Pakistan Election Result 2024 Highlights: Former PM Nawaz Sharif's party claims victory in national polls

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: According to reports citing the results from the Election Commission of Pakistan, here are the number of seats won by three major parties in the general election, for which voting took place on Thursday,

• Jailed Imran Khan's PTI wins five seats so far

• Nawaz Sharif's PML-N wins four seats

• Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's PPP wins three seats

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Fazal Muhammad Khan, supported by Imran Khan's PTI, emerges victorious in NA-25 Charsadda II, securing 100,713 votes, as per Dawn citing the election commission results. Awami National Party's Aimal Wali Khan secures second place with a total of 67,876 votes, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Nazeer Ahmed Bughio, representing the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), secures victory in NA-195 (Larkana) with a total of 133,830 votes, as per Dawn citing Election Commission results. Safdar Ali Abbasi from the Grand Democratic Alliance clinches second place with 48,893 votes.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: According to reports citing the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), here are the number of seats won by the three major parties so far:

• Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won four seats so far

• Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif's PML-N claimed four seats, and

• Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) secured two seats so far

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: According to the Dawn reports that cited Election Commission of Pakistan, here are the latest winners from Nawaz Sharif's PML-N, Imran Khan's PTI and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's PPP

• Independent candidates Muhammad Abdul Salam and Sultan Room, supported by PTI, emerge victorious in their respective seats from PK-58 Mardan and PK-9 Swat.

• Faisal Khan, representing PML-N, secures victory in PK-52 Swabi IV with 42,269 votes.

• Makhdoom Jameel-uz-Zaman, the PPP candidate, wins NA-216 Matiari with 124,536 votes.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Former Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi took to X to talk about the general election, for which voting took place on Thursday, saying, “The people of Pakistan have spoken, loudly and clearly; any attempt to manipulate their mandate will result in unsustainable chaos. The heat of the electoral process has passed; it is time to allow the country to heal. The political leadership - Mian Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Imran Khan, Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, and others - must rise above petty politics and work together to confront the immense challenges our country is facing; they need to recognise that history is not kind to selfish politicians.”

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Imran Khan's PTI-supported contender, Basharat Raja, alleges a discrepancy between the results in Form 45 and Form 47 for Rawalpindi’s NA-55 constituency. In a video he shared on X, Raja claims a 50,000 vote lead and states his opponent “did not win from any polling station in the entire constituency”.

Meanwhile, as per Election Commission of Pakistan cited by Dawn, PPP's Makhdoom Jameel-uz-Zaman clinches victory in NA-216 Matiari with 124,536 votes, while PML-N's Sardar Ghulam Abbas secures NA-59 Talagang-cum-Chakwal with 141,680 votes.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: The US said on Thursday that it is the "people of Pakistan to decide their future leadership" as the country underwent its general elections amid accusations of rigging and electoral malpractice, news agency PTI reported.

"Millions of Pakistanis went to the polls today to vote, and I will reiterate that Pakistan's future leadership is for the Pakistani people to decide, and our interest continues to be in the democratic process," said State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel during his daily news conference.

He condemned all instances of election-related violence, both in the weeks leading up to the polls and on the polling day itself.

"These kinds of election-related violence, we believe, affected a broad range of political parties across Pakistan. It impacted polling stations, election officers, as well as the election commission,” he said while also voicing concerns about the restrictions on the exercise of freedom of expression.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: According to Dawn reports citing the election commission results,

• In Swat's NA-3 constituency, Saleem Rehman, supported by PTI, emerges victorious with 81,411 votes, as per the preliminary result declared by the ECP.
• Meanwhile, in NA-199 Ghotki, PPP candidate Ali Gohar Khan secures success with 154,832 votes, according to the ECP's announcement.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Fazal Khan, backed by jailed leader Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has secured victory with more than 100,000 votes in NA-25 Charsadda, Dawn reports citing the preliminary result announced by the ECP.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Former prime minister and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif wins the NA-123 seat from Lahore with 63,953 votes, Dawn reports, citing election commission.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: On general elections held in Pakistan on Thursday, Pakistani journalist and YouTuber Matiullah says, “One can say that the elections 2024 can be termed as one of the most controversial elections in the history of Pakistan. Today, on the polling day, telephone networks across the country were shut down, internet facilities were shut down and there was a complete communication and information black out.”

(With news agency PTI inputs)

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: As the Election Commission started to announce the results for the general election, it declared results for four parliamentary seats, with two each being won by Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N and two won by independent candidates, Reuters reported, citing the election body's website.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: The Election Commission began announcing results for the general election, which took place on Thursday, as reported by Dawn.

• Abrar Ahmed, representing the PML-N, has emerged victorious in NA-55 Rawalpindi IV with 78,542 votes, as confirmed by the Election Commission of Pakistan. Similarly, Tahir Iqbal, also from the PML-N, has secured victory in NA-58 Chakwal I.
• In PS-6 Kashmore III, Mehboob Ali Khan Bijarani, a leader of the PPP, has garnered success with 86,365 votes. Additionally, Ali Nawaz Khan Mahar has clinched victory in PS-21 with 63,578 votes.
• Sohail Anwar, another PPP candidate, has been declared the winner from PS-12 Larkana, as per the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Vote counting is underway in Pakistan's general election, which has been disrupted by violence from armed groups and the suspension of mobile phone services. The electorate, consisting of over 128 million registered voters, is selecting representatives for both the National Assembly and the four provincial legislatures.