Imran Khan is in jail and his party is doing wonders in the elections.
At the same time, Nawaz Sharif has suffered a shock. Independent candidates backed by Imran’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are leading in several constituencies across the country.
He is also giving a tough challenge to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party PML-N in Punjab province, which is considered Sharif’s stronghold.
This information has emerged from the initial trends of vote counting. Till the time of writing the news, 57 PTI supported candidates were ahead or had won. At the same time, 43 candidates of Nawaz Sharif’s party were ahead or had won.
Main competition in three parties
Dozens of parties have entered the fray for this election in Pakistan, but the main contest is between Khan’s PTI, three-time Prime Minister Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Bilawal Zardari Bhutto’s ‘Pakistan People’s Party’ (PPP).
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in jail and is banned from contesting elections. Khan, 71, of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party is contesting the elections as an independent candidate after the country’s Supreme Court upheld the Election Commission’s decision to deprive his party of its election symbol ‘cricket bat’. was kept.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) began announcing election results late on Friday, more than 10 hours after voting ended on Thursday amid allegations of rigging and sporadic violence. Counting of votes is still going on.
PTI’s claim
Voting is held on 266 out of 336 National Assembly (NC) seats but in Bajaur, voting on one seat was postponed after a candidate was killed in an attack.
Another 60 seats are reserved for women and 10 for minorities and are allotted to the winning parties on the basis of proportional representation.
To form a new government, any party will have to win 133 seats out of 265. PTI claimed on social media platform ‘X’ that it has won more than 150 NA seats out of 265, as per the data received from Form 45.
Form 45s are the primary source of election results at the lowest level and reflect the votes cast by each candidate at each polling station.
Imran’s party claims
The party of jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed victory in the country’s general elections on Friday.
Imran’s party accused the party of delaying the announcement of election results to rig the results. On the other hand, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) also claimed victory in the elections held on Thursday.
Imran Khan’s party ‘Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’ (PTI) issued a statement asking PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to accept his defeat. Sharif has the support of the country’s powerful army. PML-N rejected this demand of PTI and claimed victory in the elections.