# 2018 Balochistan provincial election

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 25 July 2018. Newly formed Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) emerged as the largest party by winning 24 seats followed by Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal who won 10 seats. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 7 seats for the very first time.

## Background

The 2013 elections resulted in a hung assembly, before Pakistan Muslim League (N), National Party, and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party joined hands to form a coalition government. A power-sharing agreement was also brokered between PML-N and NP where the province's Chief Ministership tenure would be bifurcated between the two parties. In consequence, NP's Abdul Malik Baloch served as chief minister from 2013 to 2015 before he was replaced by PML-N's Sanaullah Khan Zehri at the end of 2015.
However, Zehri couldn't complete his term as on 2 January 2018, a number of dissident members from the ruling PML-N colluded with opposition lawmakers to submit a no-confidence motion against him. Seeing that he has lost the majority of the house's support in the ensuing turmoil, Zehri resigned from his post before a no-confidence vote could take place. Pakistan Muslim League (Q)'s, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, an opposition lawmaker and one of the leaders of the no-confidence bloc, was elected as the province's 15th Chief Minister. He secured 41 of the 65 votes.
This in-house change was also important in the lead-up to the 2018 Senate elections as the bloc managed to secure 6 of the 12 seats for the province, with no seat for PML-N. Further down the line, the group was also successful in making an alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Peoples Party for the election of the Senate chairman, leading to their combined candidate from Balochistan, Sadiq Sanjrani, being elected to the post.
On 29 March 2018, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and Saeed Hashmi, with the support of Bizenjo, launched a new political party by the name of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). It was composed of independent candidates, dissident PML-N lawmakers as well as PML-Q members

## Pre-election violence

On 13 July, a suicide bombing killed at least 131 people including BAP candidate for Balochistan Assembly, Nawabzada Siraj Raisani and over 200 injured.

## Results

| 24 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BAP | MMA | BNP(M) | PTI | ANP | BNP(A) | HDP | PKMAP | JWP | PML-N |
Vote Share of different parties in the election.
Seat Share of different parties in the election.

### Party wise

| Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | Votes | General | General | General | General | Women | Non-Muslims | Total | +/− |
| Party | Party | No. | % | Contested | Won | Independents joined | Total | Women | Non-Muslims | Total | +/− |
| | Balochistan Awami Party | 444,257 | 24.44 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 24 | New |
| | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 277,659 | 15.28 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | New |
| | Balochistan National Party (Mengal) | 164,288 | 9.04 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 109,757 | 6.05 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| | Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party | 118,083 | 6.50 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| | Balochistan National Party (Awami) | 68,925 | 3.79 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | Jamhoori Wattan Party | 28,313 | 1.56 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Awami National Party | 49,595 | 2.73 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 28,065 | 1.54 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| | Hazara Democratic Party | 12,803 | 0.70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | Pakistan People's Party | 56,095 | 3.09 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | National Party | 89,168 | 4.91 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| | Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan | 10,816 | 0.59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Other Parties | 51,480 | 2.83 | 111 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | Independents | 308,083 | 16.95 | 476 | 5 | - | 0 | | | 0 | |
| | Valid Votes | 1,817,387 | 95.67 | 943 | 50 | | 50 | 11 | 3 | 64 | |
| | Rejected votes | 82,178 | 4.33 | | | | | | | | |
| | Total Votes Polled | 1,899,565 | 100 | | | | | | | | |
| | Registered voters/Turnout | 4,194,243 | 45.29 | Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung | Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung | Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung | Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung | Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung | Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung | Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung | Election was postponed in PP-35 Mastung |
| Source: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ||||||||||||

### Division-wise results

| Division | Total seats | BAP | MMA | BNP(M) | PTI | ANP | BNP(A) | HDP | PKMAP | JWP | PML(N) | Election Postponed |
| Zhob | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sibi | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Nasirabad | 7 | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quetta | 15 | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rakhshan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalat | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Makran | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 51 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### District-wise results

| Division | District | Total seats | BAP | MMA | BNP(M) | PTI | ANP | BNP(A) | HDP | PKMAP | JWP | PML(N) | Election Postponed |
| Zhob | Musakhail | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhob | Sherani | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhob | Zhob | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhob | Killa Saifullah | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhob | Loralai | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhob | Duki | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhob | Barkhan | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sibi | Ziarat | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sibi | Harnai | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sibi | Sibi | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sibi | Lehri | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sibi | Kohlu | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sibi | Dera Bugti | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Nasirabad | Nasirabad | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasirabad | Jaffarabad | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasirabad | Sohbatpur | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasirabad | Jhal Magsi | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasirabad | Kachhi | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quetta | Pishin | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quetta | Killa Abdullah | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quetta | Quetta | 9 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rakhshan | Nushki | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rakhshan | Chagai | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rakhshan | Washuk | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rakhshan | Kharan | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalat | Mastung | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Kalat | Kalat | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalat | Shaheed Sikandarabad | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalat | Khuzdar | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Kalat | Awaran | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalat | Lasbela | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Makran | Panjgur | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Makran | Kech | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Makran | Gwadar | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | Total | 51 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Constituency-wise results

