With 64 seats, Nawaz Sharif announces victory for his party in Pakistan elections 2024.
Khan uses an AI message from jail to issue a counterclaim Independents, most of whom are supported by former PM Khan, win 92
Bhutto’s PPP secures 50 seats; Sharif’s party will hold discussions to create a coalition government
The strong rivals and former prime ministers of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan, both declared victory on Friday in polls marred by manipulated results and terrorist attacks, further destabilizing the country.
Following the suspension of his party from the polls, supporters of the imprisoned Khan ran as independents on Thursday,and they ended up gaining the most seats overall. The most seats obtained by a single party belonged to Sharif’s party.
Another former Prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, asserts that his party has become the largest and extends an invitation to others to join forces with him.
It doesn’t seem like any group or party will earn a majority in the whole. The findings are still pending announcement.
Despite what he has described as a crackdown on his party, Mr. Khan claimed his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had achieved a “landslide victory” in a resolute video message uploaded on X that was generated using AI.
Having been found guilty in charges he claims are politically motivated, he is currently incarcerated.
The PTI-affiliated candidates’ surprising success was due to the consensus among analysts that Mr. Sharif, who is thought to have the support of the nation’s potent military, was the overwhelming favourite .
Election demonstrates Imran Khan’s strong support despite the odds
Since the PTI was disqualified from contesting the Pakistan elections 2024, it is not a recognized party; therefore, in theory, Mr. Sharif’s PML-N is the biggest recognized political party.
As a result, the political horse-trading has started in earnest, and it may take some time before anyone can declare an absolute win.
Mr. Sharif conceded in a speech on Friday that he lacked the necessary numbers to establish a government on his own. However, speaking to supporters in front of his party’s Lahore headquarters, he asked other contenders to form an alliance with him and said he could rescue the nation from dire circumstances.
The Pakistan People’s Party, led by Bilawal Bhutto, the killed son of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, seems to be the third-largest party.
Having failed to secure a clear majority on its own, Sharif announced that his party would engage with other parties to create a coalition administration.
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More than twenty-eight persons were killed in militant strikes on Thursday, the day the election ended, and more than seventy-five percent of the 265 seats had results reported, when Sharif made his announcement..
Analysts had speculated that there would not be a clear winner, which would have compounded the problems for a nation already reeling from an economic crisis and dealing with an increase in militancy in a highly politicized atmosphere.
As of 1830 GMT, the results revealed that independents, who received the majority of Khan’s support, had secured the greatest number of seats (181 out of 245) in Pakistan elections 2024.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), led by Sharif, received 69 votes, while the Pakistan People’s Party, led by the late premier Benazir Bhutto’s son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, won 51.
The remaining seats were won by independents and small parties.
In the run-up to the Pakistan elections 2024, Khan—a former cricket superstar—was found guilty three times in six days on charges of state secrets, graft, and unregistered marriage, earning him sentences of 10, 14, and seven years in prison. Since August, Khan has been detained.
The 74-year-old former prime minister, who ran in the most recent Pakistan elections 2024 from a prison cell due to a graft conviction, returned to the United Kingdom late last year after four years of self-imposed exile.
The caretaker government blamed the unprecedented delay in the Pakistan elections 2024 results on the shutdown of mobile phone service as a precautionary measure.
Under Pakistan’s intricate electoral system, which also includes reserved seats that will be distributed to parties based on their performance, independent legislators are unable to form a government on their own.
Independents, however, are free to join any party following the Pakistan elections 2024.
