Pakistan Election Results: Nawaz Sharif's party offered coalition on a condition, what's Imran Khan up to? 10 points
Follow Pakistan Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates here What's happening in Pakistan's political arena right now? Top 10 updates 1. Former prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan both declared victory. Nawaz Sharif, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) claimed that his party emerged as the single largest party in the Pakistan Elections 2024.
2. Meanwhile, Imran Khan also delivered a victory speech. He told his followers to rejoice over their victory despite what he referred to as a "crackdown" on his party.
Most of the independent candidates leading the polls are supporters of Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 3. PTI-backed candidates have so far won 93 seats, the PML-N has won 74 seats and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has won 54 seats in the Pakistan National Assembly, according to Pakistani media Dawn. A party needs to win 133 seats of the 265 seats that went to polls on February 8.
Overall, a party needs 169 seats of the total 336 seats in the National Assembly. ALSO READ: Pakistan Elections: A look at challenges awaiting new govt amid poll result uncertainty 4. Pakistan's prime ministerial candidate has to show a simple majority of 169 seats in the National Assembly when the house is called in the coming days.
The Assembly consists of 336 seats, of which 266 are decided through direct voting on polling day. There are also 70 reserved seats - 60 for women and 10 for non-Muslims - allotted according to the strength of each party in the house to determine the final position of parties in the Assembly. 5. Political parties have rushed to forge alliances to form the new government.
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