2018 Balochistan provincial election
25 July 2018
All 65 seats in the Provincial Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout45.27% (Increase3.47pp)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jam Kamal Khan Maulana Noorullah Akhtar Mengal
Party BAP MMA BNP-M
Leader's seat Lasbela-II Killa Saifullah Khuzdar-III
Last election New Party 8 seats, 15.80% 2 seats, 6.19%
Seats won 24 10 10
Seat change Increase 24 Increase 2 Increase 8
Popular vote 446,795 261,742 126,854
Percentage 24.44 15.28 9.04
Swing new Decrease0.52 Increase 2.85
  Fourth party
 
Leader Yar Muhammad Rind
Party PTI
Leader's seat Kachhi-cum-Mastung
Last election 0 seats, 1.86%
Seats won 7
Seat change Increase 7
Popular vote 109,757
Percentage 6.05
Swing Increase4.19
Map of Balochistan Showing Assembly Constituencies and Winning parties
Chief Minister before election

Abdul Quddus Bizenjo
BAP

 Elected Chief Minister

Jam Kamal Khan
BAP

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 25 July 2018.[2][3] Newly formed Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) emerged as the largest party by winning 24 seats followed by Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal who won 10 seats. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 7 seats for the very first time.

Background

The 2013 elections resulted in a hung assembly, before Pakistan Muslim League (N), National Party, and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party joined hands to form a coalition government.[4] A power-sharing agreement was also brokered between PML-N and NP where the province's Chief Ministership tenure would be bifurcated between the two parties. In consequence, NP's Abdul Malik Baloch served as chief minister from 2013 to 2015 before he was replaced by PML-N's Sanaullah Khan Zehri at the end of 2015.[5][6]

However, Zehri couldn't complete his term as on 2 January 2018, a number of dissident members from the ruling PML-N colluded with opposition lawmakers to submit a no-confidence motion against him. Seeing that he has lost the majority of the house's support in the ensuing turmoil, Zehri resigned from his post before a no-confidence vote could take place.[7] Pakistan Muslim League (Q)'s, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, an opposition lawmaker and one of the leaders of the no-confidence bloc, was elected as the province's 15th Chief Minister. He secured 41 of the 65 votes.[8][9]

This in-house change was also important in the lead-up to the 2018 Senate elections as the bloc managed to secure 6 of the 12 seats for the province, with no seat for PML-N.[10] Further down the line, the group was also successful in making an alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Peoples Party for the election of the Senate chairman, leading to their combined candidate from Balochistan, Sadiq Sanjrani, being elected to the post.[11]

On 29 March 2018, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and Saeed Hashmi, with the support of Bizenjo, launched a new political party by the name of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). It was composed of independent candidates, dissident PML-N lawmakers as well as PML-Q members [12][13]

Pre-election violence

On 13 July, a suicide bombing killed at least 131 people including BAP candidate for Balochistan Assembly, Nawabzada Siraj Raisani and over 200 injured.[14]

Results

24 11 10 7 4 3 2 1 1 1
BAP MMA BNP(M) PTI ANP BNP(A) HDP PKMAP JWP PML-N

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  BAP (24.44%)
  MMA (15.28%)
  BNP(M) (9.04%)
  PKMAP (6.50%)
  PTI (6.05%)
  NP (4.91%)
  BNP(A) (3.79%)
  PPP (3.09%)
  ANP (2.73%)
  JWP (1.56%)
  PML(N) (1.54%)
  HDP (0.70%)
  TLP (0.59%)
  OTH (2.83%)
  IND (16.95%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

  BAP (36.92%)
  MMA (16.92%)
  BNP(M) (15.39%)
  PTI (10.77%)
  ANP (6.15%)
  BNP(A) (4.62%)
  HDP (3.08%)
  PKMAP (1.54%)
  JWP (1.54%)
  PML(N) (1.54%)

