PESHAWAR: Elections for 11 Senate seats from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have been completed, with official results now issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan. According to the notification, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek‑e‑Insaf (PTI) secured six seats, while opposition parties won five.
On the general seats, PTI’s Murad Saeed received 26 votes, Faisal Javed 22 votes, and both Noorul Haq Qadri and Mirza Afridi secured 21 votes each. Among the opposition, JUI‑F’s Atta‑ul‑Haq Darwaish gained 18 votes, PML‑N’s Niaz Ahmed Khan 18 votes, and PPP’s Talha Mehmood 17 votes.
For the technocrat seats, PTI’s Azam Swati was elected with 89 votes, while PML‑N’s Dilawar Khan received 54 votes.
On the women’s reserved seats, PTI’s Rubina Naz won with 89 votes, and PPP’s Rubina Khalid secured 52 votes.
The distribution of seats followed an agreement between the government and the opposition, under which six seats were to go to the ruling party and five to the opposition. Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and the opposition leader jointly oversaw the process to ensure the agreed formula was followed. A total of 145 members of the provincial assembly cast their votes.
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Polling was held after some PTI members initially refused to withdraw their nominations, preventing uncontested elections. The party later convinced four of them to step aside, but voting still took place because one candidate remained in the contest.
