page_title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
section_title: Electoral performance
hierarchical_section_title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf / Electoral performance
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of imran khan giving speech in peshawar .Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. It has been taken by the Administration of www.insaf.pk, who have allowed to use it.
context_page_description: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is a centrist Pakistani political party and current ruling party of Pakistan. PTI is a major political party along with PML-N and PPP and largest party in terms of representation in National Assembly as of the 2018 Pakistani general election. With over 10 million members in Pakistan and abroad, it claims to be Pakistan's largest party by primary membership and among largest political parties in world.
  Directly following its founding in 1996, the party had limited success. and Khan won a seat in the 2002 Pakistani general election. The party boycotted the 2008 election accusing fraudulent in procedure. In 2013 it emerged as major party with over 7.5 million votes, making it second in the number of votes and third in the number of seats won. PTI mobilised people in rallies over public distress on various issues and made significant gains in following elections. In 2018, it received 16.9 million votes, the largest for any political party in Pakistan till then. It formed government of Pakistan in coalition with 5 other parties for first time with Imran Khan as prime minister.
context_section_description: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf contested the general elections of 1997, 2002, 2013 and 2018. It boycotted the 2008 general elections.
caption: People in Peshawar gather to welcome Imran Khan on 23 December 2008
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