12 seats each from Punjab and Sindh, 11 each from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
and Balochistan, 4 from tribal region and 2 from federal capital
territory were up for grab due to retirement of 52 senators this month.
The 52 Senators retiring this month were elected in 2012. The other 52 were elected in 2015 and will serve until 2021
Total 135 candidates contested, including 20 from PPP, 14 from Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), 13 from PTI and four from Pak Sarzameen Party. There were 65 independent candidates including 23 from the PML-N. They cannot use PML-N name and platform due to a recent Supreme Court verdict. However, they are supported by the PML-N and will formally join it after the elections
Pakistan's ruling PML-N of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday March 03,2018 won 15 seats in Senate and became the largest party in the upper house of Parliament, according to provisional results. Provincial and federal lawmakers voted to elect 52 Senators in the Senate elections that started at 9 AM and continued till 4 PM, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
PML-N won 15 seats including 11 from Punjab and two each from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and federal capital territory. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) got 12 seats, including 10 from Sindh and two from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to become the second largest party.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan won 6 seats, which included five seats from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and one from Punjab.
Among the smaller parties, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal, National Party and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami party each won two seats, Jamati-e-Islami, Muthahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Muslim League Functional each got one seat.
Independent candidates won 10 seats, including six from Balochistan and four from tribal regions
The 52 Senators retiring this month were elected in 2012. The other 52 were elected in 2015 and will serve until 2021
Total 135 candidates contested, including 20 from PPP, 14 from Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), 13 from PTI and four from Pak Sarzameen Party. There were 65 independent candidates including 23 from the PML-N. They cannot use PML-N name and platform due to a recent Supreme Court verdict. However, they are supported by the PML-N and will formally join it after the elections
Pakistan's ruling PML-N of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday March 03,2018 won 15 seats in Senate and became the largest party in the upper house of Parliament, according to provisional results. Provincial and federal lawmakers voted to elect 52 Senators in the Senate elections that started at 9 AM and continued till 4 PM, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
PML-N won 15 seats including 11 from Punjab and two each from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and federal capital territory. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) got 12 seats, including 10 from Sindh and two from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to become the second largest party.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan won 6 seats, which included five seats from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and one from Punjab.
Among the smaller parties, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal, National Party and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami party each won two seats, Jamati-e-Islami, Muthahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Muslim League Functional each got one seat.
Independent candidates won 10 seats, including six from Balochistan and four from tribal regions
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