Elections Commission of Pakistan has started sharing latest positioning of the historic first-ever polls in the newly merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to ECP, ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Individual candidates have been ruling the scoreboards. Latest positioning of the political parties is as follows:
PTI – 5 Seats
Individuals – 5 seats
JUI-F – 3 seats
ANP – 1 seat
JI – 1 seat
Further details of the winning candidates in respective constituencies are as follows:
Constituency Winner Party Vote Count
PK-100 – Bajaur-I Anwarzeb Khan PTI 12,951
PK-101 – Bajaur-II Ajmal Khan PTI 12,194
PK-102 – Bajaur-III Sirajuddin Khan JI 19,088
PK-103 – Mohmand-I Muhammad Nisar ANP 11,247
PK-104 – Mohmand-II Abbas-ur-Rehman IND 1,751
PK-105 – Khyber-I Shafiq Afridi ND 19,733
PK-106 – Khyber-II Bilawal Afridi IND 12,814
PK-107 – Khyber-III Muhammad Shafiq IND 9,796
PK-108 – Kurram-I Muhammad Riaz JUI-F 11,948
PK-109 – Kurram-II Syed Iqbal Mian PTI 39,536
PK-110 – Orakzai Ghazi Ghazan Jamal IND 18,448
PK-111 – North Waziristan-I Muhammad Iqbal Wazi PTI 10,200
PK-112 – North Waziristan-II Sadiqullah JUI-F 7,078
PK-113 – Pending
PK-114 – South Waziristan-II Nasirullah Wazir PTI 11,114
PK-115 – Ex-Frontier Regions Muhammad Shoaib JUI-F 18,102
PK-116 – Pending
Apart from the above 16 seats, 5 seats are reserved which includes four for women and 1 for minorities.
According to the rules of ECP, winning individual candidates must join any political party within 3 days of the issuance of the winning notification. Failing to do so, will mark their status as an Individual MPA. Winners of the elections will be further liable to declare their assets.
The historic bill of the said merger was passed by unanimous decision of the National Assembly of Pakistan on 13 May 2019. All major parties showed their support for the bill and 229 votes in favor, while just 1 vote was cast against the bill.