Party wise

Party Votes Seats
General Women Non-Muslims Total +/−
No. % Contested Won Independents joined Total
Balochistan Awami Party 444,257 24.44 49 15 4 19 4 1 24 New
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 277,659 15.28 47 8 0 8 2 1 11 New
Balochistan National Party (Mengal) 164,288 9.04 40 7 0 7 2 1 10 Increase8
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 109,757 6.05 38 5 1 6 1 0 7 Increase7
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party 118,083 6.50 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 Decrease13
Balochistan National Party (Awami) 68,925 3.79 26 2 0 2 1 0 3 Increase3
Jamhoori Wattan Party 28,313 1.56 12 1 0 1 0 0 1 Increase1
Awami National Party 49,595 2.73 22 3 0 3 1 0 4 Increase3
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 28,065 1.54 20 1 0 1 0 0 1 Decrease11
Hazara Democratic Party 12,803 0.70 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 Increase2
Pakistan People's Party 56,095 3.09 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steady
National Party 89,168 4.91 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 Decrease10
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan 10,816 0.59 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 New
Other Parties 51,480 2.83 111 0 0
Independents 308,083 16.95 476 5 - 0 0
Valid Votes 1,817,387 95.67 943 50 50 11 3 64
Rejected votes 82,178 4.33
Total Votes Polled 1,899,565 100
Registered voters/Turnout 4,194,243 45.29 Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung[15]
Source: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)[16][17]

Division-wise results

Division Total seats BAP MMA BNP(M) PTI ANP BNP(A) HDP PKMAP JWP PML(N) Election Postponed
Zhob 6 4 1 - 1 - - - - - - -
Sibi 4 2 - - 1 - - - - 1 - -
Nasirabad 7 5 - - 2 - - - - - - -
Quetta 15 - 5 3 1 3 - 2 1 - - -
Rakhshan 4 1 1 2 - - - - - - - -
Kalat 9 4 1 1 1 - - - - - 1 1
Makran 6 3 - 1 - - 2 - - - - -
Total 51 19 8 7 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 1

District-wise results

Division District Total seats BAP MMA BNP(M) PTI ANP BNP(A) HDP PKMAP JWP PML(N) Election Postponed
Zhob Musakhail 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - -
Sherani
Zhob 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Killa Saifullah 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -
Loralai 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Duki 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Barkhan 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Sibi Ziarat 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Harnai
Sibi 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Lehri
Kohlu 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - -
Dera Bugti 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - -
Nasirabad Nasirabad 2 2 - - - - - - - - - -
Jaffarabad 2 1 - - 1 - - - - - - -
Sohbatpur 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Jhal Magsi 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Kachhi 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - -
Quetta Pishin 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - -
Killa Abdullah 3 - 1 - - 2 - - - - - -
Quetta 9 - 1 3 1 1 - 2 1 - - -
Rakhshan Nushki 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -
Chagai 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Washuk 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -
Kharan 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -
Kalat Mastung 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
Kalat 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Shaheed Sikandarabad 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - -
Khuzdar 3 - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 -
Awaran 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Lasbela 2 2 - - - - - - - - - -
Makran Panjgur 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - -
Kech 4 3 - - - - 1 - - - - -
Gwadar 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -
Total 51 19 8 7 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 1

