General elections were held in the

Islamabad Capital Territory The Islamabad Capital Territory is a federal territory of Pakistan, centred around Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is located on the northern edge of the Pothohar Plateau, at the foot of the Margalla Hills, in the northwest of the ...

on 8 February 2024 to elect the 3 members of 15th National Assembly from

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. The

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(PML(N)) won 2 of the 3 seats available, while an

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was elected to the other seat.

Candidates

A total number of 113 candidates, including 74 non-PTI independents, contested for the three National Assembly seats in

Results

Party-wise results

Constituency-wise results

Aftermath

The independent candidate elected to NA-48 later joined the

. As a result, all members in the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan from

belonged to the PML(N).

Audit by PATTAN-Coalition38

On 18 May 2024, PATTAN-Coalition38 conducted a detailed audit of all three constituencies. This audit revealed that all of the declared winners had received fewer votes than their runners-up. The audit involved collecting polling station-level results (Forms 45) from the candidates, totaling the results across polling stations, comparing them with the constituency-level results (Form 47), and comparing the Forms 45 that were collected in the days following February 8 with the ones uploaded by the

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(ECP) on 6 March. They were able to collect 87%, 97%, and 90% of Forms 45 from NA-46, NA-47, and NA-48, respectively. In NA-46, the results of the audit indicated that PTI-backed Amir Mughal received 75,608 votes, while Anjum Aqeel Khan, the declared winner from the PML(N), received 38,607 votes, indicating a reversal of 73,224 votes in the official results by the ECP. Moreover, they found discrepancies between the collected and uploaded Forms 45 in more than 200 out of 342 polling stations. In NA-47, as per the audit, PTI-backed Shoaib Shaheen bagged 101,061 votes and Tariq Fazal Chaudhry of the PML(N) bagged 49,528 votes, indicating a reversal of 66,003 votes in the final ECP results. They also found discrepancies between the two groups of Forms 45 in 198 out of 387 polling stations. Lastly, in NA-48, the audit revealed that PTI-backed Muhammad Ali Bokhari received 70,318 votes, while the declared winner, independent Khurram Shehzad Nawaz received 26,874 votes, indicating a reversal of 53,280 votes. The audit claimed discrepancies in 91 out of 261 polling stations.

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References

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