2018 Pakistani general election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

General elections were held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the 51 members of 15th National Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) obtained a landslide victory in the province by winning 37 general seats and increased their margin of victory from 2013. The PTI also won 8 out of 10 reserved seats while the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) won 1 reserved seat each.[1]

2018 Pakistani general election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
25 July 2018
61 seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the National Assembly
Opinion polls
Turnout44.31%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Imran Khan Fazl-ur-Rahman Shehbaz Sharif
Party PTI MMA PML(N)
Leader since 25 April 1996 2017 13 March 2018
Leader's seat Bannu (vacated) Dera Ismail Khan-I (lost)

Dera Ismail Khan-II (lost)

 Swat-II (lost)
Last election 29.9%, 21 seats 24.6%, 13 seats 17.3%, 5 seats
Seats won 45 8 4
Seat change Increase24 Decrease5 Decrease1
Popular vote 3,155,950 1,514,683 854,493
Percentage 39.34% 18.88% 10.65%
Swing Increase 9.44 Decrease 5.72 Decrease 6.65
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Asfandyar Wali Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Party ANP PPP
Leader since 2003 30 December 2007
Leader's seat Charsadda-II (lost) Malakand (lost)
Last election 7.6%, 1 seat 7.4%, 0 seats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Popular vote 747,779 603,248
Percentage 9.32% 7.52%
Swing Increase 1.72 Increase 0.08

Background

In the 2013 elections, the PTI emerged as the largest party in the province. The Pashtun nationalist and socialist Awami National Party (ANP) was reduced to only 1 seat because of allegations of corruption and poor leadership.[2]

In 2017, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) announced to restore Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, an electoral alliance of Islamist Parties.[3] This alliance was created to reduce vote bank of the PTI.

In May 2018, JI pulled out its support for the PTI-led provincial government just before the General Elections.[4] They blamed the PTI for the fact that JI was asked for support in the elections for the Chairman of the Senate. This statement was strongly condemned by the PTI.[5]

Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI, showed support for a merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He also demanded to close the FATA Secretariat and also threatened to start a countrywide protest if FATA was not merged.[6] The goal of merging FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was to ensure the function of Law enforcement authorities like the Judiciary and Police, Bureaucracy and other Provincial and Federal institutions like Health, Local Government, and Education may also function in the region like in the rest of Pakistan.[7]

JUI(F) strongly condemned this merger but many political parties including the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa showed support for a future merger.[8][9]

In May 2018, FATA was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the approval of legislators in the Parliament, Provincial Assembly and the President.[10][11]

The seats for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the National Assembly were increased from 35 to 39 general seats and from 8 to 10 reserved seats for women due to the 2017 Census of Pakistan. [12] After the merger of FATA with the province, its seats were further increased to 51.

Campaign

After the dissolution of the National Assembly and the Provincial Assembly, political parties started their election campaigns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) launched its campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by contesting every seat except for NA-50 (South Waziristan-II). Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI, announced that he would be contesting from NA-35 (Bannu).[13] The PTI also expelled 20 MPAs from the party for selling their votes in the Senate Elections, which increased their popularity.[14] The PTI enjoyed massive crowds in their political rallies in Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Charsadda, Swat, Bannu, Abbottabad and Haripur.[15] Opinion surveys showed that the PTI would emerge highly successful in not only Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but also in Hazara Division, which was considered as a strong hold of the PML(N).[16]

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) started its campaign by contesting 47 seats in the province. Fazal-ur-Rehman, president of the MMA, contested from NA-38 (Dera Ismail Khan-I) and NA-39 (Dera Ismail Khan-II), while Siraj-ul Haq, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Deputy Leader of the MMA, contested from NA-7 (Lower Dir-II). In NA-3 (Swat-II), the MMA announced its support for Shehbaz Sharif, a candidate of the PML(N).[17]

The MMA held large political rallies in Malakand and Peshawar.[18]

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)

The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) contested 42 seats. Shehbaz Sharif, leader of the PML(N), contested NA-3 (Swat-II) and Provincial President Amir Muqam contested NA-2 (Swat-I) and NA-29 (Peshawar-III).[19]

