KARACHI: According to sources, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is ready to establish a government in Sindh after winning more than 100 seats in the Sindh provincial parliament for the first time in Pakistani general elections history.
The PPP has won 84 general seats out of 130 in the Sindh Assembly, with 20 reserved seats for women and six for religious minorities, bringing its predicted total to 110 members in the province’s 168th House of Sindh Assembly. In Karachi, the PPP won 10 seats.
In the National Assembly, however, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has secured a strong position with 17 seats out of a total of 22 — 15,
However, in the National Assembly, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has achieved a strong position, winning 17 of the 22 seats — 15 in Karachi and two in Hyderabad.
According to the sources, the PPP won 44 seats in the lower house of Parliament from Sindh, seven of which were in Karachi. The MQM-P won 28 out of 47 seats in Sindh’s provincial assembly.
The MQM-P’s total standing was decided after the Election Commission of Pakistan revealed the “complete results” for the province and national assembly constituencies.
Independent candidates gained 14 seats in the provincial Sindh Assembly, with the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Grand Democratic Alliance each winning two.
The country had a historic tenth general election on February 8, with 60 million Pakistanis exercising their right to vote. The nation now awaits the final outcome of the 2024 polls, with the ECP gradually announcing complete results from around the country.
On February 8, the country’s populace chose representatives to national and provincial assemblies from 855 constituencies.
As the results roll in, independent candidates appear to be winning the polls, with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) claiming to be in a position to establish a majority government at the Centre despite the outcome being controversial.
Currently, PTI-backed candidates led with approximately 100 seats, followed by PML-N (71), PPP (53), and MQM-P (17).
