Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: So far, no clear victor has emerged yet even as vote-counting nears completion. With both PTI and PML-N falling short of a majority, the country is looking at a fractured mandate
Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Saturday asked the Pakistan election commission to announce the final results for the country’s general elections by midnight or face protests, news agency PTI reported. However, hours after issuing the statement, PTI workers commenced loud protests outside RO offices in areas where results are awaited, with the party’s official X handle posting videos of the same. Imran Khan’s close aide and media advisor, Zulfi Bukhari, spoke to news agency Reuters, confirming that the party banner for independent candidates backed by the jailed former PM’s party, will be announced within the next 24 hours.
Here’s a breakdown of the results so far: So far, no clear victor has emerged yet even as vote-counting nears completion. With both PTI and PML-N falling short of a majority, the country is looking at a fractured mandate. Out of the 257 seats whose results have been announced, the independent candidates, most backed by PTI, have won 102 seats. Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N and Bilawal Bhutto’s PPP have secured 73 and 54 seats respectively. Sharif’s party has won the most seats by a single party in Thursday’s election, but supporters of imprisoned cricketer-turned-politician Khan, whose party backed independents instead of running as a single bloc, won the most seats overall. Although Sharif said earlier that his party is now in talks with Bilawal Bhutto’s party to form a coalition government, Dawn reported the latter as saying that the PPP has not had any official conversation with the PML-N and Imran Khan’s PTI on the matter.