2013 Sindh provincial election

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

2013 Sindh provincial election
11 May 2013
All 168 seats in the Provincial Assembly
85 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.62%(11.32%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Qaim Ali Shah Khawaja Izharul Hassan Raja Saein
Party PPP MQM PML(F)
Leader's seat Khairpur-I Karachi-XI Khairpur-II
Last election 92 seats, 41.94% 51 seats, 30.10% 8 seats, 6.19%
Seats won 91 51 11
Seat change 1 3
Popular vote 3,209,686 2,510,853 1,138,400
Percentage 32.63% 25.53% 11.57%
Swing 9.31% 4.57% 5.38%
Sindh Assembly Elections result. Expand to original file to view constituency labels.
Chief Minister before election

Qaim Ali Shah
PPP

 Elected Chief Minister

Qaim Ali Shah
PPP

The Pakistan Peoples Party, led by Syed Qaim Ali Shah, despite losing almost 10% of its vote, returned victorious in this election, losing only one seat overall.

Background

Prior to this election, the Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement were in a coalition government with each other despite the fact that the PPP had enough seats to be able to form a government by themselves.[2]

Campaign

Overall, the election campaign for the Pakistan Peoples Party was based mainly on garnering support in Sindh, while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement campaign was mainly based in Karachi.

The Pakistan Peoples Party ran on the platform of praising the nationalisation and welfare programs since they took office in 2008,[3] although the Muttahida Qaumi Movement campaigned more on the Muhajir Nationalist side.

Results

Following the elections, the party positions in the assembly remained largely the same, with slight changes. New additions into the assembly included Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, a welfarist, anti-establishment party led by former cricketer Imran Khan, who emerged as the second largest party in Karachi and gained 4 seats. Despite significant drops in the percentage vote share, the change in the assembly composition was not visible, and the Pakistan Peoples Party was able to form a government in Sindh for the ninth time in its existence.[4]

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References
  1. Election Commission of Pakistan. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT". Election Commission of Pakistan.
  2. PPP-MQM coalition in Sindh The Free Library. Retrieved 29 March 2014
  3. Central Committee; et al. "PPP's campaign during the 2013 election, its manifesto and policies" (PDF). Pakistan Peoples Party press releases. PPP Public Relations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. From the Newspaper. "The election score". Dawn News.
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