2013 Balochistan provincial election

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.

2013 Balochistan provincial election
11 May 2013
All 65 seats in the Provincial Assembly
38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout40.86%(7.58%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hamid Khan Achakzai Sanaullah Zehri Abdul Malik Baloch
Party PMAP PML(N) NP
Leader's seat Qilla Abdullah-III Khuzdar-I Kech-I
Last election boycotted 0 seats, 1.13% 1 seat, 0.78%
Seats won 14 12 10
Seat change 14 12 9
Popular vote 167,900 134,758 76,018
Percentage 13.06% 10.28% 5.78%
Swing 12.80% 9.15% 4.00%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Maulana Abdul Wasey Abdul Quddus Bizenjo Akhtar Mengal
Party JUI (F) PML(Q) BNP-M
Leader's seat Qilla Saifullah Awaran Khuzdar-III
Last election 9 seats, 15.10% 19 seats, 33.39% 7 seats, 5.06%
Seats won 8 6 2
Seat change 1 13 5
Popular vote 207,167 53,305 81,217
Percentage 15.80% 4.06% 6.19%
Swing 0.70% 29.33% 1.13%
Chief Minister before election

Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani
PPP

 Elected Chief Minister

Abdul Malik Baloch
NP

Background

The 2013 elections resulted in a hung parliament, before Pakistan Muslim League (N), National Party, and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party joined hands to form a coalition government.[2] A power-sharing agreement was also brokered between PML-N and NP where the province's Chief Ministership tenure would be bifurcated between the two parties. In consequence, NP's Abdul Malik Baloch served as chief minister from 2013 to 2015 before he was replaced by PML-N's Sanaullah Khan Zehri at the end of 2015.[3][4]

However, Zehri couldn't complete his term as on 2 January 2018, a number of dissident members from the ruling PML-N colluded with opposition lawmakers to submit a no-confidence motion against him. Seeing that he has lost the majority of the house's support in the ensuing turmoil, Zehri resigned from his post before a no-confidence vote could take place.[5] Pakistan Muslim League (Q)'s, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, an opposition lawmaker and one of the leaders of the no-confidence bloc, was elected as the province's 15th Chief Minister. He secured 41 of the 65 votes.[6][7]

References
  1. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT". Election Commission of Pakistan.
  2. Zafar, Muhammad (18 May 2013). "Balochistan politics: PML-N, PkMAP, National Party to form coalition govt". The Express Tribune.
  3. Shah, Syed Ali (8 June 2013). "Unopposed, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch elected CM Balochistan". Dawn.
  4. "PML-N's Sanaullah Zehri elected CM Balochistan". The News International. 24 December 2015.
  5. "Balochistan CM Zehri quits to avoid no-trust vote - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  6. Shah, Syed Ali (13 January 2018). "Balochistan Assembly votes Bizenjo in as new CM". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  7. "Balochistan Assembly elects Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo as provincial chief minister". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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