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Winners of two Sindh Assembly seats, three NA seats from Sindh yet to be notified

By Our Correspondent
February 19, 2024

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notifications of a total of 186 candidates elected to the Sindh Assembly and the National Assembly on general seats from Sindh as a result of the February 8 general elections.

A security personnel stands guard at the headquarters of Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan on September 21, 2023. — AFP
A security personnel stands guard at the headquarters of Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan on September 21, 2023. — AFP

The ECP has formally issued notification of candidates elected on 128 out of 130 general seats in the Sindh Assembly as a result of the February 8 general elections.

Of the returned candidates notified by the ECP, 84 MPAs-elect belong to the Pakistan Peoples Party who are all set to assume the treasury seats in the new house of the Sindh Assembly. The PPP being a majority party in the new house of the Sindh Assembly will form the Sindh government for a consecutive fourth term.

As per the ECP’s notifications, 27 of the MPAs-elect belong to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). Thirteen of the MPAs-elect are independents, including those backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. These independent lawmakers-elect have been given three days after the issuance of the notifications to formally join any political party in the house.

Two of the MPAs-elect belong to the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA). One MPA-elect belongs to the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI).

Of the 47 general seats of Karachi in the Sindh Assembly, the ECP has issued the notifications for 45 seats. In the case of Karachi, 25 MPAs-elect are from the MQM-P, 10 from the PPP, nine are independents, and one MPA is from the JI.

The ECP has not formally issued notifications for two seats of Karachi — PS-115 and PS-129. Apart from Karachi, 74 MPAs-elect are from the PPP, four are independents, and two each are from the MQM-P and GDA.

National Assembly

The ECP has also issued a notification of 58 candidates elected against a total of 61 general seats of the National Assembly from Sindh. Of these MNAs-elect, 42 are from the PPP and 16 are from the MQM-P.

The ECP has issued notifications for candidates elected against 21 out of 22 Karachi’s general seats of the National Assembly. In the case of Karachi, 14 MNAs-elect are from the MQM-P and seven belong to the PPP.

Outside Karachi, 35 MNAs are from the PPP and two from the MQM-P. The ECP has yet to issue the notifications for the seats NA-224, NA-227 and NA-238 from Sindh.