamaat-e-Islami 10,544 10.34 2 0 Others & Independents 60,874 59.69 N/A 19 1 Total valid votes 101,977 97.01 23 Rejected ballots 3,143 2.99 Total votes polled 105,120 100 Registered Voters 400,214 26.26
Balochistan Assembly [ edit ] Party Votes Seats No. % +/- Contested Won +/- Awami National Party 72,032 31.76 1 1 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 0.0 0.5 0.7 2 1 Balochistan National Party (M) 28,175 12.42 1 1 Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party 57,132 25.19 1 0 Others & Independents 19,688 8.68 N/A 30 0 Total valid votes 226,813 98.30 35 3 Rejected ballots 3,929 1.70 Total votes polled 230,742 100 Registered Voters 397,272 58.08
[ edit ] National Assembly No National Assembly Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin Turnout Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes No. % No. % No. % % 1 NA-8 Bajaur Mubarak Khan Zeb IND 74,008 40.60 Gul Zafar Khan SIC 47,282 25.94 26,726 14.66 28.04 2 NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I Faisal Amin Khan SIC 66,879 70.06 Adul Rasheed Khan Kundi PPP 21,979 23.03 44,900 47.03 24.5 3 NA-119 Lahore-III Ali Pervaiz Malik PML(N) 61,086 61.25 Shahzad Farooq SIC 34,197 33.74 26,889 27.51 19.12 4 NA-132 Kasur-II Rasheed Ahmed Khan PML(N) 146,849 60.86 Sardar Muhammad Hussain Dogar SIC 90,980 37.71 55,869 23.15 45.80 5 NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I Khursheed Ahmed Junejo PPP 91,581 96.42 Muhammad Ali TLP 2,763 2.91 88,818 93.51 22.79
The general elections for Bajaur NA-8 had been postponed because of the murder of a candidate,Rehan Zeb Khan.
NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan, the constituency was vacated by Ali Amin Gandapur, who retained his provisional assembly seat to become KP’s chief minister.
Lahore’s NA-119 was vacated by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, who preferred to become an MPA from PP-159
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari won two seats in the NA. He retained NA-194, Larkana, seat and left NA-196, Qamber Shahdadkot, seat vacant
[ edit ] No Punjab Assembly Constituency
Winner Runner-up Margin Turnout Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes No. % No. % No. % % 1 PP-22 Chakwal-cum-Talagang Falak Sher Awan PML(N) 59,265 48.20 Nisar Ahmed SIC 50,356 40.96 8,909 7.24 42.92 2 PP-32 Gujrat-VI Musa Elahi PML(Q) 71,357 63.75 Pervaiz Elahi SIC 37,106 33.15 34,251 30.60 44.45 3 PP-36 Wazirabad-II Adnan Afzal Chatta PML(N) 74,779 53.77 Fayyaz Chatta SIC 58,682 42.19 16,097 11.58 44.38 4 PP-54 Narowal-I Ahmed Iqbal Chaudhry PML(N) 59,234 53.40 Awais Qasim SIC 45,762 41.25 13,472 12.15 46.37 5 PP-93 Bhakkar-V Saeed Akbar Khan Nawani PML(N) 62,201 44.83 Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla IPP 58,888 42.45 3,313 2.38 64.95 6 PP-139 Sheikhupura-IV Rana Afzaal Hussain PML(N) 46,585 57.00 Ijaz Hussain SIC 29,833 36.50 16,752 20.50 43.90 7 PP-147 Lahore-III Muhammad Riaz Malik PML(N) 31,841 61.39 Muhammad Khan Madni IND 16,548 31.90 15,293 29.49 13.97 8 PP-149 Lahore-V Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui IPP 47,762 59.22 Zeeshan Rashid SIC 26,253 32.55 21,509 26.67 23.60 9 PP-158 Lahore-XIV Chaudhry Muhammad Nawaz PML(N) 39,865 54.73 Moonis Elahi SIC 28,018 38.46 11,847 16.27 39.80 10 PP-164 Lahore-XX Rana Rashid Minhas PML(N) 31,199 53.28 Yousaf Mayo SIC 25,781 44.03 5,418 9.25 41.39 11 PP-266 Rahim Yar Khan-XII Mumtaz Ali PPP 47,181 46.58 Safdar Khan Leghari PML(N) 34,552 34.11 12,629 12.47 45.78 12 PP-290 Dera Ghazi Khan-V Ali Muhammad Khan Leghari PML(N) 62,529 71.19 Sardar Mohiuddin Khosa IND 23,672 26.95 38,857 44.24 46.21
Ghulam Abbas retained NA-53, Rawalpindi, seat and left PP-22 seat.
Chaudhry Salik Hussain retained NA-64 and vacated PP-32, Gujrat, seat.
PP-36, Wazirabad, seat fell vacant after Muhammad Ahmad Chattha did not take oath
PP-54, Narowal, seat fell vacant as PML-N’s Ahsan Iqbal did not take oath. He preferred to retain NA-76, Narowal
PP-139, Sheikhupura, fell vacant because PML-N’s Rana Tanveer did not take oath
Hamza Shehbaz did not take oath for PP-147, Lahore
PP-149, Lahore, fell vacant because of IPP’s Aleem Khan not taking oath
PM Shehbaz Sharif won polls for two NA and two provincial legislature seats. He left the NA-132, Kasur, as well as Lahore’s PP-158 and PP-164 seats vacant, and retained NA-123, Lahore, seat.
The polls for PP-266, Rahim Yar Khan, were postponed because of the death of a candidate.
The PP-290, Dera Ghazi Khan, was declared vacant after Awais Leghari did not take the oath
[ edit ] The general elections for NA-8, Bajaur, and PK-22, Bajaur, were postponed because of the murder of a candidate, Rehan Zeb Khan
Elections were scheduled to be held on 8 February 2024 but postponed due to death of an Independent candidate.[ 19]
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