2024 Pakistani presidential election

2024 Pakistani presidential election

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696 votes in the Electoral College
Plurality of votes needed to win
 
Candidate Asif Ali Zardari Mahmood Khan Achakzai[1]
Party PPP PMAP
Home state Sindh Balochistan
Electoral vote 411 181
States carried 3 + ICT 1
Percentage 59.05% 26.01%


President before election

Arif Alvi
PTI

Elected President

Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)

Indirect Presidential elections were held in Pakistan on 9 March 2024 to select the 14th President of Pakistan, who is the country's head of state.Asif Ali Zardari of the PPP was elected as President, defeating Mahmood Khan Achakzai of the PTI-backed alliance[2] Outgoing President Arif Alvi was eligible for re-election but did not contest for a second term.[3]

  1. ^ "PTI fields Mehmood Khan Achakzai as candidate for presidency against Zardari". Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. ^ "Zardari returns to Office of President for second time". 2024-03-09. Archived from the original on 2024-03-09. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. ^ "Arif Alvi elected 13th president of Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 4 September 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.