The PML(N) held rallies in Mardan, Swat, Mansehra and Haripur.[20][21]

Awami National Party

The Awami National Party (ANP), a Pashtun nationalist and socialist party, contested 41 Seats in the province under the leadership of Asfandyar Wali Khan. Khan Contested NA-24 (Charsadda-II) while other seniors leaders, such as Ghulam Ahmed Bilour and Haider Khan Hoti contested from NA-31 (Peshawar-V) and NA-21 (Mardan-II), respectively.[22]

Other Political Parties

Other smaller and regional parties also launched their campaigns a well. Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, leader of the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP), contested from NA-23 (Charsadda-I).[23] Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), contested from NA-8 (Malakand).[24]

For the first time, political parties started campaigns in the former Tribal Districts. The people living in these districts gave positive response to political workers and National Assembly candidates.[25]

Results

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  PTI (39.34%)
  MMA (18.88%)
  PML-N (10.65%)
  ANP (9.32%)
  PPP (7.52%)
  Other Parties (3.47%)
  IND (10.82%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

  PTI (73.78%)
  MMA (13.11%)
  PML-N (6.55%)
  ANP (1.64%)
  PPP (1.64%)
  IND (3.28%)
PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralWomenTotal
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf3,155,95039.3437845
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal1,514,68318.88718
Pakistan Muslim League (N)854,49310.65314
Awami National Party747,7799.32101
Pakistan Peoples Party603,2487.52101
Other parties278,0043.47000
Independents867,65510.82202
Total8,021,812100.00511061
Valid votes8,021,81296.65
Invalid/blank votes277,8343.35
Total votes8,299,646100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,729,51044.31
Source: Election Pakistani[26][27]

