Pakistan’s Election Commission released the full results of the general elections on February 12, 2024, detailing the preliminary positions of political parties in national and provincial assemblies.
- Independents won 93 seats in the National Assembly out of 266 directly elected members, surpassing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with 75 seats and Pakistan People’s Party with 54 seats.
- Independent candidates, largely affiliated with Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), secured the most parliamentary seats, diminishing the chances of the army-backed PML-N from obtaining a ruling majority.
- The PTI does not have enough seats to form a government independently, and a coalition government seems inevitable.
- General elections took place on Thursday, with an unusual delay in announcing results, leading to allegations of vote rigging in various constituencies.
- Both jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s PTI and ex-premier Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N have claimed victory, but no single party has obtained a majority in the National Assembly, making a coalition government likely.
Q: Independent candidates who won the majority of seats in the general elections are largely affiliated with:
a. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
b. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)
c. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
d. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
Ans : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – Party of Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s
