2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election explained

Election Name:2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election (Tribal Districts)
Country:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2023 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
Next Year:2024
Seats For Election:21 of 145 seats in the Provincial Assembly
Majority Seats:73
Elected Mps:List of members of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2018–23)
Election Date:20 July 2019
Turnout:26.26%
Leader1:Mahmood Khan
Party1:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Leaders Seat1:Swat-VIII
Popular Vote1:182,023
Percentage1:24.75%
Seats1:10
Seat Change1:10
Leader2:Akram Khan Durrani
Party2:Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
Leaders Seat2:Bannu-IV
Popular Vote2:169,203
Percentage2:23%
Seats2:5
Seat Change2:5
Leader3:Asfandyar Wali Khan
Party3:Awami National Party
Leaders Seat3:Not Contested
Popular Vote3:48,325
Percentage3:6.57%
Seats3:1
Seat Change3:1
Chief Minister
Posttitle:Elected Chief Minister
Before Election:Mahmood Khan
Before Party:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
After Election:Mahmood Khan
After Party:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Seats Before1:84
Seats Before2:18
Seats Before3:12
Seats After1:95
Seats After2:18
Seats After3:12

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.

Background

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

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]

Results by district

DivisionDistrictSeatsPTIJUI(F)JIANPBAPIND
Ex-FATABajaur3201000
Mohmand2000110
Khyber3100020
Kurram2110000
Orakzai1100000
North Waziristan2100001
South Waziristan2110000
Ex-Frontier Regions1010000
Total16731131

Result by constituency

DistrictConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMarginTurnout%
No.NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
BajaurPK-100Bajaur-IAnwar Zeb KhanPTI12,99525.35Wahid GulJI11,83623.091,15933.47
PK-101Bajaur-IIAjmal KhanPTI12,20426.18Sahibzada Haroon ur RasheedJI10,51422.551,69029.46
PK-102Bajaur-IIISirajuddin KhanJI19,14428.75Hamid ur RehmanPTI13,51720.925,62731.30
MohmandPK-103Mohmand-INisar MohmandANP11,25828.61Rahim ShahPTI9,68724.621,57136.28
PK-104Mohmand-IIMalik Abbas RehmanIND11,76324.72Muhammad ArifJUI(F)9,80820.611,95528.29
KhyberPK-105Khyber-IShafiq Sher AfridiIND19,74743.88Shermat KhanIND10,74823.888,99927.42
PK-106Khyber-IIBilawal AfridiIND12,85537.35Khan Shahid AfridiIND6,30418.326,55123.51
PK-107Khyber-IIIMuhammad Shafiq AfridiIND9,79626.15Hameed Ullah Jan AfridiIND8,47322.621,32317.53
KurramPK-108Kurram-IMuhammad Riaz ShaheenJUI(F)11,84026.88Jamil KhanIND11,34225.7549826.60
PK-109Kurram-IIIqbal MianPTI39,71653.32Inayat AliIND23,03030.9216,68640.28
OrakzaiPK-110OrakzaiSyed Ghazi Ghazan JamalIND18,46139.17Muhammad ArifPTI15,05731.943,40424.24
North WaziristanPK-111North Waziristan-IMuhammad Iqbal WazirPTI10,20027.71Sami UddinJUI(F)9,28825.2391226.26
PK-112North Waziristan-IIMir Kalam WazirIND12,06133.41Sadiq UllahJUI(F)7,98222.114,07920.31
South WaziristanPK-113South Waziristan-IIsam-ud-DinJUI(F)9,71228.39Waheed KhanIND9,68828.322416.15
PK-114South Waziristan-IINaseerullah WazirPTI11,11429.81Muhammad ArifIND10,27227.5584222.65
Ex-Frontier RegionsPK-115Frontier RegionsMuhammad ShoaibJUI(F)18,10239.11Abid Ur RehmanPTI18,02838.957424.69

Members elected on reserved seats

Reserved SeatsPartyMember
For WomenPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafAnita Mehsud
Aysha Bibi
Muttahida Majlis-e-AmalNaeema Kishwar
Balochistan Awami PartyBaserat Khan
For Non-MuslimsPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafWilson Wazir

Aftermath

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

  1. Web site: KP Election Commission working on delimitation of ex-Fata constituencies. 11 December 2018. TheNews International. 17 December 2018.
  2. Web site: ECP starts receiving nomination papers for KP Assembly's elections - Pakistan Today. www.pakistantoday.com.pk. 9 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Pakistan's tribal region: From terror-victim to elections Pakistan Today. www.pakistantoday.com.pk. 2019-07-19.
  4. Web site: Polling for election in KP tribal districts on Saturday Samaa Digital. Samaa TV. en-US. 2019-07-19.
  5. Web site: Party Position for PA. www.ecp.gov.pk. en. 2019-07-21.
  6. Web site: ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan. www.ecp.gov.pk. 2019-07-26.
  7. News: Tehreek-i-Insaf to bag three tribal districts reserved seats in PA. 4 August 2019.
  8. Web site: Ex-Fata members take oath in KP assembly. dunyanews.tv. 2019-09-18.

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