Opinion polling for the 2018 Pakistani general election

General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018. Since the previous general election, several pollsters conducted opinion polls at both the national and provincial levels.

Graphical summaries

Each coloured line specifies a political party and how strong their voting intention is nationwide for the National Assembly, based on a 3 point moving average. Parties which poll below 10% are not shown.

  Pakistan Muslim League (N)

  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

  Pakistan Peoples Party

Nationwide voting intention

Voting intention polls conducted since 2013 for the National Assembly.

Date	Pollster	Publisher	Sample	PML-N	PTI	PPP	MQM-P	MMA*	ANP	Others	Lead
25 July 2018	Election 2018	ECP	53,123,733	24.35%	31.82%	13.01%	1.38%	4.81%	1.53%	22.98%	7.47%
12 Jul 2018	SDPI[1]	Herald	6,004	25%	29%	20%	—	3%	1%	20%	4%
04 Jul 2018	IPOR[2]	GSP	3,735	32%	29%	13%	2%	3%	1%	20%	3%
06 Jun 2018	Gallup Pakistan[3]	Geo/Jang	3,000	26%	25%	16%	—	2%	1%	30%	1%
28 May 2018	Pulse Consultant[3]		3,163	27%	30%	17%	1%	4%	1%	20%	3%
May 2018	Gallup Pakistan[4]	Self	3,000	38%	25%	15%	22%				13%
Mar 2018	Gallup Pakistan[5]	WSJ	2,000	36%	24%	17%	23%				12%
01 Nov 2017	Gallup Pakistan[6]	Geo/Jang	3,000	34%	26%	15%	2%	2%	2%	19%	8%
25 Oct 2017	Pulse Consultant[6]		3,243	36%	23%	15%	2%	1%	1%	22%	13%
24 Oct 2017	IPOR[7][8]	GSP	4,540	38%	27%	17%	3%	1%	1%	14%	11%
24 Apr 2017	Gallup Pakistan[9]	Self	1,400	36%	25%	16%	2%	3%	2%	16%	11%
				38%	22%	17%	2%	2%	2%	14%	16%
27 Aug 2015	SDPI[10][11]		3,014	27%	33%	14%	1%	2%	1%	20%	6%
17 Jul 2014	SDPI[12]	Herald	1,354	17%	33%	19%	5%	3%	3%	18%	14%
11 May 2013	Election 2013[13]	ECP	45,388,404	32.77%	16.92%	15.23%	5.41%	3.22%	1.00%	25.57%	15.85%

*Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal is an alliance of Islamist political parties, formed in 2002 and dissolved after the 2008 elections. The restoration of this alliance occurred in December 2017. Polls conducted before the restoration show the sum for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), the major political party in this alliance.

Province-wide voting intention

Voting intention polls conducted for each of the provinces. If a party has N/A listed in the poll, this indicates it is in the 'Others' section of the poll. If a certain poll result is bolded, this indicates that the option has achieved over 50% of the vote.

Punjab

Date	Pollster	Legislature type	PML (N)	PTI	PPP	Others	Lead
25 July 2018	Election 2018	Provincial	31.8%	33.7%	5.4%	29.1%	1.9%
12 Jul 2018	SDPI[1]	unspecified	40%	33%	7%	20%	7%
04 Jul 2018	IPOR[2]	National	50%	31%	5%	14%	19%
06 Jun 2018	Gallup Pakistan[3]	unspecified	40%	26%	6%	28%	14%
02 Jun 2018	IPOR[14]	unspecified	51%	30%	5%	14%	21%
28 May 2018	Pulse Consultant[3]	unspecified	43%	34%	5%	18%	9%
01 Nov 2017	Gallup Pakistan[6]	unspecified	50%	31%	5%	14%	19%
25 Oct 2017	Pulse Consultant[6]	unspecified	55%	20%	7%	18%	35%
24 Oct 2017	IPOR[8]	National	58%	23%	6%	13%	35%
27 Aug 2015	SDPI[10][11]	National	38%	35%	7%	20%	3%
17 Jul 2014	SDPI[12]	Provincial	25%	43%	11%	21%	18%
11 May 2013	Election 2013[13]	Provincial	40.8%	17.8%	8.8%	32.6%	23.0%

