Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Sindh to elect the members of the 12 Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.
The Pakistan Peoples Party, led by Syed Qaim Ali Shah, despite losing almost 10% of its vote, returned victorious in this election, losing only one seat overall.
Background Prior to this election, the Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement were in a coalition government with each other despite the fact that the PPP had enough seats to be able to form a government by themselves.PPP-MQM coalition in Sindh The Free Library. Retrieved 29 March 2014
Campaign Overall, the election campaign for the Pakistan Peoples Party was based mainly on garnering support in Sindh, while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement campaign was mainly based in Karachi.
The Pakistan Peoples Party ran on the platform of praising the nationalisation and welfare programs since they took office in 2008, although the Muttahida Qaumi Movement campaigned more on the Muhajir Nationalist side.
Results Following the elections, the party positions in the assembly remained largely the same, with slight changes. New additions into the assembly included Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, a welfarist, anti-establishment party led by former cricketer Imran Khan, who emerged as the second largest party in Karachi and gained 4 seats. Despite significant drops in the percentage vote share, the change in the assembly composition was not visible, and the Pakistan Peoples Party was able to form a government in Sindh for the ninth time in its existence. 91 51 11 4 4 7
Division-wise results DivisionTotal seatsPPPMQMPML(F)PTIPML(N)IND OthersSukkur19 14120002Larkana18 16020000Mirpur Khas17 13030001Hyderabad34 25400050Karachi423 33 03300Total130713873353
District-wise results DivisionDistrictTotal seatsPPPMQMPML(F)PTIPML(N)IND OthersSukkurSukkur4 3 100000Ghotki4 4000000LarkanaShikarpur4 20 20000Jacobabad3 3000000Kashmore3 3000000SukkurNaushahro Feroz5 3000002HyderabadNawabshah5 5000000SukkurKhairpur6 4020000LarkanaLarkana4 4000000Qambar Shahdadkot4 4000000HyderabadMatiari2 2000000Hyderabad62 4 00000Tando Allahyar2 2000000Tando Muhammad Khan2 2000000Badin5 5000000Mirpur KhasTharparkar4 3000001Mirpur Khas4 4000000Umerkot3 3000000HyderabadJamshoro3 2000010Dadu4 4000000Mirpur KhasSanghar6 30 30000HyderabadThatta510000 40KarachiWest90 701100Central100 1000000South6 2 20 2000East130 1200100Malir41 200100Total130713873353
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