Constituency-wise results

District Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin Turnout

%

No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Musakhel 1 Musakhel-cum-Sherani Sardar Babar Khan Musakhel PTI 12,287 32.35 Haji Muhammad Hassan Sherani MMA 12,214 32.16 73 38.04
Sherani
Zhob 2 Zhob Mitta Khan Kakar IND 16,368 32.66 Muhammad Nawaz IND 9,578 19.11 6,790 44.50
Killa Saifullah 3 Killa Saifullah Maulana Noorullah MMA 22,486 40.61 Nawab Muhammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai PKMAP 17,250 31.16 5,236 54.95
Loralai 4 Loralai Muhammad Khan BAP 14,039 30.07 Molvi Faizullah MMA 12,148 26.02 1,891 54.16
Duki 5 Dukki Sardar Masood Ali Khan Luni IND 13,638 48.06 Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasar BAP 6,887 24.27 6,751 55.73
Ziarat 6 Ziarat-cum-Harnai Noor Muhammad Dummar BAP 20,629 32.49 Muheb Ullah MMA 19,779 31.16 850 61.86
Harnai
Sibi 7 Sibbi-cum-Lehri Mir Sarfraz Chakar Domki BAP 17,763 40.16 Muhammad Baro Khan Barozai IND 6,202 14.02 11,561 36.49
Lehri
Barkhan 8 Barkhan Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran IND 18,705 43.93 Abdul Kareem Khetran NP 18,640 43.78 65 66.64
Kohlu 9 Kohlu Mir Naseebullah Khan PTI 3,356 21.79 Nawab Changaiz Khan Marri BAP 2,553 16.58 803 29.47
Dera Bugti 10 Dera Bugti Gohram Bugti JWP 27,190 54.30 Sarfraz Bugti BAP 17,112 34.17 10,078 43.88
Nasirabad 11 Nasirabad-I Mir Sikandar Ali BAP 10,057 27.25 Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani PPP 6,978 18.91 3,079 39.35
12 Nasirabad-II Muhammad Khan Lehri BAP 15,399 42.48 Ghulam Rasool IND 11,239 31.01 4,160 39.97
Jafarabad 13 Jafarabad-I Umar Khan Jamali PTI 19,198 44.63 Rahat Jamali IND 17,940 41.71 1,258 41.59
14 Jafarabad-II Jan Mohammad Jamali BAP 19,099 63.48 Haider Ali Jamali PPP 3,652 12.14 15,447 31.23
Sohbatpur 15 Sohbatpur Mir Saleem Ahmed Khoso BAP 17,757 45.63 Muhammad Dauran NP 9,223 23.70 8,534 46.12
Jhal Magsi 16 Jhal Magsi-cum-Kachhi Nawabzada Tariq Magsi BAP 15,040 67.14 Aurangzaib Alamgir Magsi IND 6,405 28.57 8,635 41.46
Kachhi
17 Kachhi-cum-Mastung Yar Muhammad Rind PTI 16,633 47.56 Mir Muhammad Asim Kurd BAP 15,098 43.17 1,535 37.16
Mastung
Pishin 18 Pishin-I Abdul Wahid Siddique MMA 22,924 46.47 Asfandyar Kakar BAP 16,417 33.28 6,507 59.35
19 Pishin-II Asghar Ali Tareen MMA 14,582 43.95 Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan PKMAP 10,980 33.09 3,602 42.52
20 Pishin-III Sayed Muhammad Fazal Agha MMA 18,076 49.79 Agha Syed Liaqat Ali PKMAP 11,162 30.74 6,914 43.35
Killa Abdullah 21 Killa Abdullah-I Zmrak Khan ANP 9,878 31.67 Habib Ullah Kakozai MMA 6,913 22.17 2,965 45.97
22 Killa Abdullah-II Muhammad Nawaz Khan Kakar MMA 11,270 48.99 Muhammad Akbar ANP 3,535 15.36 7,735 42.34
23 Killa Abdullah-III Asghar Khan Achakzai ANP 11,503 27.50 Molvi Muhammad Hanif MMA 9,730 23.26 1,773 41.44
Quetta 24 Quetta-I Malik Naeem Khan Bazai ANP 6,531 27.06 Saz uddin MMA 5,103 21.14 1,428 47.50
25 Quetta-II Malik Sikandar Khan MMA 4,762 19.39 Nawab Salman Khan Khilji IND 3,846 15.66 916 39.26
26 Quetta-III Qadir Nayel HDP 5,118 27.99 Wali Muhammad MMA 3,243 17.74 1,875 32.96
27 Quetta-IV Abdul Khaliq Hazara HDP 7,685 17.70 Syed Bismillah PTI 5,110 11.77 2,575 38.35
