Dr Arif Alvi the candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been elected as the 13th President of Pakistan.
VOTE COUNT
Dr Arif Alvi: 212 votes (NA and Senate) 45 (Balochistan Assembly), 41 (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly), 22 (Sindh Assembly).
Aitzaz Ahsan: 81 votes (NA and Senate) 39 (Sindh Assembly).
Fazlur Rehman: 131 (NA and Senate) 15 (Balochistan Assembly), 13 (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly).
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)'s Arif Alvi, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Aitzaz Ahsan and Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, who was the joint candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Awami National Party (ANP), Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and National Party, are in the run for the office of the country's president.
Ahsan and Fazl could not cast votes for themselves as the PPP leader is not a member of the Senate while the JUI-F chief is neither an MNA nor an MPA. Alvi was the only presidential candidate who cast vote for himself.
Polling ends
Polling for the presidential election commenced at 10am and concluded at 4pm.
Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court presided over the election in the Parliament.
Prime Minister Imran Khan also cast his vote through secret ballot for the presidential election at 3:15pm.
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and PPP leaders Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were among lawmakers who cast their votes.
Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Raza is the returning officer for the presidential election.
Following the completion of the polling process, presiding officers will announce details of total votes polled, while a final result of the election will be announced by the returning officer.
Parliament
A total of 424 votes were cast in the National Assembly and Senate. Arif Alvi received 212 votes, Maulana Fazlur Rehman 131 votes and 81 votes for Aitzaz Ahsan.
Punjab Assembly
In Punjab 351 out of 354 parliamentarians cast their vote.
Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Justice Yawar Ali presided over the polling process while election commissioner Punjab, Zafar Iqbal Hussain, performed duties as returning officer.
PTI's Abdul Aleem Khan was the first to cast his vote in the Punjab Assembly.
Sindh Assembly
158 members of the Sindh Assembly cast their vote in the presidential election with five lawmakers abstaining. According to reports Aitzaz Ahsan received 100 votes and Arif Alvi 56 votes. Two votes were dismissed in the election.
According to the electoral system, Aitzaz received 39 votes and Alvi 22 votes.
Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh performed the duty of presiding officer.
KP Assembly
In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, 111 out of 112 lawmakers cast their vote in the election.
Arif Alvi received 78 votes, Fazlur Rehman 26 votes and Aitzaz Ahsan received 2 votes. Two votes of lawmakers were dismissed.
According to the electoral formula, Arif Alvi votes tally to 41 votes and 13 votes for Fazlur Rehman
Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth supervised the polling process in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
Balochistan Assembly
Arif Alvi received 45 votes and Fazlur Rehman received 15 votes in the provincial assembly. One lawmaker did not cast his vote in the election.
Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar acted as presiding officer.
Will be elected with clear majority: Alvi
PTI presidential candidate Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday expressed confidence that he will be elected as president with a clear majority.
Speaking to the media ahead of the presidential election, Alvi said, “Some opposition members have also pledged support to me.”
Further, Alvi assured that he will not be an inactive president and will contribute towards strengthening the centre.
“I will become the president of Pakistan and not of a single party," he asserted.
“I will try to resolve issues such as water scarcity, health and justice as president of the country,” Alvi further said.
If Ahsan wins, it will be on the basis of merit: Bilawal
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while speaking to the media outside the Parliament House said, "If Ahsan wins, it will be on the basis of merit."
"PPP will play its role in upholding the supremacy of the Constitution and strengthening democracy," he added.
How is a president elected?
The 13th President of Pakistan will be chosen by an electoral college of 706 votes of lawmakers, including 104 senators, 342 members of the national and 260 of the provincial assembly.
In order to ensure equal representation, all provincial assemblies are given 65 votes each in the electoral college.
Each member of the National Assembly gets one vote as do Senators. 5.70 Punjab parliamentarians makeup 1 vote, 2.58 in Sindh, 1.90 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while MPAs in Balochistan, the smallest assembly, get one vote each.
Who will win?
Arif Alvi is likely to poll a total of 337.91 votes (excluding the undecided independents in each house). Rehman is expected to receive 199.1, while Ahsan could be picking up 115.44 votes.
