The Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa concluded Monday with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) securing six out of eleven seats, while the opposition alliance managed to bag five, as per a pre-negotiated 6-5 seat-sharing formula between the two sides.The seat-sharing deal, forged after days of intense political maneuvering, allowed both the treasury and opposition benches to avoid further deadlock and ensure proportional representation in the Senate.
Voting was held at the Jirga Hall of the KP Assembly, where all 145 members of the assembly cast their votes. The process began at 11 am and was extended until 5:30 pm, with 22 candidates contesting across general, technocrat, and women’s reserved seats.
PTI’s dominance on the seven general seats was reflected with victories by Murad Saeed (26 votes), Faisal Javed (22 votes), Noorul Haq Qadri (21 votes), and Mirza Afridi (21 votes).
The opposition countered with three wins: Niaz Amir Muqam of PML-N (18 votes), Maulana Attaul Haq Darwish of JUI (18 votes), and Talha Mahmood of PPP (17 votes).
PTI’s Rubina Naz claimed a resounding victory with 89 votes, while Rubina Khalid of the PPP secured the second women’s seat with 52 votes.
on the technocrat front, PTI’s Azam Swati was elected with 89 votes, while JUI’s Dilawar Khan claimed the second seat with 54 votes.
The seat-sharing deal, forged after days of intense political maneuvering, allowed both the treasury and opposition benches to avoid further deadlock and ensure proportional representation in the Senate.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), 16 candidates contested seven general seats, five candidates vied for two technocrat slots, and four candidates were in the running for two women’s seats. However, several withdrawals—mainly from PTI’s side—reshaped the final list of contestants.
The PTI's success reflects its current numerical strength in the KP Assembly, while the opposition parties, despite their internal differences, managed to hold their ground by strategically contesting fewer but winnable seats.
The newly elected Senators will now represent KP in the upper house, with analysts noting this election as a rare instance of political compromise in the province's highly polarised atmosphere