By constituency
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin Turnout
Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
No. % No. % No. % %
1 NA-1 Chitral Abdul Akbar Chitrali MMA 49,035 29.65 Abdul Latif PTI 38,819 43.27 10,216 6.18 61.36
2 NA-2 Swat-I Haider Ali Khan PTI 61,834 37.14 Amir Muqam PML-N 41,366 24.84 20,468 12.29 43.48
3 NA-3 Swat-II Saleem Rehman PTI 68,280 42.02 Shebaz Sharif PML-N 22,758 14.01 45,522 28.02 40.50
4 NA-4 Swat-III Murad Saeed PTI 71,663 44.51 Saleem Khan ANP 31,209 19.39 40,454 25.13 39.36
5 NA-5 Upper Dir Sahibzada Sibghatullah PTI 66,654 30.71 Sahabzada Tariq Ullah MMA 58,307 26.86 8,347 3.85 48.52
6 NA-6 Lower Dir-I Mehboob Shah PTI 63,717 36.54 Asad Ullah MMA 37,687 21.61 26,030 14.93 49.65
7 NA-7 Lower Dir-II Bashir Khan PTI 63,071 42.81 Siraj-ul-Haq MMA 46,927 31.85 16,144 10.96 44.57
8 NA-8 Malakand Junaid Akbar PTI 81,788 43.59 Bilawal Bhutto PPP 44,091 23.50 37,697 20.09 48.56
9 NA-9 Buner Sher Akbar Khan PTI 58,317 31.59 Kamran Khan PML-N 39,213 21.24 19,104 10.35 41.44
10 NA-10 Shangla Ibadullah PML-N 35,178 26.83 Sadid-ur-Rehman ANP 33,650 25.67 1,528 1.17 35.02
11 NA-11 Kohistan Afreen Khan MMA 16,480 25.34 Dost Muhammad Shakir IND 14,536 22.35 1,944 2.99 42.07
12 NA-12 Battagram Nawaz Khan PTI 35,120 37.57 Qari Muhammad Yousuf MMA 24,307 26.00 10,813 11.57 36.21
13 NA-13 Mansehra-I Saleh Muhammad PTI 1,08,950 41.43 Shahjahan Yousuf PML-N 1,07,114 40.74 1,836 0.70 49.90
14 NA-14 Mansehra-cum-Torghar Muhammad Sajjad PML-N 75,220 35.31 Zar Gul Khan PTI 59,918 28.13 15,302 7.18 41.69
15 NA-15 Abbottabad-I Murtaza Javed Abbasi PML-N 95,348 39.32 Ali Asghar Khan PTI 82,073 33.85 13,275 5.47 50.69
16 NA-16 Abbottabad-II Ali Khan Jadoon PTI 85,763 47.50 Mohabat Khan PML-N 55,102 30.52 30,661 16.98 50.10
17 NA-17 Haripur Omar Ayub Khan PTI 1,73,125 50.26 Babar Nawaz Khan PML-N 1,33,158 38.66 39,967 11.60 52.38
18 NA-18 Swabi-I Asad Qaiser PTI 79,428 40.47 Fazal Ali MMA 34,684 17.67 44,744 22.80 43.72
19 NA-19 Swabi-II Usman Khan Tarakai PTI 84,489 39.58 Waris Khan ANP 54,080 25.33 30,409 14.24 46.05
20 NA-20 Mardan-I Mujahid Ali PTI 78,188 40.17 Gul Nawaz Khan ANP 38,741 19.91 39,447 20.27 45.20
21 NA-21 Mardan-II Haider Hoti ANP 79,151 41.00 Atif Khan PTI 78,999 40.92 152 0.08 45.99
22 NA-22 Mardan-III Ali Muhammad Khan PTI 58,652 29.06 Maulana Muhammad Qasim MMA 56,587 28.04 2,065 1.02 51.80
23 NA-23 Charsadda-I Anwar Taj PTI 61,911 33.42 Zafar Ullah Khan MMA 43,541 23.50 18,370 9.92 44.38
24 NA-24 Charsadda-II Fazal Muhammad Khan PTI 83,596 39.72 Asfandyar Wali ANP 59,809 28.42 23,787 11.30 45.41
25 NA-25 Nowshera-I Pervaiz Khattak PTI 82,208 44.42 Khan Pervaiz PPP 35,661 19.27 46,547 25.15 48.83
26 NA-26 Nowshera-II Imran Khattak PTI 90,298 47.94 Jamal Khan Khattak ANP 47,124 25.02 43,174 22.92 49.92
27 NA-27 Peshawar-I Noor Alam Khan PTI 71,242 46.04 Haji Ghulam Ali MMA 39,358 25.43 31,884 20.60 45.87
28 NA-28 Peshawar-II Arbab Amir Ayub PTI 74,525 49.44 Sabir Hussain Awan MMA 27,395 18.17 47,130 31.26 44.79
29 NA-29 Peshawar-III Nasir Khan Mosazai PTI 49,779 38.21 Naeem Jan MMA 29,415 22.58 20,364 15.63 40.67
30 NA-30 Peshawar-IV Sher Ali Arbab PTI 73,885 58.75 Arbab Najeebullah Khan MMA 18,197 14.47 55,688 44.28 40.72
31 NA-31 Peshawar-V Shaukat Ali PTI 87,975 53.37 Ghulam Ahmed Bilour ANP 42,526 25.80 45,449 27.57 42.24
32 NA-32 Kohat Shehryar Afridi PTI 82,952 41.73 Gohar Muhamad Khan bangash MMA 47,825 24.06 35,127 17.67 39.23
33 NA-33 Hangu Khial Zaman PTI 28,882 35.30 Atiq ur Rehman MMA 28,154 34.41 728 0.89 29.65
34 NA-34 Karak Shahid Ahmad PTI 77,270 38.37 Mir Zakim Khan MMA 28,548 14.18 48,722 24.20 49.79
35 NA-35 Bannu Imran Khan PTI 1,13,843 46.21 Akram Durrani MMA 1,06,842 43.37 7,001 2.84 42.56
36 NA-36 Lakki Marwat Muhammad Anwar MMA 91,396 43.34 Ishfaq Ahmed Khan PTI 81,859 38.82 9,537 4.52 50.06
37 NA-37 Tank Asad Mehmood MMA 28,563 35.62 Habib Ullah Khan PTI 16,659 20.77 11,904 14.84 44.34
38 NA-38 D I Khan-I Ali Amin Gandapur PTI 81,032 37.41 Fazal-ur-Rehman MMA 45,796 21.15 35,236 16.27 55.31
39 NA-39 D I Khan-II Muhammad Yaqub Sheikh PTI 79,672 47.73 Fazal-ur-Rehman MMA 52,327 31.35 27,345 16.37 50.83
40 NA-40 Bajaur-I Gul Dad Khan PTI 34,683 32.97 Sardar Khan IND 18,025 17.13 16,658 15.83 41.16
41 NA-41 Bajaur-II Gul Zafar Khan PTI 22,767 25.03 Qari Abdul Majeed IND 14,960 16.45 7,807 8.58 38.35
42 NA-42 Mohmand Sajid Khan PTI 22,742 24.45 Bilal Rehman IND 21,106 22.69 1,636 1.76 36.11
43 NA-43 Khyber-I Noor-ul-Haq Qadri PTI 33,871 38.98 Shahjee Gul Afridi IND 30,428 35.02 3,443 3.96 38.34
44 NA-44 Khyber-II Muhammad Iqbal Khan PTI 12,580 18.61 Hameed Ullah Jan IND 9,184 13.58 3,396 5.02 25.49
45 NA-45 Kurram-I Munir Orakzai MMA 16,255 28.03 Said Jamal PTI 13,495 23.27 2,760 4.76 35.07
46 NA-46 Kurram-II Sajid Hussain Turi PPP 21,506 28.76 Syed Iqbal Manan PTI 17,004 22.74 4,502 6.02 43.35
47 NA-47 Orakzai Jawad Hussain PTI 11,523 20.55 Qasim Gul MMA 6,988 12.46 4,535 8.09 33.53
48 NA-48 North Waziristan Mohsin Dawar IND 16,526 25.80 Misbah Uddin MMA 15,363 23.98 1,163 1.82 23.36
49 NA-49 South Waziristan-I Muhammad Jamal Ud din MMA 7,778 20.93 Dost Muhammad Khan PTI 6,591 17.74 1,187 3.19 20.84
50 NA-50 South Waziristan-II Ali Wazir IND 23.589 48.85 Tariq Gilani IND 8,254 17.09 15,335 31.76 33.10
51 NA-51 Frontier Regions Abdul Shakor MMA 21,962 31.26 Qaiser Jamal PTI 18,754 26.70 3,208 4.57 42.16