28 Quetta-V Muhammad Mobeen Khan PTI 7,371 23.08 Tahir Mehmood Khan BAP 5,767 18.06 1,604 36.19
29 Quetta-VI Mir Akhtar Hussain Langau BNP(M) 12,603 30.47 Abdul Bari PTI 6,658 16.10 5,945 37.84
30 Quetta-VII Ahmed Nawaz Baloch BNP(M) 10,109 42.77 Mir Atta Muhammad Bangulzai NP 3,425 14.49 6,684 33.40
31 Quetta-VIII Nasrullah Khan Bareach PKMAP 4,278 26.07 Mir Lashkari Raisani BNP(M) 3,855 23.49 423 32.84
32 Quetta-IX Malik Naseer Ahmed Shahwani BNP(M) 6,795 31.59 Abdul Ghafoor Haideri MMA 4,436 20.62 2,359 36.74
Nushki 33 Nushki Babu Muhammad Rahim Mengal BNP(M) 20,808 44.13 Mir Ghulam Dastagir Badini BAP 10,370 21.99 10,438 57.30
Chagai 34 Chagai Muhammad Arif IND 24,765 50.84 Amanullah BAP 19,492 40.01 5,273 56.27
Mastung 35 Mastung Election postponed[15]
Shaheed Sikandarabad 36 Shaheed Sikandarabad Mir Naimatullah Zehri IND 11,066 44.10 Mir Zafarullah Khan Zehri BNP(A) 10,075 40.15 991 51.12
Kalat 37 Kalat Mir Ziaullah Zehri BAP 13,335 30.02 Sardarzada Mir Saeed Ahmed MMA 12,842 28.91 493 52.53
Khuzdar 38 Khuzdar-I Sanaullah Zehri PML(N) 11,833 34.18 Abdul Khaliq MMA 11,815 34.13 18 56.59
39 Khuzdar-II Mir Younus Aziz Zehri MMA 13,646 33.01 Sardar Muhammad Aslam Bizenjo NP 10,222 24.72 3,424 52.25
40 Khuzdar-III Mir Muhammad Akbar Mengal BNP(M) 22,234 58.47 Mir Shamir Bizenjo NP 8,802 23.15 13,432 55.78
Washuk 41 Washuk Mir Zabid Ali Reki MMA 12,807 46.35 Mir Mujeeb ur Rehman BAP 12,588 45.55 219 51.99
Kharan 42 Kharan Sanaullah Baloch BNP(M) 15,526 47.33 Abdul Kareem Nosherwani BAP 10,759 32.80 4,767 60.52
Panjgur 43 Panjgur Asadullah BNP(A) 15,458 51.64 Zahid Hussain BNP(M) 4,866 16.26 10,592 41.69
44 Awaran-cum-Panjgur Abdul Quddus Bizenjo BAP 8,055 24.65 Khair Jan NP 5,963 18.25 2,092 34.28
Awaran
Kech 45 Kech-I Zahoor Ahmed Buledi BAP 15,671 70.66 Mir Muhammad Anwar BNP(M) 1,911 8.62 13,760 40.48
46 Kech-II Syed Ehsan Shah BNP(A) 15,056 53.71 Ghulam Rasool NP 6,845 24.42 8,211 43.58
47 Kech-III Abdul Rauf Rind BAP 11,942 52.80 Jamil Ahmed Dashti BNP(M) 3,204 14.17 8,738 41.14
48 Kech-IV Akbar Askani BAP 7,034 48.47 Muhammad Asghar BNP(A) 3,451 23.78 3,583 35.17
Lasbela 49 Lasbela-I Sardar Muhammad Saleh Bhotani BAP 30,012 57.81 Muhammad Sharif PPP 8,632 8,632 21,380 56.35
50 Lasbela-II Jam Kamal Khan BAP 38,885 50.33 Nasrullah IND 26,050 33.72 12,835 58.78
Gwadar 51 Gwadar Mir Hamal Kalmati BNP(M) 31,248 50.81 Yaqoob Bizanjo BAP 16,585 26.79 14,663 53.43

Members elected on Reserved seats

Reserved Seats Party Member
For Women Balochistan Awami Party Rubaba Khan Buledi
Laila Tareen
Mah Jabeen Sharan
Bushra Rind
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Bano Khalil Ahmed
Zubeda Dakhtarullah
Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Zeenat Shahwani
Shakeela Naveed
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Fareeda Bibi
Awami National Party Shahina Kakar
Balochistan National Party (Awami) Mastoora Bibi
For Non-Muslims Balochistan Awami Party Danesh Kumar
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Sham Lal
Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Titus Johnson

See also

References

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