Sindh

Date	Pollster	Legislature type	PPP	MQM (P)	GDA*	PTI	PML (N)	Others	Lead
25 July 2018	Election 2018	Provincial	38.4%	7.7%	14.9%	14.2%	2.4%	22.4%	23.5%
12 Jul 2018	SDPI[1]	unspecified	54%	2%	10%	14%	4%	16%	40%
04 Jul 2018	IPOR[2]	National	35%	7%	5%	18%	10%	25%	17%
06 Jun 2018	Gallup Pakistan[3]	unspecified	44%	—		9%	4%	43%	35%
28 May 2018	Pulse Consultant[3]	unspecified	45%	5%	—	11%	4%	35%	34%
01 Nov 2017	Gallup Pakistan[6]	unspecified	44%	10%	—		11%	35%	33%
25 Oct 2017	Pulse Consultant[6]	unspecified	46%	7%	—	10%	—	37%	36%
24 Oct 2017	IPOR[8]	National	52%	11%	2%	14%	12%	7%	38%
27 Aug 2015	SDPI[10][11]	National	41%	5%	—	21%	13%	20%	20%
17 July 2014	SDPI[12]	Provincial	50%	20%	5%	25%			30%
11 May 2013	Election 2013[13]	Provincial	32.6%	25.5%	11.6%	6.2%	6.0%	18.1%	7.1%

*The “Grand Democratic Alliance” is an alliance of political parties which was formed in late 2017. Polls before this show the sum for PML-F, the major party in this alliance before its formation

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Date	Pollster	Legislature type	PTI	PML (N)	MMA	ANP	Others	Lead
25 July 2018	Election 2018	Provincial	32.3%	9.9%	17.1%	12.2%	28.5%	15.2%
12 Jul 2018	SDPI[1]	unspecified	43%	10%	11%	6%	30%	31%
04 Jul 2018	IPOR[2]	National	45%	12%	6%	8%	29%	33%
06 Jun 2018	Gallup Pakistan[3]	unspecified	57%	9%	6%	6%	22%	48%
28 May 2018	Pulse Consultant[3]	unspecified	57%	10%	9%	7%	17%	47%
01 Nov 2017	Gallup Pakistan[6]	unspecified	47%	10%	43%			37%
25 Oct 2017	Pulse Consultant[6]	unspecified	53%	13%	34%			40%
24 Oct 2017	IPOR[8]	National	62%	10%	1%	5%	22%	52%
27 Aug 2015	SDPI[10][11]	National	50%	15%	7%	7%	21%	35%
17 Jul 2014	SDPI[12]	Provincial	40%	—	13%	12%	35%	27%
11 May 2013	Election 2013[13]	Provincial	19.3%	15.9%	13.6%	10.3%	40.9%	3.4%

Balochistan

Date	Pollster	Legislature type	MMA	PMAP	PML (N)	BNP	NP	PPP	ANP	PTI	BAP	Other's	Lead
25 July 2018	Election 2018	Provincial	14.9%	1.5%	6.5%	7.0%	4.9%	3.1%	2.7%	6.0%	24.6%	28.8%	9.7%
12 Jul 2018	SDPI[1]	unspecified	8%	4%	11%	6%	—	15%	—	11%	45%		4%
04 Jul 2018	IPOR[2]	National	12%	10%	5%	5%	5%	16%	4%	8%	7%	35%	4%
06 Jun 2018	Gallup Pakistan[3]	unspecified	23%	9%	2%	14%	11%	20%	4%	5%	12%		3%
28 May 2018	Pulse Consultant[3]	unspecified	11%	4%	2%	6%	5%	36%	3%	12%	7%	14%	24%
01 Nov 2017	Gallup Pakistan[6]	unspecified	22%	18%	16%	13%	5%	7%	4%	5%	—	10%	4%
25 Oct 2017	Pulse Consultant[6]	unspecified	5%	0%	39%	8%	0%	5%	7%	21%		15%	18%
24 Oct 2017	IPOR[8]	National	—	6%	15%	8%	1%	9%	2%	33%		26%	18%
27 Aug 2015	SDPI[10][11]	National	18%	—	5%	—		10%	12%	4%		51%	6%
17 July 2014	SDPI[12]	Provincial	—			23%	22%	—		14%		41%	1%
11 May 2013	Election 2013[13]	Provincial	15.8%	12.8%	10.3%	6.2%	5.8%	4.0%	2.4%	1.8%	—	40.9%	3.0%

