2018 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

2018 Pakistani general election in Islamabad
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3 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly
Registered765,445 Increase
Turnout58.24% Decrease4.02%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif
Party PTI PML(N)
Last election 1 1
Seats won 3 0
Seat change Increase2 Decrease1
Popular vote 215,077 110,920
Percentage 48.24% 24.88%
Swing Increase14.58% Decrease12.64%

General elections were held in the Islamabad Capital Territory on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the 3 members of 15th National Assembly from Islamabad.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) swept Islamabad winning all 3 seats with huge margin.

Candidates

A total number of 69 Candidates, including 33 Independents, contested for the 3 National Assembly Seats from Islamabad.

No. Constituency Candidates
PTI PML-N PPP
1 NA-52 Khurram Shehzad Nawaz Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Khokhar
2 NA-53 Imran Khan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Syed Sibtul Haider Bukhari
3 NA-54 Asad Umar Anjum Aqeel Khan Raja Imran Ashraf

Result

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  PTI (48.24%)
  PML-N (24.88%)
  PPP (12.58%)
  Others (14.30%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

  PTI (100%)

Party Wise

Party Seats Votes[1]
Contested Won # %
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 3 3 215,077 48.24
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 3 0 110,920 24.88
Pakistan Peoples Party 3 0 56,079 12.58
Total 3 445,827 100.0

Constituency wise

No. Constituency Turnout Elected Member Party Runner-up Party Win Margin

(by votes)

Win Margin

(by % votes)

1 NA-52 64.26 Increase Khurram Shehzad Nawaz Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Muhammad Afzal Khokhar Pakistan Peoples Party 30,794 20.44
2 NA-53 56.53 Increase Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Pakistan Muslim League (N) 48,763 27.64
3 NA-54 54.24Increase Asad Umar Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Anjum Aqeel Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) 24,077 20.29

By-election

After the General Elections, the chairman of the PTI, Imran Khan vacated NA-53 in favour of NA-95 (Mianwali-I).[2] By-elections were held on 14 October 2018. Ali Nawaz Awan of the PTI won the seat by a margin of 18,630 votes.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Constituency Profile". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  2. ^ "Constituency profile: NA-53 (Islamabad-II) ─ a seat vacated by PM Khan". DAWN.COM. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  3. ^ "NA 53 Islamabad Bye Election Result 2018 Information". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
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