Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's constituencies belonging to areas previously known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on 20 July 2019. After the election, the new members joined the already elected members from the rest of the province to complete the formation of 11th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Background edit
On 31 May 2018, the former president of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain signed the landmark Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan which was already passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan and Senate of Pakistan earlier that year. The amendment called for the integration of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It also outlined that provincial elections will be held in areas of former FATA within one year of 2018 Pakistani general election. To fulfill that requirement, the new president of Pakistan Arif Alvi directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in late 2018 to conduct the elections in May 2019. ECP started the work to delimit the constituencies. During the delimitation exercise, sixteen new constituencies were created to elect the members on general seats and four reserved seats for women and one for Non-Muslims.[1]
On 6 May 2019, it was announced that the election will be held on 20 July 2019.[2]
285 candidates of different parties including two women candidates ran for elections out of which 202 were Independent candidates. Over 2.1 million voters used their right to vote for the first ever provincial elections.
A total 1896 polling stations were created across the tribal districts out of which 450 polling stations have been declared sensitive.[3]
Polling started in morning 8 till evening 5 without any break.[4]
Results edit
According to official Results Independents won 6 seats, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 5 seats, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam F won 3 seats, Jamat-e-Islami and Awami National Party won 1 seats each.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Women | Non-Muslims | Total | |||||
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 182,023 | 25.13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) | 112,999 | 15.60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan | 56,204 | 7.76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Awami National Party | 48,325 | 6.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pakistan Peoples Party | 28,049 | 3.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 8,257 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Qaumi Watan Party | 2,650 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) | 364 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pak Sarzameen Party | 317 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pakistan Awami Inqlab League | 238 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 284,788 | 39.32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Total | 724,214 | 100.00 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Valid votes | 724,214 | 98.47 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 11,262 | 1.53 | ||||||
| Total votes | 735,476 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,800,831 | 26.26 | ||||||
Results by district edit
| Division | District | Seats | PTI | JUI(F) | JI | ANP | BAP | IND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex-FATA | Bajaur | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohmand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Khyber | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kurram | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orakzai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Waziristan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| South Waziristan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ex-Frontier Regions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Result by constituency edit
| District | Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | Turnout
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| No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||||
| Bajaur | PK-100 | Bajaur-I | Anwar Zeb Khan | PTI | 12,995 | 25.35 | Wahid Gul | JI | 11,836 | 23.09 | 1,159 | 33.47 | ||
| PK-101 | Bajaur-II | Ajmal Khan | PTI | 12,204 | 26.18 | Sahibzada Haroon ur Rasheed | PTI | 10,514 | 22.55 | 1,690 | 29.46 | |||
| PK-102 | Bajaur-III | Sirajuddin Khan | JI | 19,144 | 28.75 | Hamid ur Rehman | PTI | 13,517 | 20.92 | 5,627 | 31.30 | |||
| Mohmand | PK-103 | Mohmand-I | Nisar Mohmand | ANP | 11,258 | 28.61 | Rahim Shah | PTI | 9,687 | 24.62 | 1,571 | 36.28 | ||
| PK-104 | Mohmand-II | Malik Abbas Rehman | IND | 11,763 | 24.72 | Muhammad Arif | JUI(F) | 9,808 | 20.61 | 1,955 | 28.29 | |||
| Khyber | PK-105 | Khyber-I | Shafiq Sher Afridi | IND | 19,747 | 43.88 | Shermat Khan | IND | 10,748 | 23.88 | 8,999 | 27.42 | ||
| PK-106 | Khyber-II | Bilawal Afridi | IND | 12,855 | 37.35 | Khan Shahid Afridi | IND | 6,304 | 18.32 | 6,551 | 23.51 | |||
| PK-107 | Khyber-III | Muhammad Shafiq Afridi | IND | 9,796 | 26.15 | Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi | IND | 8,473 | 22.62 | 1,323 | 17.53 | |||
| Kurram | PK-108 | Kurram-I | Muhammad Riaz Shaheen | JUI(F) | 11,840 | 26.88 | Jamil Khan | IND | 11,342 | 25.75 | 498 | 26.60 | ||
| PK-109 | Kurram-II | Mir Kalam Wazir | PTI | 39,716 | 53.32 | Inayat Ali | IND | 23,030 | 30.92 | 16,686 | 40.28 | |||
| Orakzai | PK-110 | Orakzai | Syed Ghazi Ghazan Jamal | IND | 18,461 | 39.17 | Muhammad Arif | PTI | 15,057 | 31.94 | 3,404 | 24.24 | ||
| North Waziristan | PK-111 | North Waziristan-I | Muhammad Iqbal Wazir | PTI | 10,200 | 27.71 | Sami Uddin | JUI(F) | 9,288 | 25.23 | 912 | 26.26 | ||
| PK-112 | North Waziristan-II | Mir Kalam Wazir | IND | 12,061 | 33.41 | Sadiq Ullah | JUI(F) | 7,982 | 22.11 | 4,079 | 20.31 | |||
| South Waziristan | PK-113 | South Waziristan-I | Isam-ud-Din | JUI(F) | 9,712 | 28.39 | Waheed Khan | IND | 9,688 | 28.32 | 24 | 16.15 | ||
| PK-114 | South Waziristan-II | Naseerullah Wazir | PTI | 11,114 | 29.81 | Muhammad Arif | IND | 10,272 | 27.55 | 842 | 22.65 | |||
| Ex-Frontier Regions | PK-115 | Frontier Regions | Muhammad Shoaib | JUI(F) | 18,102 | 39.11 | Abid Ur Rehman | PTI | 18,028 | 38.95 | 74 | 24.69 | ||
Members elected on reserved seats edit
| Reserved Seats | Party | Member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For Women | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Anita Mehsud | |
| Aysha Bibi | |||
| Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | Naeema Kishwar | ||
| Balochistan Awami Party | Baserat Khan | ||
| For Non-Muslims | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Wilson Wazir | |
Aftermath edit
After the elections, five out of the six independents joined political parties. Three joined the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and two joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Following this, PTI was declared to have secured two of the four reserved seats for women and the one reserved for minorities. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) and BAP each secured one reserved seat for women.[7]
Newly elected members took oath on 27 August 2019.[8]
References edit
- ^ "KP Election Commission working on delimitation of ex-Fata constituencies". TheNews International. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "ECP starts receiving nomination papers for KP Assembly's elections - Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Pakistan's tribal region: From terror-victim to elections | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Polling for election in KP tribal districts on Saturday | Samaa Digital". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Party Position for PA" (PDF). www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- ^ "Tehreek-i-Insaf to bag three tribal districts reserved seats in PA". Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Ex-Fata members take oath in KP assembly". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2019-09-18.