PTI Wins Six Senate Seats from KP as Voting Concludes

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secured six out of 11 Senate seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while opposition parties—PML-N, PPP, and JUI-F—won five seats, according to unofficial results.

All 145 KP Assembly members voted in the election. On the general seats, PTI’s Murad Saeed, Faisal Javed, Mirza Afridi, and Noorul Haq Qadri emerged victorious, with Saeed receiving the highest at 26 votes. The opposition’s three general seat winners included Niaz Ahmad (PML-N), Talha Mehmood (PPP), and Atta-ul-Haq (JUI-F).

For the women’s reserved seats, PTI’s Rubina Naz claimed one seat with 89 votes, while Rubina Khalid from PPP took the other. On the technocrat front, PTI’s Azam Swati and JUI-F’s Dilawar Khan were successful candidates.

Earlier, Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur managed to persuade four dissenting PTI members to withdraw, preventing intra-party voting. However, Khurram Zeeshan still ran and received no votes. A controversy also surfaced within PTI, with claims that senior party leaders had altered the candidate list without consulting founder Imran Khan—allegations denied by Barrister Gohar.

This election completes KP’s Senate representation ahead of Punjab’s by-election, where PML-N’s Hafiz Abdul Karim secured victory with 243 votes.