With 42 per cent results in, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) takes lead with 112 National Assembly seats, whereas Pakistan Muslim League – Nawas (PML-N) bags 64 seats, Pakistan Peoples Party 43, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) 09 and Muttahida Qaumi Movement declared successful on five seats.
Imran Khan led in partial results of a general election on Thursday, as the party of his jailed chief rival, ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, rejected the count as “blatantly” rigged.
With just 42 per cent of the total vote counted, the Election Commission of Pakistan had Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party leading in 112 of 272 National Assembly constituencies.
Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was ahead in 64 constituencies, and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), led by the son of assassinated two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto, led in 43 constituencies.Although PTI workers and supporters started celebrations before the final results, no statement — or even a tweet — has been issued by Khan on his victory. His spokesperson Naeemul Haque, however, tweeted that the PTI chief will “address the nation” today at 2pm “in celebration and recognition of the massive support received from the people of Pakistan in the 2018 elections which was a contest between the forces of good and evil”.
