Pakistani general elections, 2013

Pakistani general election, 2013

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Members elected →
All 342 seats in the National Assembly 172 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	55.02%( 11.01pp)
First party Second party   Leader Nawaz Sharif Ameen Faheem Party PML (N) PPP Leader since 16 November 1988 1 October 2002 Leader's seat NA-120 Lahore NA-218 Hyderabad Seats won 166 42 Seat change 77 76 Popular vote 14,874,104 6,911,218 Percentage 32.77% 15.32% Swing 13.12pp 15.47pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Imran Khan Farooq Sattar Party PTI MQM Leader since 25 April 1996 21 December 1991 Leader's seat NA-56 Rawalpindi NA-257 Karachi Seats won 35 24 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 7,679,954 2,456,153 Percentage 16.92% 5.41% Swing New 2.02pp
General Elections result.
Prime Minister before election Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Caretaker government Elected Nawaz Sharif PML (N)

Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
Caretaker government

Nawaz Sharif
PML (N)

General elections were held in Pakistan on 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and to the four provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Elections were held in all four provinces, Islamabad's federal capital territory and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, the Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status. Allegations on systematic vote rigging, favouritism, and ethnicity trends on political parties marred with controversy regarding the nationwide elections; this eventually led to anti-government march that called for electoral reforms in 2014.

The fifth largest democracy and second largest Muslim democracy after Indonesia in the world, the elections are noted for the first civilian transfer of power following the successful completion of a five-year term by a democratically elected government. Election took place in 272 constituencies, whilst a further 70 seats were awarded to parties having been reserved for women and minority groups; none of the parties achieved the 172 seats needed for an overall majority. The Pakistan Muslim League (N) won the largest number of votes and seats but still fell six seats short; this resulted in a hung parliament where no party was able to command a majority in the National Assembly. Initial results saw the hung parliament for a second consecutive general election—the first being the prior general election in 2008. Potential for a hung parliament was widely considered and predicted as both countries' politicians were better prepared for the constitutional process that would follow such a result, in contrast to 2008.