| District | Constituency | Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin | Turnout % |
| District | No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin | Turnout % |
| Musakhel-Sherani | PB-1 | Musakhel-cum-Sherani | Sardar Babar Khan Musakhel | | PTI | 12,287 | 32.35 | Haji Muhammad Hassan Sherani | | MMA | 12,214 | 32.16 | 73 | 38.04 |
| Zhob | PB-2 | Zhob | Mitta Khan Kakar | | IND | 16,368 | 32.66 | Muhammad Nawaz | | IND | 9,578 | 19.11 | 6,790 | 44.50 |
| Killa Saifullah | PB-3 | Killa Saifullah | Maulana Noorullah | | MMA | 22,486 | 40.61 | Nawab Muhammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai | | PKMAP | 17,250 | 31.16 | 5,236 | 54.95 |
| Loralai | PB-4 | Loralai | Muhammad Khan | | BAP | 14,039 | 30.07 | Molvi Faizullah | | MMA | 12,148 | 26.02 | 1,891 | 54.16 |
| Duki | PB-5 | Dukki | Sardar Masood Ali Khan Luni | | IND | 13,638 | 48.06 | Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasar | | BAP | 6,887 | 24.27 | 6,751 | 55.73 |
| Ziarat-Harnai | PB-6 | Ziarat-cum-Harnai | Noor Muhammad Dummar | | BAP | 20,629 | 32.49 | Muheb Ullah | | MMA | 19,779 | 31.16 | 850 | 61.86 |
| Sibi-Lehri | PB-7 | Sibbi-cum-Lehri | Mir Sarfraz Chakar Domki | | BAP | 17,763 | 40.16 | Muhammad Baro Khan Barozai | | IND | 6,202 | 14.02 | 11,561 | 36.49 |
| Barkhan | PB-8 | Barkhan | Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran | | IND | 18,705 | 43.93 | Abdul Kareem Khetran | | NP | 18,640 | 43.78 | 65 | 66.64 |
| Kohlu | PB-9 | Kohlu | Mir Naseebullah Khan | | PTI | 3,356 | 21.79 | Changez Khan Marri | | BAP | 2,553 | 16.58 | 803 | 29.47 |
| Dera Bugti | PB-10 | Dera Bugti | Gohram Bugti | | JWP | 27,190 | 54.30 | Sarfraz Bugti | | BAP | 17,112 | 34.17 | 10,078 | 43.88 |
| Nasirabad | PB-11 | Nasirabad-I | Mir Sikandar Ali | | BAP | 10,057 | 27.25 | Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani | | PPP | 6,978 | 18.91 | 3,079 | 39.35 |
| Nasirabad | PB-12 | Nasirabad-II | Muhammad Khan Lehri | | BAP | 15,399 | 42.48 | Baba Ghulam Rasool umrani | | IND | 11,239 | 31.01 | 4,160 | 39.97 |
| Jafarabad | PB-13 | Jafarabad-I | Umar Khan Jamali | | PTI | 19,198 | 44.63 | Rahat Jamali | | IND | 17,940 | 41.71 | 1,258 | 41.59 |
| Jafarabad | PB-14 | Jafarabad-II | Jan Mohammad Jamali | | BAP | 19,099 | 63.48 | Haider Ali Jamali | | PPP | 3,652 | 12.14 | 15,447 | 31.23 |
| Sohbatpur | PB-15 | Sohbatpur | Mir Saleem Ahmed Khoso | | BAP | 17,757 | 45.63 | Mir Dauran khoso | | NP | 9,223 | 23.70 | 8,534 | 46.12 |
| Jhal Magsi-Kachhi | PB-16 | Jhal Magsi-cum-Kachhi | Nawabzada Tariq Magsi | | BAP | 15,040 | 67.14 | Aurangzaib Alamgir Magsi | | IND | 6,405 | 28.57 | 8,635 | 41.46 |
| Kachhi-Mastung | PB-17 | Kachhi-cum-Mastung | Yar Muhammad Rind | | PTI | 16,633 | 47.56 | Mir Muhammad Asim Kurd | | BAP | 15,098 | 43.17 | 1,535 | 37.16 |
| Pishin | PB-18 | Pishin-I | Abdul Wahid Siddique | | MMA | 22,924 | 46.47 | Asfandyar Kakar | | BAP | 16,417 | 33.28 | 6,507 | 59.35 |
