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PML-N secures 71 seats, PPP wins 54 in NA elections


The PML-N has emerged as the largest party with seventy one seats in the National Assembly elections.

According to the unofficial results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan for 253 out of 265 seats, PPP has bagged fifty four seats followed by MQM 17 seats, Pakistan Muslim League and JUI (P) three seats each and two seats by Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party. One seat each was won by Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan, Balochistan National Party and PML-Z. Independents have secured 100 seats.

In the Sindh Assembly, Pakistan Peoples Party has emerged as the largest party with 84 seats, followed by MQM-Pakistan twenty-eight, Grand Democratic Alliance and Jamaat-e-Islami two each. Independents won fourteen seats in the provincial assembly.

In Punjab Assembly, the PML-N has secured one hundred and thirty seven seats, PPP ten, Pakistan Muslim League eight, Istehkam e Pakistan Party, PML-Z and TLP one each while one hundred and thirty seven independents also remained successful. Result of one seat is sti
ll awaited.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly election, out of 112 seats, ninety independents emerged victorious. JUI (P) bagged seven, PML-N five, PPP four, Jamaat-e-Islami three, PTI Parliamentarians two and Awami National Party one. One result has been withheld.

In Balochistan Assembly, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians lead the tally with eleven seats, followed by PML-N and JUI (P) with nine seats each. Balochistan Awami Party secured four, National Party three and Awami National Party two seats. Independents also remained successful on six seats. Balochistan National Party, Balochistan National Party (Awami) and Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan each secured one seat. Results for three seats of the Balochistan Assembly are still awaited.

Source: Radio Pakistan