Results are still coming in after millions of Pakistanis went to the polls on Thursday in a vote marred by violence and a suspension of mobile phone services.
As of Friday afternoon, the country’s election commission had announced provisional results for more than half of the National Assembly seats.
Each voter can cast two votes — one for the National Assembly and the other for the provincial assembly.
The National Assembly comprises 336 seats – 266 to be decided through direct voting, while 60 seats are reserved for women and 10 for minorities which are allotted on the basis of 5 percent proportional representation in the federal parliament.
A party or a coalition will need 134 seats to form the government.
Based on the results of the national census conducted in 2023, the constituencies went through a delimitation process. The boundaries of many constituencies were altered and the number of seats was reduced from 272 to 266.
-Al Jazeera
