After winning more than 100 seats across Sindh province, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is in a strong position to form the provincial government for the first time in the country’s general election history, as reported by Geo News citing sources.
The Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari-led party has secured at least 84 seats out of the total 130 constituencies in Sindh. The PPP is also expected to receive 20 reserved seats for women and six for members of religious minorities.
With this estimation, the PPP’s total tally is expected to reach 110 members in the province’s 168th Sindh Assembly. However, the party won only 10 seats from Karachi.
On the National Assembly front, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has gained a strong position with 17 seats out of the total 22 — 15 in Karachi and two in Hyderabad.
The PPP, however, secured 44 seats in the lower house of Parliament from Sindh, including seven from Karachi, according to the sources. For the provincial assembly in Sindh, the MQM-P won 28 of the 47 seats.
The MQM-P’s overall position was determined after the Election Commission of Pakistan announced the “complete results” of the provincial and National Assembly constituencies.
Independent candidates in the provincial Sindh Assembly won 14 seats, while Jamaat-e-Islami and Grand Democratic Alliance clinched two seats each.
The country witnessed its historic 10th general election, with 60 million Pakistanis exercising their right to vote on February 8. The nation now awaits the complete outcome of the 2024 polls as the Election Commission of Pakistan gradually announces results from across the country.
As results trickle in, independent candidates dominate the polls, with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) claiming to be in a position to form a majority government at the Centre amid controversy surrounding the outcome.
Currently, PTI-backed candidates are leading with nearly 100 seats, followed by PML-N (71), PPP (53), and MQM-P (17).