2018 Pakistani general election in Islamabad
Appearance
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3 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 765,445 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 58.24% 4.02% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in the Islamabad Capital Territory on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the 3 members of 15th National Assembly from Islamabad.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) swept Islamabad winning all 3 seats with huge margin.
Candidates
[edit]A total number of 69 Candidates, including 33 Independents, contested for the 3 National Assembly Seats from Islamabad.
No. | Constituency | Candidates | |||||
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PTI | PML-N | PPP | |||||
1 | NA-52 | Khurram Shehzad Nawaz | Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | Muhammad Afzal Khokhar | |||
2 | NA-53 | Imran Khan | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | Syed Sibtul Haider Bukhari | |||
3 | NA-54 | Asad Umar | Anjum Aqeel Khan | Raja Imran Ashraf |
Result
[edit]Party Wise
Party | Seats | Votes[1] | |||
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Contested | Won | # | % | ||
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 3 | 3 | 215,077 | 48.24 | |
Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 3 | 0 | 110,920 | 24.88 | |
Pakistan Peoples Party | 3 | 0 | 56,079 | 12.58 | |
Total | 3 | 445,827 | 100.0 |
Constituency wise
[edit]No. | Constituency | Turnout | Elected Member | Party | Runner-up | Party | Win Margin
(by votes) |
Win Margin
(by % votes) | ||
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1 | NA-52 | 64.26 | Khurram Shehzad Nawaz | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Muhammad Afzal Khokhar | Pakistan Peoples Party | 30,794 | 20.44 | ||
2 | NA-53 | 56.53 | Imran Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 48,763 | 27.64 | ||
3 | NA-54 | 54.24 | Asad Umar | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Anjum Aqeel Khan | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 24,077 | 20.29 |
By-election
[edit]After the General Elections, the chairman of the PTI, Imran Khan vacated NA-53 in favour of NA-95 (Mianwali-I).[2] By-elections were held on 14 October 2018. Ali Nawaz Awan of the PTI won the seat by a margin of 18,630 votes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Constituency Profile". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "Constituency profile: NA-53 (Islamabad-II) ─ a seat vacated by PM Khan". DAWN.COM. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "NA 53 Islamabad Bye Election Result 2018 Information". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.