2018 Balochistan provincial election

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.

2018 Balochistan provincial election

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All 65 seats in the Provincial Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	45.27% (3.47pp)[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 24 2 8 Popular vote 446,795 261,742 126,854 Percentage 24.44 15.28 9.04 Swing new 0.52 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 7 Popular vote 109,757 Percentage 6.05 Swing 4.19
Map of Balochistan Showing Assembly Constituencies and Winning parties
Chief Minister before election Abdul Quddus Bizenjo BAP Elected Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan BAP

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.

1. BAP (24.44%)
2. MMA (15.28%)
3. BNP(M) (9.04%)
4. PKMAP (6.5%)
5. PTI (6.05%)
6. NP (4.91%)
7. BNP(A) (3.79%)
8. PPP (3.09%)
9. ANP (2.73%)
10. JWP (1.56%)
11. PML(N) (1.54%)
12. HDP (0.7%)
13. TLP (0.59%)
14. OTH (2.83%)
15. IND (16.95%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

1. BAP (36.92%)
2. MMA (16.92%)
3. BNP(M) (15.39%)
4. PTI (10.77%)
5. ANP (6.15%)
6. BNP(A) (4.62%)
7. HDP (3.08%)
8. PKMAP (1.54%)
9. JWP (1.54%)
10. 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	8
	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	109,757	6.05	38	5	1	6	1	0	7	7
	Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party	118,083	6.50	25	1	0	1	0	0	1	13
	Balochistan National Party (Awami)	68,925	3.79	26	2	0	2	1	0	3	3
	Jamhoori Wattan Party	28,313	1.56	12	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
	Awami National Party	49,595	2.73	22	3	0	3	1	0	4	3
	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	28,065	1.54	20	1	0	1	0	0	1	11
	Hazara Democratic Party	12,803	0.70	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	2
	Pakistan People's Party	56,095	3.09	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
	National Party	89,168	4.91	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
	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-Sherani	PB-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
Zhob	PB-2	Zhob	Mitta Khan Kakar		IND	16,368	32.66	Muhammad Nawaz		IND	9,578	19.11	6,790	44.50
Killa Saifullah	PB-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	PB-4	Loralai	Muhammad Khan		BAP	14,039	30.07	Molvi Faizullah		MMA	12,148	26.02	1,891	54.16
Duki	PB-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-Harnai	PB-6	Ziarat-cum-Harnai	Noor Muhammad Dummar		BAP	20,629	32.49	Muheb Ullah		MMA	19,779	31.16	850	61.86
Sibi-Lehri	PB-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
Barkhan	PB-8	Barkhan	Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran		IND	18,705	43.93	Abdul Kareem Khetran		NP	18,640	43.78	65	66.64
Kohlu	PB-9	Kohlu	Mir Naseebullah Khan		PTI	3,356	21.79	Changez Khan Marri		BAP	2,553	16.58	803	29.47
Dera Bugti	PB-10	Dera Bugti	Gohram Bugti		JWP	27,190	54.30	Sarfraz Bugti		BAP	17,112	34.17	10,078	43.88
Nasirabad	PB-11	Nasirabad-I	Mir Sikandar Ali		BAP	10,057	27.25	Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani		PPP	6,978	18.91	3,079	39.35
	PB-12	Nasirabad-II	Muhammad Khan Lehri		BAP	15,399	42.48	Baba Ghulam Rasool umrani		IND	11,239	31.01	4,160	39.97
Jafarabad	PB-13	Jafarabad-I	Umar Khan Jamali		PTI	19,198	44.63	Rahat Jamali		IND	17,940	41.71	1,258	41.59
	PB-14	Jafarabad-II	Jan Mohammad Jamali		BAP	19,099	63.48	Haider Ali Jamali		PPP	3,652	12.14	15,447	31.23