Notable Loses

Results from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa surprised the country as many Party Leaders and famous politicians lost by huge margin.

Fazal-ur-Rehman Leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam F and President of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal lost from both NA-38 and NA-39 Dera Ismail Khan by 35,236 and 27,345 votes by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Candidates.[28]

Shebaz Sharif Leader of Pakistan Muslim League N lost from NA-3 Swat by 45,522 votes by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate.[29]

Bilawal Zardari Bhutto Leader of Pakistan People's Party lost from NA-8 Malakand by 37,697 votes by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate.[30]

Asfand Yar Wali Leader of Awami National Party and Grandson of Abdul Ghaffar Khan lost from NA-24 Charsadda by 23,787 votes by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate.

Ghulam Ahmed Bilour another prominent Leader of Awami National Party lost from NA-31 Peshawar by 45,449 votes by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate.[31]

Siraj ul Haq Leader of Jamat-e-Islami and deputy Leader of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal lost from the strong hold of NA-7 Lower Dir by 16,114 votes by Pakistan tehreek-e-Insaf Candidate.[32]

Amir Muqam President of Pakistan Muslim League N Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter lost from both NA-2 Swat and NA-29 Peshawar by 20,468 votes and stood 4th in NA-29 Peshawar by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Candidates.[33]

Aftab Sherpao Leader of Qaumi Watan Party lost from NA-23 Charsadda by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Candidate and stood on 3rd Position.[34]

Atif Khan Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one of the leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lost from NA-21 Mardan by Awami National Party Candidate and former Chief Minister Haider Hoti by just 152 votes.[35]

Akram Durani former Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one of the leaders of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal lost from NA-35 Bannu by 7001 votes by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Leader Imran Khan.[36]

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