{"iso":"PK","name":"Pakistan","flag":"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0","vote":"National Assembly vote \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2024-02-08","source":"2024 election result, official count","credit":"No regular vote-intention series exists, so this entry shows the National Assembly general-seat vote from the February 2024 election, official results as published by the Election Commission of Pakistan. PTI candidates ran as independents after the party was stripped of its ballot symbol and its leader Imran Khan was imprisoned, and the count itself was marred by credible rigging allegations. The next election is due in 2029.","shares":{"PTI":31.2,"PMLN":23.6,"PPP":13.9,"TLP":4.9,"JUIF":3.7,"MQM":1.9,"IND":11.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"PTI":{"name":"Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf","color":"#E70A0A","name_en":"PTI-backed independents"},"PMLN":{"name":"Pakistan Muslim League (N)","color":"#228B22"},"PPP":{"name":"Pakistan People's Party","color":"#000000"},"TLP":{"name":"Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan","color":"#006400"},"JUIF":{"name":"Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)","color":"#003800"},"MQM":{"name":"Muttahida Qaumi Movement","color":"#BE1212","name_en":"MQM Pakistan"},"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#888888","name_en":"Other independents"}},"primer":{"system":"Federal parliamentary republic with a powerful military establishment","head_of_state":"President Asif Ali Zardari","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif","legislature":"Parliament (Majlis-e-Shoora), bicameral. The National Assembly has 336 members, 266 of them directly elected, serving five-year terms.","electoral_system":"266 members are elected by first-past-the-post in single-member constituencies, with 70 seats reserved for women and non-Muslims allocated by party strength.","government_now":"A PML-N led coalition with the PPP under Shehbaz Sharif has governed since March 2024, after the February 2024 election produced no majority.","context":"PTI-backed candidates won the most general seats despite running as independents with their leader jailed. The military's role in politics and the disputed 2024 count keep the system deeply polarised.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"PTI":["Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf","Pakistan Movement for Justice","Centrist-populist party of jailed former PM Imran Khan; its candidates ran as independents in 2024 after losing the party symbol yet won the most general seats; the main opposition."],"PMLN":["Pakistan Muslim League (N)","Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)","Centre-right conservative party of the Sharif family; leads the governing coalition under PM Shehbaz Sharif."],"PPP":["Pakistan People's Party","","Centre-left social-democratic party of the Bhutto-Zardari family; junior partner in the government, with Asif Ali Zardari as president."],"TLP":["Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan","","Far-right Barelvi Islamist party; polls strongly on religious issues but won no general seats."],"JUIF":["Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)","Assembly of Islamic Clergy (Fazl)","Right-wing Deobandi Islamist party led by Fazlur Rehman; a smaller religious bloc, largely in opposition."],"MQM":["Muttahida Qaumi Movement","United National Movement","Party of Karachi's Urdu-speaking Muhajir community; part of the governing coalition."],"IND":["Independents","","Independent members not backed by PTI."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly (general seats)","as_of":"2024 election","total":266,"seats":{"PTI":93,"PMLN":75,"PPP":54,"MQM":18,"IND":7,"JUIF":5,"TLP":0}},"region_winners":{"Punjab":"PMLN","Sindh":"PPP","Khyber Pakhtunkhwa":"PTI","Islamabad Capital Territory":"PMLN","Balochistan":"PMLN"},"region_meta":{"election":"2024 Pakistani general election (8 February 2024) \u00b7 National Assembly","source":"Election Commission of Pakistan constituency results, aggregated to provinces","note":"Each province shaded by the party or bloc that won the most directly elected National Assembly seats there: PML-N led Punjab and swept the Islamabad seats, the PPP led Sindh, and PTI-backed independents led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Balochistan's 16 seats split many ways with PML-N the largest single bloc (4 seats), so that shading is only a weak plurality. Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and the former Tribal Areas elect no general National Assembly seats and are left unshaded."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2029","title":"Pakistani general election","chamber":"National Assembly","type":"expected"}}