| Pishin | PB-19 | Pishin-II | Asghar Ali Tareen | | MMA | 14,582 | 43.95 | Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan | | PKMAP | 10,980 | 33.09 | 3,602 | 42.52 |
| Pishin | PB-20 | Pishin-III | Sayed Muhammad Fazal Agha | | MMA | 18,076 | 49.79 | Agha Syed Liaqat Ali | | PKMAP | 11,162 | 30.74 | 6,914 | 43.35 |
| Killa Abdullah | PB-21 | Killa Abdullah-I | Zmrak Khan | | ANP | 9,878 | 31.67 | Habib Ullah Kakozai | | MMA | 6,913 | 22.17 | 2,965 | 45.97 |
| Killa Abdullah | PB-22 | Killa Abdullah-II | Muhammad Nawaz Khan Kakar | | MMA | 11,270 | 48.99 | Muhammad Akbar | | ANP | 3,535 | 15.36 | 7,735 | 42.34 |
| Killa Abdullah | PB-23 | Killa Abdullah-III | Asghar Khan Achakzai | | ANP | 11,503 | 27.50 | Molvi Muhammad Hanif | | MMA | 9,730 | 23.26 | 1,773 | 41.44 |
| Quetta | PB-24 | Quetta-I | Malik Naeem Khan Bazai | | ANP | 6,531 | 27.06 | Saz uddin | | MMA | 5,103 | 21.14 | 1,428 | 47.50 |
| Quetta | PB-25 | Quetta-II | Malik Sikandar Khan | | MMA | 4,762 | 19.39 | Nawab Salman Khan Khilji | | IND | 3,846 | 15.66 | 916 | 39.26 |
| Quetta | PB-26 | Quetta-III | Qadir Nayel | | HDP | 5,118 | 27.99 | Wali Muhammad | | MMA | 3,243 | 17.74 | 1,875 | 32.96 |
| Quetta | PB-27 | Quetta-IV | Abdul Khaliq Hazara | | HDP | 7,685 | 17.70 | Syed Bismillah | | PTI | 5,110 | 11.77 | 2,575 | 38.35 |
| Quetta | PB-28 | Quetta-V | Muhammad Mobeen Khan | | PTI | 7,371 | 23.08 | Tahir Mehmood Khan | | BAP | 5,767 | 18.06 | 1,604 | 36.19 |
| Quetta | PB-29 | Quetta-VI | Mir Akhtar Hussain Langau | | BNP(M) | 12,603 | 30.47 | Abdul Bari | | PTI | 6,658 | 16.10 | 5,945 | 37.84 |
| Quetta | PB-30 | Quetta-VII | Ahmed Nawaz Baloch | | BNP(M) | 10,109 | 42.77 | Mir Atta Muhammad Bangulzai | | NP | 3,425 | 14.49 | 6,684 | 33.40 |
| Quetta | PB-31 | Quetta-VIII | Nasrullah Khan Bareach | | PKMAP | 4,278 | 26.07 | Mir Lashkari Raisani | | BNP(M) | 3,855 | 23.49 | 423 | 32.84 |
| Quetta | PB-32 | Quetta-IX | Malik Naseer Ahmed Shahwani | | BNP(M) | 6,795 | 31.59 | Abdul Ghafoor Haideri | | MMA | 4,436 | 20.62 | 2,359 | 36.74 |
| Nushki | PB-33 | Nushki | Babu Muhammad Rahim Mengal | | BNP(M) | 20,808 | 44.13 | Mir Ghulam Dastagir Badini | | BAP | 10,370 | 21.99 | 10,438 | 57.30 |
| Chagai | PB-34 | Chagai | Muhammad Arif | | IND | 24,765 | 50.84 | Amanullah | | BAP | 19,492 | 40.01 | 5,273 | 56.27 |
| Mastung | PB-35 | Mastung | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed | Election postponed |
| Shaheed Sikandarabad | PB-36 | Shaheed Sikandarabad | Mir Naimatullah Zehri | | IND | 11,066 | 44.10 | Mir Zafarullah Khan Zehri | | BNP(A) | 10,075 | 40.15 | 991 | 51.12 |
| Kalat | PB-37 | Kalat | Mir Ziaullah Zehri | | BAP | 13,335 | 30.02 | Sardarzada Mir Saeed Ahmed | | MMA | 12,842 | 28.91 | 493 | 52.53 |
| Khuzdar | PB-38 | Khuzdar-I | Sanaullah Zehri | | PML(N) | 11,833 | 34.18 | Abdul Khaliq | | MMA | 11,815 | 34.13 | 18 | 56.59 |
