2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election

Provincial elections were held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 11th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [2][3]

2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
25 July 2018
All 124 seats in the Provincial Assembly
63 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout45.52%(0.78%pp)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahmood Khan Akram Khan Durrani Asfandiyar Wali Khan
Party PTI MMA ANP
Leader's seat PK-9 (Swat-VIII) PK-90 (Bannu-IV) Uncontested
Last election 48 seats, 19.31% 23 seats, 22.15% 5 seats, 10.34%
Seats won 84 13 9
Seat change 36 10 4
Popular vote 2,132,517 1,127,707 803,895
Percentage 32.32% 17.08% 12.19%
Swing 12.01pp 5.07pp 1.85pp
Map of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Showing Assembly constituencies and winning Parties
Chief Minister before election

Pervez Khattak
PTI

 Elected Chief Minister

Mahmood Khan
PTI

Background

In the 2013 elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, led by former cricketer Imran Khan emerged as the largest party in the province with 48 seats. While this was a considerably higher number than the second largest party, (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), with 16 seats), it was still 15 seats short of a majority government.

To overcome this, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf formed a coalition government with Jamaat-e-Islami and the Qaumi Watan Party, giving them 15 extra seats.[4] As well as this, 9 out of the 14 independents elected joined PTI, giving them a comfortable majority in the assembly.[5]

Following this, Pervez Khattak was elected as Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, securing 84 out of 124 votes.[6]

However, in 2017, PTI ousted QWP from the ruling coalition over allegations of corruption.[7] There was considerable mistrust with the other alliance partner, JI, during the tenure as well.[8][9] It, too, left the coalition with less than 40 days to go in the government's tenure.[10]

With just a few weeks remaining till the assembly completed its term, PTI expelled 20 of its MPs over allegations of horse-trading in the senate elections. A move which made the party's government susceptible to a no-confidence motion, but the incumbent opposition refrained from doing so.[11]

Pre-election violence

On 10 July, there was a suicide bombing attack on political rally of Awami National Party (ANP) in YakaToot neighborhood of Peshawar in which fourteen people were killed and sixty five injured. Among the killed was ANP's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly candidate, Haroon Bilour. Bilour was son of Bashir Ahmad Bilour who was also killed in a suicide bombing attack in December 2012. Elections for Constituency PK-78 were postponed to an disclosed date by the Election Commission.[12] On 12 July, a spokesperson for former Member of National Assembly Alhaj Shah Jee Gul Afridi was killed and another citizen was injured after unidentified men opened fire at the spokesperson's car in Peshawar.[13]

On 13 July, 4 citizens were killed and 10 were injured after a planted bomb exploded near the car of JUI-F candidate Akram Khan Durrani in Bannu.[14]

Results
Party General Seats %Votes -/+
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf66 34.09 2,132,364 28
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal10 18.0 1,126,445 new party
Awami National Party6 12.85 803,895 2
Independents5 14.89 931,989 9
Pakistan Muslim League (N)5 10.47 655,391 7
Pakistan Peoples Party4 9.67 604,930 4
Total99 100 6,255,014
[15]

See also

References
  1. "General Elections 2018 - Results Management System". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  2. "General polls 2018 would be held on July 25: sources". Dunya News. 22 May 2018.
  3. Samaa Web Desk. "Govt to complete its term; elections to be held in July 2018: PM".
  4. Usman, Ali; Ali, Hassan (2013-05-16). "JI-PTI coalition: Jamaat-e-Islami to get 3 K-P ministries". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  5. Shah, Waseem Ahmad (2013-05-29). "With 11 reserved seats: PTI builds up strength in KP Assembly". Dawn.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  6. "Pervez Khattak elected CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". The Nation (Pakistan). 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  7. Bach, Ali Hazrat (30 July 2017). "PTI decides to expel QWP from KP govt". Dawn.
  8. Aziz Khan, Javed (15 October 2017). "Fielding separate candidates may benefit rivals of PTI, JI". The News.
  9. Haroon Raja, Asif (15 February 2018). "PTI in a state of dejection". Global Village Space.
  10. Khattak, Sohail (26 April 2018). "JI set to quit K-P coalition govt". The Express Tribune.
  11. Khattak, Sohail. "PTI loses majority in K-P assembly". The Express Tribune.
  12. "'Skip the meeting': Late ANP hopeful Haroon Bilour told son minutes before blast". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  13. "Political worker shot dead in Peshawar". www.tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  14. "Four killed as blast targets JUI-F leader Akram Khan Durrani's convoy in Bannu". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  15. https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/347016-election-results-2018-party-positions-in-punjab-sindh-kp-balochistan-assemblies
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