2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election

Provincial elections were held in constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa belonging to areas previously located in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on 20 July 2019. After the election, the new members will join the already elected members from the rest of the province to complete the formation of 11th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election(Tribal Districts)
20 July 2019
21 of 145 seats in the Provincial Assembly
73 seats needed for a majority
Turnout26.26%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahmood Khan Akram Khan Durrani Asfandyar Wali Khan
Party PTI MMA ANP
Leader's seat PK-9 Swat-VIII PK-90 Bannu-IV Not Contested
Last election 84 seats, 32.32% 13 seats, 17.08% 9 seats, 12.19%
Seats won 95 18 12
Seat change 10 5 1
Popular vote 182,023 169,203 48,325
Percentage 24.75% 23% 6.57%
Chief Minister before election

Mahmood Khan
PTI

 Elected Chief Minister

Mahmood Khan
PTI

Background

On 31 May 2018, the former president of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain signed the landmark Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan which was already passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan and Senate of Pakistan earlier that year. The amendment called for the integration of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It also outlined that provincial elections will be held in areas of former FATA within one year of 2018 Pakistani general election. To fulfill that requirement, the new president of Pakistan Arif Alvi directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in late 2018 to conduct the elections in May 2019. ECP started the work to delimit the constituencies. During the delimitation exercise, sixteen new constituencies were created to elect the members on general seats and four reserved seats for women and one for Non-Muslims.[1]

On 6 May 2019, it was announced that the election will be held on 20 July 2019.[2]

285 candidates of different parties including two women candidates ran for elections out of which 202 were Independent candidates. Over 2.1 million voters used their right to vote for the first ever provincial elections.

A total 1896 polling stations were created across the tribal districts out of which 450 polling stations have been declared sensitive.[3]

Polling started in morning 8 till evening 5 without any break.[4]

Results

According to Official Results Independents won 6 seats, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 5 seats, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam F won 3 seats, Jamat-e-Islami and Awami National Party won 1 seats each.[5][6]

Party Contested Seats WonPopular Vote Vote%
General Seats Women Non-Muslims Total
Independents 2026 1 5* 284,788 38.72
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 165 2 1 10* 182,023 24.75
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Jamiat Ulema Islam (F) 15 3 1 4 112,999 15.36
Jamat e Islami 131 1 56,204 7.64
Awami National Party 131 1 48,325 6.57
Pakistan People's Party 13 0 28,049 3.81
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 50 8,257 1.12
Qaumi Watan Party 3 0 2,650 0.36
Jamiat Ulema Islam (S) 2 0 364 0.05
Pak Sarzameen Party 2 0 317 0.04
Pakistan Awami Inqlab League 1 0 238 0.03
Rejected Votes 11,262 1.53
Total 285 16 4 1 21 724,028 100
Registered Voters/Turnout% 2,800,831 26.26%[7]

*2 of the 6 independents joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and 3 joined Balochistan Awami Party. 1 Reserved seat for women also given to Balochistan Awami Party.

Aftermath

After the elections, five out of the six independents joined political parties. Three joined the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and two joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Following this, PTI was declared to have secured two of the four reserved seats for women and the one reserved for minorities. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) and BAP each secured one reserved seat for women.[8]

Newly elected members took oath on 27 August 2019.[9]

References
  1. "KP Election Commission working on delimitation of ex-Fata constituencies". TheNews International. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. "ECP starts receiving nomination papers for KP Assembly's elections - Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. "Pakistan's tribal region: From terror-victim to elections | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  4. "Polling for election in KP tribal districts on Saturday | Samaa Digital". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  5. "Party Position for PA" (PDF). www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  6. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  7. "Voters turnout in erstwhile Fata election remain 26.2pc: ECP". Business Recorder. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  8. "Tehreek-i-Insaf to bag three tribal districts reserved seats in PA". Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  9. "Ex-Fata members take oath in KP assembly". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
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