| Khuzdar | PB-39 | Khuzdar-II | Mir Younus Aziz Zehri | | MMA | 13,646 | 33.01 | Sardar Muhammad Aslam Bizenjo | | NP | 10,222 | 24.72 | 3,424 | 52.25 |
| Khuzdar | PB-40 | Khuzdar-III | Mir Muhammad Akbar Mengal | | BNP(M) | 22,234 | 58.47 | Mir Shamir Bizenjo | | NP | 8,802 | 23.15 | 13,432 | 55.78 |
| Washuk | PB-41 | Washuk | Mir Zabid Ali Reki | | MMA | 12,807 | 46.35 | Mir Mujeeb ur Rehman | | BAP | 12,588 | 45.55 | 219 | 51.99 |
| Kharan | PB-42 | Kharan | Sanaullah Baloch | | BNP(M) | 15,526 | 47.33 | Abdul Kareem Nosherwani | | BAP | 10,759 | 32.80 | 4,767 | 60.52 |
| Panjgur | PB-43 | Panjgur | Asadullah | | BNP(A) | 15,458 | 51.64 | Zahid Hussain | | BNP(M) | 4,866 | 16.26 | 10,592 | 41.69 |
| Awaran | PB-44 | Awaran-cum-Panjgur | Abdul Quddus Bizenjo | | BAP | 8,055 | 24.65 | Khair Jan | | NP | 5,963 | 18.25 | 2,092 | 34.28 |
| Kech | PB-45 | Kech-I | Zahoor Ahmed Buledi | | BAP | 15,671 | 70.66 | Mir Muhammad Anwar | | BNP(M) | 1,911 | 8.62 | 13,760 | 40.48 |
| Kech | PB-46 | Kech-II | Syed Ehsan Shah | | BNP(A) | 15,056 | 53.71 | Ghulam Rasool | | NP | 6,845 | 24.42 | 8,211 | 43.58 |
| Kech | PB-47 | Kech-III | Abdul Rauf Rind | | BAP | 11,942 | 52.80 | Jamil Ahmed Dashti | | BNP(M) | 3,204 | 14.17 | 8,738 | 41.14 |
| Kech | PB-48 | Kech-IV | Akbar Askani | | BAP | 7,034 | 48.47 | Muhammad Asghar | | BNP(A) | 3,451 | 23.78 | 3,583 | 35.17 |
| Lasbela | PB-49 | Lasbela-I | Sardar Muhammad Saleh Bhotani | | BAP | 30,012 | 57.81 | Muhammad Sharif | | PPP | 8,632 | 8,632 | 21,380 | 56.35 |
| Lasbela | PB-50 | Lasbela-II | Jam Kamal Khan | | BAP | 38,885 | 50.33 | Nasrullah | | IND | 26,050 | 33.72 | 12,835 | 58.78 |
| Gwadar | PB-51 | Gwadar | Mir Hamal Kalmati | | BNP(M) | 31,248 | 50.81 | Yaqoob Bizanjo | | BAP | 16,585 | 26.79 | 14,663 | 53.43 |

### Members elected on Reserved seats

| Reserved Seats | Party | Member |
| For Women | Balochistan Awami Party | Rubaba Khan Buledi |
| For Women | Balochistan Awami Party | Laila Tareen |
| For Women | Balochistan Awami Party | Mah Jabeen Sharan |
| For Women | Balochistan Awami Party | Bushra Rind |
| For Women | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | Bano Khalil Ahmed |
| For Women | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | Zubeda Dakhtarullah |
| For Women | Balochistan National Party (Mengal) | Zeenat Shahwani |
| For Women | Balochistan National Party (Mengal) | Shakeela Naveed |
| For Women | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Fareeda Bibi |
| For Women | Awami National Party | Shahina Kakar |
| For Women | Balochistan National Party (Awami) | Mastoora Bibi |
| For Non-Muslims | Balochistan Awami Party | Danesh Kumar |
| For Non-Muslims | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | Sham Lal |
| For Non-Muslims | Balochistan National Party (Mengal) | Titus Johnson |