PESHAWAR: Who will form the government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is the talk of the town, wherein the independent candidates are grouping up to find out a way to complete the required numbers for a certain government.
A total of 73 members are needed in the House to form the government in the province; however, independent candidates have secured 91 out of 113 seats, with 89 out of 91 seats being for independent candidates supported by PTI.
A close friend of the former speaker of the KP Assembly, Mushtaq Ghani, said, “He (Mushtaq Ghani) is a strong candidate for speaker provincial assembly, while the names of Ali Amin Gandapur and Atif Khan are being discussed as strong candidates for Chief Minister KP.”
On the condition of not being named, he said, “Form 49 will be issued by the Election Commission in a day or two, while it has been discussed that the independent candidates are bound to join a party within three days after the issuance of Form 49.”
He said, “After three days, the independent candidate will be considered an independent MPA for the next five years.”
When asked about the formation of government by the independent candidates, he said, “In the case of forming their own government, independent candidates will lose 30 reserved seats, out of which 26 are reserved for women and four for minorities.”
He said, “For such seats, an independent candidate has to be a part of a political party.”
As per official results of the 2024 general elections, independent candidates have secured 100 out of a total of 265 National Assembly seats across the country, followed by the PML-N with 73, PPPP with 54, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) with 17, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) with three, PML-Q with three, Istehqam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) with two and the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), Pakistan Muslim League-Zia and Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan (MWMP) with one seat each.
The ECP has put on hold the result of NA-88 for certain reasons.
Independent candidates – many of whom are backed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – have surprised many political heavyweights from mainstream parties by emerging as frontrunners in the elections. With no single major political group securing an outright majority, the possibility of a coalition government looms large.
According to the ECP, around 60 million eligible voters participated in the electoral exercise, with an estimated turnout ranging between 45 and 50 percent.
Below are the constituency-wise results in descending order:
NA-1 Upper Chitral
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Abdul Latif securing 61,834 votes, beating Muhammad Talha Mahmood of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Pakistan (JUI-P) who obtained 42,987 votes.
NA-2 Swat-I
This National Assembly constituency has been secured by independent candidate Amjad Ali Khan with 88,938 votes, defeating PML-N bigwig Amir Muqam who could only bag 37,764 votes.
NA-3 Swat-II
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Saleem Rehman obtaining 81,411 votes, routing PML-N’s Wajid Ali Khan who secured 27,861 votes.
NA-4 Swat-III
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Sohail Sultan with 88,009 votes, defeating ANP’s Muhammad Saleem Khan who could only secure 20,890 votes, and PTI-Parliamentarian’s Mahmood Khan who bagged 16,813 votes.
NA 5 Upper Dir
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Sahibzada Sibghatullah with 90,261 votes, defeating Jamaat-e-Islami’s Sahibzada Tariqullah with 48,063 votes and PPPP’s Najamud Din Khan with 37,484 votes.
NA-6 Lower Dir-I
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Muhammad Bashir Khan securing 81,060 votes, beating Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq who obtained 56,538 votes.
NA-7 Lower Dir-II
This National Assembly constituency has been secured by independent candidate Mehboob Shah with 84,843 votes, defeating Jamaat-e-Islami’s Muhammad Ismail who could only bag 31,133 votes.
NA-8 Bajaur
Election to this National Assembly constituency was postponed following the assassination of one of the candidates.
NA-9 Malakand
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Junaid Akbar obtaining 113,513 votes, routing PPP’s Syed Ahmed Ali Shah who secured 40,740 votes.
NA-10 Buner
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Gohar Ali Khan with 110,023 votes, defeating ANP’s Abdul Rauf who could only secure 30,302 votes.
NA 11 Shangla
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by PML-N bigwig Amir Muqam with 59,863 votes, defeating PTI-backed independent candidate Syed Farain with 54,311 votes.
NA-12 Upper Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Muhammad Idrees obtaining 26,583 votes, routing JUI-P candidate Salahuddin who secured 22,043 votes.
NA-13 Batgram
This National Assembly constituency has been won by PTI-backed independent candidate Muhammad Nawaz Khan securing 24,686 votes, beating Rah-e-Haq Party’s Ata Muhammad who obtained 18,130 votes.
NA-14 Mansehra
This National Assembly constituency has been secured by PML-N candidate Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Zaman with 115,544 votes, defeating independent candidate Muhammad Saleem Imran who could only garner 103,333 votes.
NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Shahzada Muhammad Gustasap Khan obtaining 105,249 votes, routing PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif who secured 80,382 votes.
