2013 Punjab provincial election

2013 Punjab provincial election

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297 out of 371 seats in the Punjab Assembly[a]
186 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58.52%(Increase10.79%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shehbaz Sharif Mehmood-ur-Rasheed Manzoor Wattoo[2]
Party PML(N) PTI PPP
Leader's seat Lahore-XXIII
Lahore-XXV
Rajanpur-I
Lahore-XV Okara-IV[3]
Last election 172 seats, 29.03% uncontested 107 seats, 29.00%
Seats won 313 30 8
Seat change Increase 141 Increase 30 Decrease 99
Popular vote 11,365,363 4,951,216 2,464,812
Percentage 40.77% 17.76% 8.84%
Swing Increase 13.74% Increase 17.76% Decrease 20.16%

Punjab Assembly Elections result (expand to original file to see constituency labels)

Chief Minister before election

Shehbaz Sharif
PML(N)

Elected Chief Minister

Shehbaz Sharif
PML(N)

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.

The Pakistan Muslim League (N) returned triumphant in this elections, retaining Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab. They obtained 313 out of 371 total seats, giving them a comfortable 4/5 majority in the assembly.


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  1. ^ Election Commission of Pakistan. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT". Election Commission of Pakistan.
  2. ^ "Election 2013 — A bad harvest for political dynasties". Dawn (newspaper). 13 May 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.