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
editPakistan 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "An Overview | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ Yusuf, Ahmed (2018-09-02). "Elections 2018: Mapping the trends". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Election Results - Election Pakistan - Elections in Pakistan". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Election Results - Election Pakistan - Elections in Pakistan". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Party position 2008" (PDF). ECP.
- ^ "PTI eyes two-thirds majority in K-P Assembly". The Express Tribune. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2022-07-21.