NA-16 Abbotabad-I
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Ali Asghar Khan with 104,993 votes, defeating PML-N’s Murtaza Javed Abbasi who could only garner 86,276 votes.
NA 17 Abbotabad-II
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Ali Khan Jadoon with 97,177 votes, defeating PML-N candidate Mohabbat Khan Awan with 44,522 votes.
NA-18 Haripur
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Omer Ayub Khan securing 192,948 votes, beating PML-N’s Babar Nawaz Khan who obtained 112,389 votes.
NA-19 Swabi-I
This National Assembly constituency has been secured by independent candidate Asad Qaiser with 115,635 votes, defeating JUI-F candidate Fazl Ali Imran who could only garner 45,567 votes.
NA-20 Swabi-II
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Shehram Khan obtaining 122,965 votes, routing ANP’s Waris Khan who secured 47,535 votes.
NA-21 Mardan-I
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Mujahid Ali with 118,049 votes, defeating JUI-P’s Azam Khan who could only garner 51,797 votes.
NA-22 Mardan-II
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Muhammad Atif with 114,748 votes, defeating ANP candidate Amir Haider Azam Khan with 66,159 votes.
NA-23 Mardan-III
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Ali Muhammad securing 102,175 votes, beating ANP’s Ahmed Khan who obtained 33,910 votes.
NA-24 Charsadda-I
This National Assembly constituency has been secured by independent candidate Anwar Taj with 89,801 votes, defeating JUI-P candidate Gohar Ali who could only garner 48,545 votes.
NA-25 Charsadda-II
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Fazal Muhammad Khan obtaining 100,713 votes, routing ANP’s Aimal Wali Khan who secured 67,876 votes.
NA-26 Mohmand
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Sajid Khan with 41,489 votes, defeating JUI-P candidate Muhammad Arif who could only garner 19,930 votes.
NA-27 Khyber
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Muhammad Iqbal Khan obtaining 85,514 votes, beating PML-N candidate Shah Gee Gul Afridi who secured 18,832 votes.
NA-28 Peshawar-I
This National Assembly constituency has been bagged by JUI-P candidate Noor Alam Khan with 138,389 votes, defeating independent candidate Sajid Nawaz with 65,119 votes.
NA-29 Peshawar-II
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Arbab Amir Ayub obtaining 68,792 votes, beating ANP candidate Saqibullah Khan who secured 18,888 votes.
NA-30 Peshawar-III
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Shandana Gulzar Khan securing 78,971 votes, beating JUI candidate Nasir Khan who obtained 20,950 votes.
NA-31 Peshawar-IV
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Sher Ali Arbab securing 82,985 votes, beating PPPP candidate Arbab Alamgir Khan who obtained 22,543 votes.
NA-32 Peshawar-V
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Asif Khan securing 122,792 votes, beating ANP candidate Ghulam Ahmed Bilour who obtained 45,846 votes.
NA-33 Nowshera-I
This National Assembly constituency has been secured by independent candidate Syed Shah Ahad Ali with 90,145 votes, defeating PTI-P chief Pervaiz Khattak who could only garner 25,582 votes.
NA-34 Nowshera-II
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by independent candidate Zulfiqar Ali obtaining 95,692 votes, routing PTI-P candidate Imran Khattak who secured 32,698 votes.
NA-35 Kohat
This National Assembly constituency has been secured by PTI-backed independent candidate Shehryar Afridi with 128,491 votes, defeating PML-N candidate Abbas Afridi who could only garner 57,184 votes.
NA-36 Hangu-cum-Orakzai
This National Assembly constituency has been won by independent candidate Yousaf Khan with 73,076 votes, defeating JUI-P candidate Obaidullah who could only garner 34,324 votes.
NA-38 Karak
This National Assembly constituency has been bagged by independent candidate Shahid Ahmed with 118,056 votes, defeating JUI-P candidate Shah Abdul Aziz with 40,965 votes.
NA-39 Bannu
This National Assembly constituency has been won by JUI-P candidate Zahid Akram Durrani securing 110,675 votes, beating Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Muhammad Ibrahim Khan who obtained 4,999 votes.
NA-41 Lakki Marwat
This National Assembly constituency has been secured by independent candidate Sher Afzal Khan with 117,988 votes, defeating JUI candidate Asjad Mehmood who could only garner 68,303 votes.
NA-45 DI Khan-II
This National Assembly constituency has been clinched by PPPP candidate Fatehullah Khan obtaining 56,933 votes, routing JUI-P candidate Obaidur Rehman who secured 48,343 votes.