Sohbatpur	PB-15	Sohbatpur	Mir Saleem Ahmed Khoso		BAP	17,757	45.63	Mir Dauran khoso		NP	9,223	23.70	8,534	46.12
Jhal Magsi-Kachhi	PB-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-Mastung	PB-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
Pishin	PB-18	Pishin-I	Abdul Wahid Siddique		MMA	22,924	46.47	Asfandyar Kakar		BAP	16,417	33.28	6,507	59.35
	PB-19	Pishin-II	Asghar Ali Tareen		MMA	14,582	43.95	Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan		PKMAP	10,980	33.09	3,602	42.52
	PB-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	PB-21	Killa Abdullah-I	Zmrak Khan		ANP	9,878	31.67	Habib Ullah Kakozai		MMA	6,913	22.17	2,965	45.97
	PB-22	Killa Abdullah-II	Muhammad Nawaz Khan Kakar		MMA	11,270	48.99	Muhammad Akbar		ANP	3,535	15.36	7,735	42.34
	PB-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	PB-24	Quetta-I	Malik Naeem Khan Bazai		ANP	6,531	27.06	Saz uddin		MMA	5,103	21.14	1,428	47.50
	PB-25	Quetta-II	Malik Sikandar Khan		MMA	4,762	19.39	Nawab Salman Khan Khilji		IND	3,846	15.66	916	39.26
	PB-26	Quetta-III	Qadir Nayel		HDP	5,118	27.99	Wali Muhammad		MMA	3,243	17.74	1,875	32.96
	PB-27	Quetta-IV	Abdul Khaliq Hazara		HDP	7,685	17.70	Syed Bismillah		PTI	5,110	11.77	2,575	38.35
	PB-28	Quetta-V	Muhammad Mobeen Khan		PTI	7,371	23.08	Tahir Mehmood Khan		BAP	5,767	18.06	1,604	36.19
	PB-29	Quetta-VI	Mir Akhtar Hussain Langau		BNP(M)	12,603	30.47	Abdul Bari		PTI	6,658	16.10	5,945	37.84
	PB-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
	PB-31	Quetta-VIII	Nasrullah Khan Bareach		PKMAP	4,278	26.07	Mir Lashkari Raisani		BNP(M)	3,855	23.49	423	32.84
	PB-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	PB-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	PB-34	Chagai	Muhammad Arif		IND	24,765	50.84	Amanullah		BAP	19,492	40.01	5,273	56.27
Mastung	PB-35	Mastung	Election postponed[15]
Shaheed Sikandarabad	PB-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	PB-37	Kalat	Mir Ziaullah Zehri		BAP	13,335	30.02	Sardarzada Mir Saeed Ahmed		MMA	12,842	28.91	493	52.53
Khuzdar	PB-38	Khuzdar-I	Sanaullah Zehri		PML(N)	11,833	34.18	Abdul Khaliq		MMA	11,815	34.13	18	56.59
	PB-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
	PB-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	PB-41	Washuk	Mir Zabid Ali Reki		MMA	12,807	46.35	Mir Mujeeb ur Rehman		BAP	12,588	45.55	219	51.99
Kharan	PB-42	Kharan	Sanaullah Baloch		BNP(M)	15,526	47.33	Abdul Kareem Nosherwani		BAP	10,759	32.80	4,767	60.52
Panjgur	PB-43	Panjgur	Asadullah		BNP(A)	15,458	51.64	Zahid Hussain		BNP(M)	4,866	16.26	10,592	41.69
Awaran	PB-44	Awaran-cum-Panjgur	Abdul Quddus Bizenjo		BAP	8,055	24.65	Khair Jan		NP	5,963	18.25	2,092	34.28
Kech	PB-45	Kech-I	Zahoor Ahmed Buledi		BAP	15,671	70.66	Mir Muhammad Anwar		BNP(M)	1,911	8.62	13,760	40.48
	PB-46	Kech-II	Syed Ehsan Shah		BNP(A)	15,056	53.71	Ghulam Rasool		NP	6,845	24.42	8,211	43.58
	PB-47	Kech-III	Abdul Rauf Rind		BAP	11,942	52.80	Jamil Ahmed Dashti		BNP(M)	3,204	14.17	8,738	41.14
	PB-48	Kech-IV	Akbar Askani		BAP	7,034	48.47	Muhammad Asghar		BNP(A)	3,451	23.78	3,583	35.17
Lasbela	PB-49	Lasbela-I	Sardar Muhammad Saleh Bhotani		BAP	30,012	57.81	Muhammad Sharif		PPP	8,632	8,632	21,380	56.35
	PB-50	Lasbela-II	Jam Kamal Khan		BAP	38,885	50.33	Nasrullah		IND	26,050	33.72	12,835	58.78
Gwadar	PB-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

• 2018 Pakistani general election
• Punjab Provincial Election, 2018
• Sindh Provincial Election, 2018
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Election, 2018