al jazeera

By Nadim Asrar and Areesha Lodhi

    Independent candidates allied to Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party win 97 of 265 National Assembly seats, according to an Al Jazeera tally of final results announced by the election commission.

   Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has won 75 seats while Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) secured 54.
   It’s still unclear who will form the government as a simple majority of 134 seats is required for a party or coalition to come to power.
   Police have threatened crackdown as PTI and other parties protest, alleging widespread rigging of the vote.
   Final results from four provincial assemblies, whose elections were also held on Thursday, are still awaited.