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Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province of Pakistan are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan. The Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the Provincial Assembly to the conduct of Provincial elections need to be approved by the Parliament of Pakistan. Election Commission of Pakistan is responsible of conducting Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is Represented by 55 MNA's in National Assembly which include 45 General Seats and 10 Women Seats. In Senate of Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is Represented by 23 Senators which include 14 General Seats, 4 Technocrat/Ulema Seats, 4 Women Seats, and 1 Seat for Non-Muslims.[1]

Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the unicameral legislature of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly consists of 145 Members which include 115 General Seats, 26 Women Seats, and 4 Non-Muslim Seats.[1]

Political parties

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is the major political party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam(F), Awami National Party are minor political parties of the Province. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Jamat-e-Islami (JI) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) also has minor support in the Province.[2]

General Elections

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1970 Pakistani general election in North-West Frontier Province[3]
Party Seats
General Women Total
Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum) 7 1 8
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 6 0 6
National Awami Party (Wali) 3 0 3
Pakistan Peoples Party 1 0 1
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 1 0 1
Total 18 1 19
2018 Pakistani general election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Party Seats
General Women Total
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 36 8 44
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 7 1 8
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 3 1 4
Awami National Party 1 0 1
Pakistan Peoples Party 1 0 1
Independents 3 0 3
Total 51 10 61

Provincial Elections

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1970 North-West Frontier Province provincial election[4]
Party Seats
General Women Total
National Awami Party (Wali) 13 1 14
Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum) 11 1 12
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 4 0 4
Pakistan Peoples Party 3 0 3
Convention Muslim League 2 0 2
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 1 0 1
Independents 6 0 6
Total 40 2 42
2002 North-West Frontier Province provincial election[5]
Party Seats
General Women Non-Muslims Total
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 52 13 1 65
Pakistan Peoples party(Sherpao) 10 2 1 13
Awami National Party 8 2 0 10
Pakistan Peoples Party 8 2 0 10
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 8 2 0 10
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 4 1 0 5
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 1 0 0 1
Independents 8 0 0 8
Elections postponed 0 0 1 1
Total 99 22 3 124
2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election[6]
Party Seats
General Ind joined Women Non-Muslims Total
Awami National Party 33 5 9 1 48
Pakistan Peoples Party 18 5 6 1 30
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 11 0 3 1 15
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 5 2 2 0 9
Qaumi Watan Party 5 0 1 0 6
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 5 0 1 0 6
Independents 10 0 0 0 10
Total 87 12 22 3 124
2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election[7]
Party Seats
General Women Non-Muslims Total
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 66 16 2 84
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 10 2 1 13
Awami National Party 7 2 0 9
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 5 1 0 6
Pakistan Peoples Party 3 1 0 4
Independents 6 0 0 6
Elections postponed 2 0 0 2
Total 99 22 3 124

References

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  1. ^ "An Overview | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  2. ^ Yusuf, Ahmed (2018-09-02). "Elections 2018: Mapping the trends". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  3. ^ "Election Results - Election Pakistan - Elections in Pakistan". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  4. ^ "Election Results - Election Pakistan - Elections in Pakistan". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  5. ^ "General Elections 2002 | After three years of military rule, Pakistan again headed towards democracy on October 2002". Story Of Pakistan. 2004-02-21. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  6. ^ "Party position 2008" (PDF). ECP.
  7. ^ "PTI eyes two-thirds majority in K-P Assembly". The Express Tribune. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2022-07-21.