Pakistan elections 2013 total voter turnout: 55%
The PML-N got the majority of total votes, followed by PTI and the PPP.
The PML-N got the majority of total votes, followed by PTI and the PPP. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that overall voter turnout in the 2013 general elections was recorded at 55.02% -- a much higher percentage than elections since the 80s.
According to the ECP, the lowest turnout was recorded in NA-42 South Waziristan, where only 11.57% of registered voters came out to vote.
The highest turnout was recorded at 84.77% in NA-191 Bahawalnagar.
This year, over 46.2 million people exercised their right to vote in the elections.
The PML-N got the majority of votes (14.8 million) followed by the PTI (7.5 million), the PPP (6.8 million) and the MQM (2.4 million).
Independent candidates picked up 5.8 million votes.
| 1988 | 1990 | 1993 | 1997 | 2002 | 2008 | 2013 | |
| Turnout | 43.07% | 45.46% | 40.28% | 35.42% | 41.08% | 44.23% | 55.02% |
According to the ECP, the lowest turnout was recorded in NA-42 South Waziristan, where only 11.57% of registered voters came out to vote.
The highest turnout was recorded at 84.77% in NA-191 Bahawalnagar.
This year, over 46.2 million people exercised their right to vote in the elections.
The PML-N got the majority of votes (14.8 million) followed by the PTI (7.5 million), the PPP (6.8 million) and the MQM (2.4 million).
Independent candidates picked up 5.8 million votes.
Name of Political Parties | Number of Seats Won | Total Votes Polled |
| Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 125 | 14794188 |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 27 | 7563504 |
| Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians | 31 | 6822958 |
| Independent | 32 | 5773494 |
| Muttahidda Qaumi Movement | 18 | 2422656 |
| Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (F) | 10 | 1454907 |
| Pakistan Muslim League | 2 | 1405493 |
| Pakistan Muslim League (F) | 5 | 1007761 |
| Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan | 3 | 949394 |
| Awami National Party | 1 | 450561 |
| MUTAHIDA DEENI MAHAZ | 359589 | |
| Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party | 3 | 211989 |
| National Peoples Party | 2 | 196828 |
| Pakistan Muslim League(Z) | 1 | 126504 |
| Bahawalpur National Awami Party | 113156 | |
| Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati Pakistan | 102417 | |
| Awami Muslim League Pakistan | 1 | 93051 |
| Sindh United Party | 82728 | |
| Tehreek-e-Tahaffuze Pakistan | 73503 | |
| Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan | 1 | 71175 |
| Pakistan Muslim League (J) | 70247 | |
| Jamiat Ulma-e-Pakistan (Noorani) | 68150 | |
| Balochistan National Party | 1 | 64070 |
| National Party | 1 | 61171 |
| All Pakistan Muslim League | 1 | 54617 |
| Pakistan National Muslim League | 51995 | |
| Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) | 49926 | |
| Qaumi Watan Party (Sherpao) | 1 | 46829 |
| Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara | 42953 | |
| Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan | 40312 | |
| Sunni Ittehad Council | 37912 | |
| Pakistan Sunni Tehreek | 26169 | |
| Sindh Taraqi Passand Party (STP) | 23572 | |
| Qoumi Wattan Party | 19268 | |
| Awami Warkers Party | 18608 | |
| Balochistan National Party (Awami) | 12709 | |
| Hazara Democratic Party | 11051 | |
| Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan | 10692 | |
| Jamote Qaumi Movement | 10460 | |
| Pakistan Saraiki Party | 5226 | |
| Pakistan Falah Party | 4431 | |
| Pakistan Kissan Ittehad | 4349 | |
| Awami Justice Party Pakistan | 3803 | |
| Pakistan Justice Party | 2827 | |
| Islami Tehreek Pakistan | 2692 | |
| Mutahidda Qabil Party | 2587 | |
| Mohib-e-Wattan Nowjawan Inqilabion Ki Anjuman | 2503 | |
| Christian Progressive Movement | 2450 | |
| Qaumi Tahaffaz Party of Pakistan | 2185 | |
| MustaqbIl Pakistan | 2089 | |
| Sairkistan Qaumi Ittehad | 1874 | |
| Seraiki Sooba Movement Pakistan | 1796 | |
| Awami Workers Party | 1655 | |
| Jamhoori Wattan Party | 1623 | |
| Jannat Pakistan Party | 1435 | |
| Karwan-i-Millat Pakistan | 1406 | |
| Tehreek Tabdili Nizam Pakistan | 1162 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League (Sher-e-Bangal) A.K. Fazal-Ul-Haque) | 1060 | |
| Pakistan Insani Haqook Party | 989 | |
| Pakistan Patriotic Movement | 948 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League (Safdar) | 890 | |
| Markazi Jamiat Mushaikh Pakistan | 828 | |
| Pakistan Conservative Party | 814 | |
| Istehkaam-e-Pakistan Movement | 742 | |
| Islamic Republican Party | 631 | |
| Istiqlal Party | 629 | |
| Tehreek-e-Istehkaam Pakistan | 621 | |
| Pakistan Tehrek-e-Inqalab | 596 | |
| Tehreek-e-Ittehad Ummat Pakistan | 582 | |
| Pak Justice Party | 537 | |
| Pakistan Freedom Party | 515 | |
| Roshan Pakistan Muhaibban Wattan Party | 494 | |
| Mutahida Baloch Movement Pakistan | 471 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League “H” Haqiqi | 471 | |
| Menecracy Action Party of Pakistan | 447 | |
| Awami Himayat Tehreek Pakistan | 313 | |
| Pakistan Human Rights Party | 266 | |
| Islami Inqalab Party | 265 | |
| Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (S) | 258 | |
| Pakistan Gharib Party | 256 | |
| Sindh Dost Ittehad (SDI) Party | 250 | |
| Pakistan National Democratic Party | 248 | |
| Pak Wattan Party | 220 | |
| Hazara Awami Ittehad Pakistan | 214 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League-Muttahida | 172 | |
| Ghareeb Awam Party | 168 | |
| Afgan Qomi Movement (Pakistan) | 157 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League Council | 152 | |
| Pakistan Brohi Party | 145 | |
| Pakistan Muhajir League | 133 | |
| Azad Pakistan Party | 116 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League (Zehri Group) | 101 | |
| Tehrik-e-Masawaat | 99 | |
| Communist Party of Pakistan | 91 | |
| All Pakistan Bayrozgar Party | 88 | |
| Pakistan Muhafiz Watan Party | 84 | |
| MUTTHIDA MAJLIS-E-AMAL PAKISTAN | 69 | |
| Pakistan Motherland Party | 68 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League Humkhiyal (Like Minded) | 64 | |
| Pakistan Aman Party | 63 | |
| Pakistan Islami Justice Party | 54 | |
| Pakistan Qaumi Party | 54 | |
| Tehreek-e-Wafaq Pakistan | 48 | |
| Salam Pakistan Party | 34 | |
| Aap Janab Sarkar Party | 30 | |
| Jamiat Ulma-e-Pakistan (Niazi) | 27 | |
| Pakistan Muhammadi Party | 24 | |
| Aalay Kalam Ullah Farman Rasool (saw) | 15 | |
| All Pakistan Youth Working Party | 14 | |
| Punjab National Party | 13 | |
| Pakistan Awami Quwat Party | 8 | |
| Pakistan Awami Inqalab | 7 | |
| Total | 266 | 44859313 |