Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead

Source: BBC

Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead

11 February 2024

By Lipika Pelham & Carrie Davies, Pakistan correspondent
BBC News

The final results in Pakistan's general election have put independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran Khan's PTI party in the lead.

Independents won 101 of the National Assembly seats. BBC analysis shows 93 of them went to PTI-backed candidates.

That puts them ahead of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's PMLN who won 75 and it is unclear who will form a government.

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The result was a surprise as most observers had expected Mr Sharif's party - widely seen as having the powerful military's backing - to win, given Mr Khan had been jailed on charges ranging from corruption to having married illegally and his party was barred from the ballot sheet.

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