Unofficial Results of 2024 Elections Grip the Nation

News Desk

Islamabad: The nation eagerly awaits the aftermath of the 2024 general elections, with political entities, independent contenders, and voters closely monitoring their screens for the eagerly anticipated but unofficial and unconfirmed results of this pivotal nationwide poll, now in its concluding stages.

On February 8, citizens nationwide exercised their voting rights across 855 constituencies, despite the suspension of mobile phone and internet services.

This election surpassed its 2018 predecessor on multiple fronts, boasting a record budget allocation of Rs48 billion, a significant surge in voter numbers exceeding 50 percent of the total population, an unprecedented ratio of independent candidates totaling nearly 18,000, and a substantial amount of paper required for printing 260 million ballots.

Over 1.4 million polling staff operated at 90,675 polling stations, with 16,766 identified as extremely sensitive. In a bid to encourage voter turnout, February 8 was declared a public holiday.

The polling, starting at 8 am with some delays in certain areas, continued until 5 pm, marking the largest general elections in Pakistan’s history as the world’s fifth-largest democracy.

Despite cellular service suspension for security reasons, the country experienced a predominantly peaceful polling process, marred only by a terror attack in DI Khan, KP, resulting in the martyrdom of four policemen.

Anticipated to conclude a few hours after midnight, the release of unofficial results was significantly delayed, continuing even 24 hours post-polling. As results gradually emerged, independent candidates took the lead, with PTI and PML-N both claiming potential majority governments at the Centre. However, the prolonged compilation of outcomes stirred controversy.

Amidst the uncertainty surrounding the election results, attention is now focused on PTI affiliates awaiting the party’s decision on their future course of action.

At the moment, candidates supported by PTI are in the forefront with close to 100 seats, trailed by PML-N (71), PPP (53), and MQM-P (17).