Constituency-wide voting intention

Colour key

  † Exit Poll

  ‡ By election result

NA-28 (Peshawar-II)

Date	Pollster	Sample	PTI	PML (N)	JI	ANP	PPP	Others	Lead
26 Oct 2017‡	By-election 2017	131,298	34.8%	18.9%	5.4%	18.9%	10.0%	12.1%	15.9%
26 Oct 2017†	CPDI[15]	1,742	43%	16%	8%	20%	9%	6%	23%
19 Oct 2017	IPOR[16]	1,313	41%	18%	4%	9%	9%	19%	25%
11 May 2013	Election 2013[13]	138,555	39.8%	14.7%	11.9%	11.4%	8.7%	13.5%	25.1%

NA-63 (Rawalpindi-VII)

Date	Pollster	Sample	PTI	Ind (Ch.)	PML (N)	PPP	Others	Lead
25 July 2018	Election 2018	215,669	46.8%	30.5	10.7%	1.2%	10.8%	16.3%
28 Feb 2018	IPOR[17]	598	37%	41%		2%	20%	4%
11 May 2013	Election 2013[13]	236,624	46.6%	43.2%		6.3%	3.9%	3.4%

NA-125 (Lahore-III)

Date	Pollster	Sample	PML (N)	PTI	Others	Lead
25 July 2018	Election 2018	250,254	48.9%	42.3%	8.8%	7.6%
17 September 2017‡	By-election 2017	125,129	49.4%	37.6%	13.0%	11.8%
17 September 2017†	CPDI[18]	1,433	46%	40%	14%	6%
12 September 2017	Pulse Consultant[19]	1,520	62%	23%	15%	39%
10 September 2017	Gallup Pakistan[20]	1,500	53%	29%	18%	24%
06 September 2017	IPOR[21]	2,198	49%	34%	17%	15%
11 May 2013	Election 2013[13]	153,328	60.5%	34.6%	4.9%	25.9%

Polling on Politicians

Polling on the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif from office

Date	Pollster	Sample	Agree (Right)	Disagree (Wrong)	Don’t Know	Lead
05 April 2018	Gallup Pakistan[22]	1,586	53%	40%	7%	13%
01 Nov 2017	Gallup Pakistan[6]	3,000	55%	33%	11%	22%
			54%	31%	15%	23%
25 Oct 2017	Pulse Consultant[6]	3,243	48%	31%	21%	17%
			47%	28%	25%	19%
24 Oct 2017	GSP[8]	4,540	65%	33%	2%	32%
			69%	28%	3%	39%
28 July 2017	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is disqualified from office by the Supreme Court

Nawaz Sharif vs Imran Khan

Date	Pollster	Nawaz Sharif	Imran Khan	Don’t Know	Lead
May 2018	Gallup Pakistan[4]	50%	45%	5%	5%
March 2018	Gallup Pakistan[5]	49%	46%	5%	3%
(undefined) 2017	Gallup Pakistan[5]	51%	39%	10%	12%
(undefined) 2016	Gallup Pakistan[5]	57%	37%	6%	20%
(undefined) 2015	Gallup Pakistan[5]	59%	35%	6%	24%